I\’m renting a house in Lacey, Washington, and my girlfriend and I have been sub-leasing a room and a garage to her younger brother for a number of months. Due to his recent behavior (harassment of friends, lack of rent paid) as well as an ongoing problem of his overwhelming amount of material possessions, (broken bikes, car parts, random buckets, rugs, traffic cones, tires, chairs, etc., etc.) which have created a mess in and by the garage, I recently gave him a ten-day notice to quit the property. The due date was July 28, and he\’s found another place to stay, but his heaping mountains of stuff are still here, as well as a number of his cars and cars he was fixing for people. It fills his room, the garage, half the yard, and takes up space in a sparsely wooded area on the edge of the property.\n\nI want his stuff gone, to make the property safer and more attractive. Also, my girlfriend and I are moving out, ourselves, in fifteen days. Is there anything I, or my landlord, can do?
General Answer: the landord can dispose of property after 45 days written notice to the Tenant.
For more information on the details, please see RCW Chapter 59:
http://apps.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=59
Scott Weitz
Weitz Law Firm, PLLC
5400 Carillon Point
Kirkland, WA 98033