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Western Plaza, LLC v. Tison, 184 Wash. 2d 702 (2015)

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Western Plaza, LLC v. Tison, 184 Wash. 2d 702 (2015)
Parent Document
Western Plaza, LLC v. Tison, 184 Wash. 2d 702 (2015)
Jurisdiction
Washington (state)
Effective Date
2015-11-25

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¶35 Under RCW 59.04.010, leases “shall be legal and valid for any term or period not exceeding one year, without acknowledgment, witnesses or seals.” Conversely, to be enforceable for a period greater than one year, a lease must be acknowledged.12 Labor Hall Ass’n v. Danielsen, 24 Wn.2d 75, 88-89, 163 P.2d 167 (1945); Stevenson v. Parker, 25 Wn. App. 639, 642, 608 P.2d 1263 (1980); William B. Stoebuck, The Law Between Landlord and Tenant in Washington: Part I, 49 Wash. L. Rev. 291, 316-17 (1974). Nothing *720in the statutory language, legislative history, or underlying purposes compels a different result in the MHLTA context.