3 Day Notice of Termination for Waste, Unlawful Business or Nuisance - Residential
RCW 59.12.030 Unlawful detainer defined.
A tenant of real property for a term less than life is guilty of
unlawful detainer either:
(1) When he holds over or continues in possession, in person
or by subtenant, of the property or any part thereof after the expiration
of the term for which it is let to him. When real property is leased for
a specified term or period by express or implied contract, whether written
or oral, the tenancy shall be terminated without notice at the expiration
of the specified term or period;
(2) When he, having leased property for an indefinite time with
monthly or other periodic rent reserved, continues in possession thereof,
in person or by subtenant, after the end of any such month or period, when
the landlord, more than twenty days prior to the end of such month
or period, has served notice (in manner in RCW 59.12.040 provided) requiring
him to quit the premises at the expiration of such month or period;
(3) When he continues in possession in person or by subtenant after
a default in the payment of rent, and after notice in writing requiring
in the alternative the payment of the rent or the surrender of the detained
premises, served (in manner in RCW 59.12.040 provided) in behalf of the
person entitled to the rent upon the person owing it, has remained
uncomplied with for the period of three days after service thereof. The
notice may be served at any time after the rent becomes due;
(4) When he continues in possession in person or by subtenant after
a neglect or failure to keep or perform any other condition or covenant
of the lease or agreement under which the property is held, including any
covenant not to assign or sublet, than one for the payment of rent, and
after notice in writing requiring in the alternative the performance of
such condition or covenant or the surrender of the property, served (in
manner in RCW 59.12.040 provided) upon him, and if there is a subtenant
in actual possession of the premises, also upon such subtenant, shall
remain uncomplied with for ten days after service thereof. Within ten
days after the service of such notice the tenant, or any subtenant in actual
occupation of the premises, or any mortgagee of the term, or other person
interested in its continuance, may perform such condition or covenant and
thereby save the lease from such forfeiture;
(5) When he commits or permits waste upon the demised premises,
or when he sets up or carries on thereon any unlawful business, or when
he erects, suffers, permits, or maintains on or about the premises any
nuisance, and remains in possession after the service (in manner in RCW
59.12.040 provided) upon him of three days' notice to quit; or
(6) A person who, without the permission of the owner and without
having color of title thereto, enters upon land of another and who fails
or refuses to remove therefrom after three days' notice, in writing and
served upon him in the manner provided in RCW 59.12.040. Such person may
also be subject to the criminal provisions of chapter 9 A.52 RCW.