Coast Property Management 8/3/2020

Information for Tenants Page 5 of 15 Parking Unbundling If the total amount of a security deposit and non- refundable move-in fees exceeds 25%of the first full Landlords must specify the amount of any parking fee month's rent, a tenant may choose to pay the total in a separate parking agreement or in a rental agree- amount in installments as follows: ment addendum. • For tenancies that are six(6)months or longer, a Move-in Fees tenant may elect to pay in six(6)consecutive and Move-in fees are by state and city definition non- equal monthly installments beginning at the com refundable. mencement of the tenancy. • For tenancies between thirty(30) days and six(6) Allowable move-in fees are limited to the cost of ob- months, a tenant may elect to pay in no more than taining a tenant screening report, criminal background four(4)equal installments of equal duration at the check, or credit report and to pay to clean the rental commencement of the tenancy. unit upon termination of a tenancy. • For tenancies that are month-to-month,the tenant The cost for obtaining a tenant screening report can- may elect to pay in two(2)equal installments,with not exceed the customary cost for obtaining such a the first payment due at the commencement of the report in the City of Seattle; a Landlord cannot charge tenancy and the second payment due on the first a tenant more than the report's actual cost. The day of the second monthly rental period, landlord must provide the tenant a receipt for any fees A tenant may propose an alternative installment charged for obtaining the tenant screening report. schedule to which the landlord may agree. If an alter- The landlord must also provide the tenant the name native plan is mutually agreed to, it must be described and address of the reporting agency that prepared in a written rental agreement or a written addendum to the report and the prospective tenant's right to obtain the agreement. Failure to pay an installment of the se- a free copy of it. curity deposit and/or non-refundable fees is a breach of the rental agreement and may subject the tenant to If the landlord chooses to charge a non-refundable a 10-day comply or vacate notice issued pursuant to cleaning fee, the landlord may not deduct additional RCW 59.12.030(4). cleaning fees from the tenant's security deposit at the end of a tenancy. A landlord cannot impose any cost on a tenant for an installment plan, Landlords are prohibited from charging any one-time fee at the beginning of a tenancy other than a security The requirement to allow an installment plan for the deposit, pet damage deposit, an authorized non- payment of deposits and move-in fees does not apply refundable move-in fee, or last month's rent. to tenants who rent a housing unit in a single-family house or attached accessory dwelling unit if the owner Move-in fees cannot exceed 10%of the first full resides in the house as the owner's principal residence. month's rent except in the case where the actual cost for obtaining a tenant screening report,criminal back- Last Month's Rent ground check,or credit report exceeds 10%,the cost may be included in the non-refundable fee. However, Tenants may choose to pay last month's rent in install- the total amount of a security deposit and move-in fees meets. cannot exceed the amount of the first full month's rent. For tenancies that are six(6)months or longer, a ten- Summary of Limitations on Security Deposits,Pet ant may elect to pay in six(6) consecutive and equal Damage Deposits,and Move-In Fees monthly installments beginning on the first month of the tenancy;tenancies between sixty(60)days and The total amount of a security deposit and move-in fees six(6)months, the tenant may elect to pay in no more cannot exceed the amount of the first full month's rent, than four(4)equal installments of equal duration be- Non-refundable move-in fees cannot exceed 10%of ginning at the commencement of the tenancy. the first full month's rent. A pet damage deposit may not exceed 25%of the rent for the first full month. Limits A tenant may propose an alternative installment on the amount of charges for security deposits and schedule to which the landlord may agree. If an alter- non-refundable move-in fees does not apply to a tenant native plan is mutually agreed to, it must be described who rents a housing unit in a single family residence if in a written rental agreement or a written addendum to the residence is the principal residence of the landlord. the agreement. Installment Payments A landlord cannot impose any cost on a tenant for an installment plan. Security Deposits and Move-In Fees The requirement to allow an installment plan for the