FORMS UPDATE ALERT!!

This update alert includes a high-level summary of changes only. Please refer to the revised forms for full details. Always download the latest version to stay in compliance. These form revisions are based on HB 1003 2025 related to notices of termination. The new law is effective on July 27, 2025.

SERVICE INSTRUCTIONS & DECLARATION OF SERVICE:

Several changes have been made to the Service Instructions and Declaration of Service document based on HB 1003. (See pages 10-11 for details.) Members can access this document using the orange button on all Tenant Notice Forms webpages, and often in the notes column for individual forms.

NOTICE FORMS

• These Service Instructions following requirements under 59.12.040 only apply to notices that can result in ending tenancy, and now under EHB 1217 (WA 2025), notice to increase rent.
• Other notices such as Entry to Premises, Change in Terms, Change in Management, etc. do not require service under 59.12.040. 
• All Comply or Vacate Notices and Pay or Vacate Notices have been updated to include an actual due date when the tenant must comply or vacate, in compliance with EBH 1003 (WA 2025).

Please contact Denise Myers at dmyers@RHAwa.org or (260) 905-0614 with any questions or comments. We are always seeking to improve our materials and appreciate your feedback.