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Senate Housing Committee advances bills to ease certified‑mail rules for rent and eviction notices
Summary
The Senate Housing Committee advanced two companion bills that remove or limit certified‑mail requirements for rent increase and unlawful‑detainer notices, aiming to reduce returned notices, cut administrative costs and improve tenant receipt of notices; supporters said the change restores prior practice and preserves tenant protections.
The Washington State Senate Housing Committee on Feb. 18 moved forward bills that would loosen recent requirements forcing certain landlord notices to be delivered by certified mail.
Committee staff described Substitute House Bill 2452 as a targeted change to the Manufactured Home Landlord-Tenant Act that would stop treating rent‑increase notices the same way as unlawful‑detainer notices and instead align them with other MHLTA service rules. "What it has done is it's made all notices ... every single notice has to be sent via certified mail, including rent increased notices," Representative Veil Connors said during her sponsorship remarks, describing returned and…
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