For purposes of this chapter:
(1) "Abandoned" as it relates to a mobile home, manufactured
home, or park model owned by a tenant in a mobile home park,
mobile home park cooperative, or mobile home park subdivision or
tenancy in a mobile home lot means the tenant has defaulted in
rent and by absence and by words or actions reasonably indicates
the intention not to continue tenancy;
(2) "Eligible organization" includes local governments,
local housing authorities, nonprofit community or
neighborhood-based organizations, federally recognized Indian
tribes in the state of Washington, and regional or statewide
nonprofit housing assistance organizations;
(3) "Housing authority" or "authority" means any of the
public body corporate and politic created in RCW 35.82.030;
(4) "Landlord" means the owner of a mobile home park and
includes the agents of a landlord;
(5) "Local government" means a town government, city
government, code city government, or county government in the
state of Washington;
(6) "Manufactured home" means a single-family dwelling built
according to the United States department of housing and urban
development manufactured home construction and safety standards
act, which is a national preemptive building code. A
manufactured home also: (a) Includes plumbing, heating, air
conditioning, and electrical systems; (b) is built on a permanent
chassis; and (c) can be transported in one or more sections with
each section at least eight feet wide and forty feet long when
transported, or when installed on the site is three hundred
twenty square feet or greater;
(7) "Manufactured/mobile home" means either a manufactured
home or a mobile home;
(8) "Mobile home" means a factory-built dwelling built prior
to June 15, 1976, to standards other than the United States
department of housing and urban development code, and acceptable
under applicable state codes in effect at the time of
construction or introduction of the home into the state. Mobile
homes have not been built since the introduction of the United
States department of housing and urban development manufactured
home construction and safety act;
(9) "Mobile home lot" means a portion of a mobile home park
or manufactured housing community designated as the location of
one mobile home, manufactured home, or park model and its
accessory buildings, and intended for the exclusive use as a
primary residence by the occupants of that mobile home,
manufactured home, or park model;
(10) "Mobile home park," "manufactured housing community,"
or "manufactured/mobile home community" means any real property
which is rented or held out for rent to others for the placement
of two or more mobile homes, manufactured homes, or park models
for the primary purpose of production of income, except where
such real property is rented or held out for rent for seasonal
recreational purpose only and is not intended for year-round
occupancy;
(11) "Mobile home park cooperative" or "manufactured housing
cooperative" means real property consisting of common areas and
two or more lots held out for placement of mobile homes,
manufactured homes, or park models in which both the individual
lots and the common areas are owned by an association of
shareholders which leases or otherwise extends the right to
occupy individual lots to its own members;
(12) "Mobile home park subdivision" or "manufactured housing
subdivision" means real property, whether it is called a
subdivision, condominium, or planned unit development, consisting
of common areas and two or more lots held for placement of mobile
homes, manufactured homes, or park models in which there is
private ownership of the individual lots and common, undivided
ownership of the common areas by owners of the individual lots;
(13) "Notice of sale" means a notice required under RCW 59.20.300 to be delivered to all tenants of a manufactured/mobile
home community and other specified parties within fourteen days
after the date on which any advertisement, multiple listing, or
public notice advertises that a manufactured/mobile home
community is for sale;
(14) "Park model" means a recreational vehicle intended for
permanent or semi-permanent installation and is used as a primary
residence;
(15) "Qualified sale of manufactured/mobile home community"
means the sale, as defined in RCW 82.45.010, of land and
improvements comprising a manufactured/mobile home community that
is transferred in a single purchase to a qualified tenant
organization or to an eligible organization for the purpose of
preserving the property as a manufactured/mobile home community;
(16) "Qualified tenant organization" means a formal
organization of tenants within a manufactured/mobile home
community, with the only requirement for membership consisting of
being a tenant;
(17) "Recreational vehicle" means a travel trailer, motor
home, truck camper, or camping trailer that is primarily designed
and used as temporary living quarters, is either self-propelled
or mounted on or drawn by another vehicle, is transient, is not
occupied as a primary residence, and is not immobilized or
permanently affixed to a mobile home lot;
(18) "Tenant" means any person, except a transient, who
rents a mobile home lot;
(19) "Transient" means a person who rents a mobile home lot
for a period of less than one month for purposes other than as a
primary residence;
(20) "Occupant" means any person, including a live-in care
provider, other than a tenant, who occupies a mobile home,
manufactured home, or park model and mobile home lot.
[2008 c 116 § 2; 2003 c 127 § 1; 1999 c 359 § 2; 1998 c 118 § 1; 1993 c 66 § 15; 1981 c 304 § 4; 1980 c 152 § 3; 1979 ex.s. c 186 § 1; 1977 ex.s. c 279 § 3.]
NOTES:
Findings -- Intent -- Severability -- 2008 c 116: See notes following RCW 59.20.300.
Severability -- 1981 c 304: See note following RCW 26.16.030.
Severability -- 1979 ex.s. c 186: "If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected." [1979 ex.s. c 186 § 30.]