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Bygones are Bygones ? Avoid Waiver of Tenant Breaches

By Scott Eller, Esq.

A landlord who accepts rent for the current month waives the right to evict a tenant for prior breaches of the lease, including previous failures to pay rent. MH2 CO. v. Hwang, 104 Wn. App. 680 (2001), Wilson v. Daniels, 31 Wn.2d 633 (1948). For example, if a landlord accepts rent for, say October, the landlord may not evict for rent owed for September, August, etc. Recently I have seen several notices to pay rent or vacate demanding rent for several monthly periods, but skipping a month somewhe read more

Full post as published by Seattle Landlord-Tenant Attorney on October 09, 2007 (boomark / email).