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Faciszewski v. Brown, 187 Wash. 2d 308 (2016)

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Faciszewski v. Brown, 187 Wash. 2d 308 (2016)
Parent Document
Faciszewski v. Brown, 187 Wash. 2d 308 (2016)
Jurisdiction
Washington (state)
Effective Date
2016-12-22

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RCW 59.18.370 states that residential landlords “may” request a show cause hearing, but this provision has been interpreted as requiring residential landlords to afford tenants such a hearing. See Indigo Real Estate Servs., Inc. v. Wadsworth, 169 Wn. App. 412, 421, 280 P.3d 506 (2012). In addition to the RLTA, the JCEO provides that a show cause hearing is mandatory. SMC 22.206.160(C)(1) (a court may issue an order evicting a residential tenant “only after the tenant has an opportunity in a show cause hearing to contest the eviction”).