Am I liable to pay to the landlord for extra days I stayed in the rental property?
Full Question:
I live in a rented house in Washington. However, I continued to stay in the house for a few days even after the expiry of the rental agreement and my landlord never asked me to vacate. Now he is asking me to pay for the days I had stayed after the expiry of the rental agreement. Am I liable to pay for those extra days I stayed?
12/27/2016 |
Category: Landlord Tenant |
State: Washington |
#28839
Answer:
Per Annotated Revised Code of Washington §59.04.050:
“Whenever any person obtains possession of premises without the consent of the owner or other person having the right to give said possession, he or she shall be deemed a tenant by sufferance merely, and shall be liable to pay reasonable rent for the actual time he or she occupied the premises, and shall forthwith on demand surrender his or her said possession to the owner or person who had the right of possession before said entry, and all his or her right to possession of said premises shall terminate immediately upon said demand.”
Therefore, you will have to meet the requirements of rental agreement and you shall be liable to pay reasonable rent for the time you occupied the apartment after the expiry of the rental agreement.