Jessica M. Goodeill v. Madison Real Estate

¶1 — This court granted Jessica Goodeill’s request for discretionary review to determine whether RCW 59.18.280 precludes her landlord from retaining a portion of her security deposit because it failed to timely provide her a full and specific statement of the basis for retaining her deposit. Her landlord argues that an exception to RCW 59.18.280 applies: “[C]ircumstances beyond [its] control prevented [it] from providing the statement within ... fourteen days.” We hold that a landlord may not avail itself of RCW 59.18.280’s exception unless it accounts for any active or passive delays…