Except as provided in subsection 7.24.030.J.2, the landlord must offer the tenant
for whom the tenancy for a specified time is expiring a new tenancy on reasonable
terms for the same rental unit, with the new tenancy starting on the day after the
expiration of the tenancy for a specified time. The landlord must make that offer
between 60 and 90 days before the expiration of the tenancy for a specified time and
before the landlord offers tenancy to any third party. The landlord must deliver a
proposed rental agreement to the tenant in accordance with RCW 59.12.040 and give
the tenant 30 days to accept or decline the proposed rental agreement. There shall
be a rebuttable presumption that the landlord failed to offer a new tenancy on reasonable
terms if: the existing tenant declines to enter the proposed rental agreement; and,
within 30 days after the tenant has vacated, the landlord lists the unit for rent
on terms materially more favorable to a prospective tenant.
2.
A landlord may decline to offer a new tenancy under subsection 7.24.030.J.1 if:
a.
The tenant, at least 60 days before the expiration of the tenancy for a specified
time, provides the landlord written notice that the tenant intends to vacate voluntarily
after the rental agreement expires;
b.
The landlord asserts a just cause under Section 22.205.010 and complies with subsection 7.24.030.J.3;
c.
The existing rental agreement provides for the tenancy to continue as a month-to-month
tenancy after the agreement expires; or
d.
More than 90 days before the expiration of the tenancy for a specified time, the landlord
and tenant agree to a new rental agreement for the same rental unit, with the new
tenancy starting on the day after the expiration of the previous tenancy for a specified
time.
3.