Washington Late fee grace period

Related Washington rules

Late fees

No late fee for rent paid within 5 days of its due date. After that, late fees may run from the first day after the due date.

Verified Source: RCW 59.18.170(2) · last checked 2026-10-31 · Full Washington late fees page

Eviction notice (nonpayment)

Under RCW 59.18.057(1), every 14-day notice served pursuant to RCW 59.12.030(3) must be in substantially the statutory form set out in the section. The form tells the tenant that the landlord alleges noncompliance by failing to pay rent and/or utilities and/or recurring or periodic charges that are past due, lists those amounts, and states that the tenant must pay the total amount due to the landlord within fourteen (14) days after service of the notice or vacate the premises. Any payment the tenant makes to the landlord must first be applied to the total amount due as shown on the notice. The form also states that payment must be made pursuant to the terms of the rental agreement or by nonelectronic means including, but not limited to, cashier's check, money order, or other certified funds. Subsection (2) provides that the form required in this section does not abrogate any additional notice requirements to tenants as required by federal, state, or local law. This answer is scoped to § 59.18.057 and does not restate RCW 59.12.030(3) itself. Example: a 14-day notice that omits the statutory form's statement of amounts due, or that is used as if it canceled a stricter local notice rule, would not match what § 59.18.057 requires; subsection (2) leaves additional federal, state, or local notice requirements in place.

Verified Source: RCW 59.18.057 · last checked 2026-11-12 · Full Washington eviction notice (nonpayment) page