Title 59 — Title 59 LANDLORD AND TENANT
11 chapters · 249 sections in this title.
RCW 59.16.010 Unlawful detainer defined.
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That any person who shall, without the permission of the owner and without having any color of title thereto, enter upon the lands of another, and shall refuse to remove therefrom after three days' notice, shall be deemed guilty of unlawful detainer and may be removed from such l…
RCW 59.16.020 Pleadings, requirements.
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The complaint in all cases under the provisions of this chapter shall be upon oath, and there shall be embodied therein or amended thereto an abstract of the plaintiff's title, and the defendant shall, in his or her answer, state whether he or she makes any claim of title to the …
RCW 59.16.030 Issues—Trial.
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It shall not be necessary for the plaintiff, in proceedings under this chapter, to allege or prove that the said lands were, at any time, actually occupied prior to the defendant's entry thereupon, but it shall be sufficient to allege that he or she is the legal owner and entitle…
RCW 59.16.040 Parties defendant—Trial of separate issues.
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All persons in actual possession of any portion of the several subdivisions of any section of land, according to the government surveys thereof, may be made defendants in one action: PROVIDED, That they may, in their discretion, make separate answers to the complaint, and if sepa…