Wash. Court of Appeals published opinion — 850318.pdf

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applied to evictions stemming from a tenant’s nonpayment of rent. 24 Wn. App. 2d at 667, 672,
679-80 (“cure the rental payment deficiency or vacate,” “pay or vacate notice”). However, we did
not analyze whether that provision only applied to such circumstances. In the analysis that
follows, we do so now.

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The CARES Act is a federal enactment. In interpreting such an

enactment, our objective is to ascertain Congress’s intent. Kitsap County

Consol. Hous. Auth. v. Henry-Levingston, 196 Wn. App. 688, 701, 385 P.3d 188

(2016).6 “‘[I]f the statute’s meaning is plain on its face, then [we] must give effect

to that plain meaning as an expression of legislative intent.’” Pinzon, 24 Wn.

App. 2d at 670 (alterations in original) (quoting Dep’t of Ecology v. Campbell &

Gwinn, LLC, 146 Wn.2d 1, 9-10, 43 P.3d 4 (2002)). A statute’s plain meaning is

derived from inquiring into “all that the Legislature has said in the statute and

related statutes which disclose legislative intent about the provision in question.”

Dep’t of Ecology, 146 Wn.2d at 11.