(1) Any
rental agreement shall be assignable by the tenant to any person
to whom he or she sells or transfers title to the mobile home,
manufactured home, or park model.
(2) A tenant who sells a mobile home, manufactured home, or
park model within a park shall notify the landlord in writing of
the date of the intended sale and transfer of the rental
agreement at least fifteen days in advance of such intended
transfer and shall notify the buyer in writing of the provisions
of this section. The tenant shall verify in writing to the
landlord payment of all taxes, rent, and reasonable expenses due
on the mobile home, manufactured home, or park model and mobile
home lot.
(3) The landlord shall notify the selling tenant, in
writing, of a refusal to permit transfer of the rental agreement
at least seven days in advance of such intended transfer.
(4) The landlord may require the mobile home, manufactured
home, or park model to meet applicable fire and safety standards
if a state or local agency responsible for the enforcement of
fire and safety standards has issued a notice of violation of
those standards to the tenant and those violations remain
uncorrected. Upon correction of the violation to the
satisfaction of the state or local agency responsible for the
enforcement of that notice of violation, the landlord's refusal
to permit the transfer is deemed withdrawn.
(5) The landlord shall approve or disapprove of the
assignment of a rental agreement on the same basis that the
landlord approves or disapproves of any new tenant, and any
disapproval shall be in writing. Consent to an assignment shall
not be unreasonably withheld.
(6) Failure to notify the landlord in writing, as required
under subsection (2) of this section; or failure of the new
tenant to make a good faith attempt to arrange an interview with
the landlord to discuss assignment of the rental agreement; or
failure of the current or new tenant to obtain written approval
of the landlord for assignment of the rental agreement, shall be
grounds for disapproval of such transfer.
[2003 c 127 § 3; 1999 c 359 § 7; 1993 c 66 § 17; 1981 c 304 § 20.]
NOTES:
Severability -- 1981 c 304: See note following RCW 26.16.030.