Tenant screening.

RCW 64.90.565, under Washington uniform common interest ownership act..

RCW 64.90.565

(1) Except as otherwise prohibited by law, and subject to the limitations in subsection (2) of this section, a unit owners association may:

(a) Require any unit owner intending to lease the owner's unit to use a tenant screening service or obtain background information, including criminal history, on a prospective tenant, at the owner's sole cost and expense, prior to the owner entering into a lease agreement with a prospective tenant; and

(b) Require proof that the tenant screening requirement has been fulfilled or that the background information on a prospective tenant has been obtained by the owner intending to lease the owner's unit.

(2) An association may not require that a copy of the tenant screening report or any background information pertaining to a tenant be furnished to the association.

[ 2023 c 23 s 4.]