{"data":[{"jurisdiction":{"code":"WA","name":"Washington","slug":"washington"},"topic":"security-deposits","key":"deduction-accounting","label":"Damage-deduction documentation","valueKind":"requirement","value":"Statement plus supporting records","detail":"For damage charges, the section calls for a full and specific basis for retention plus the listed estimates, invoices, receipts, or equivalent cost records.","qualifiers":["The section bars damage withholding for ordinary wear and lists additional checklist and cost limits.","Subsection (4) excludes withholding for rent or other non-damage charges from the checklist and damage-documentation requirements."],"source":{"title":"Revised Code of Washington section 59.18.280","authority":"Washington State Legislature","url":"https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?Cite=59.18.280","locator":"RCW 59.18.280(1)(a)–(c), (4)","excerpt":"“include copies of estimates received or invoices paid”"},"effectiveFrom":null,"humanVerifiedAt":"2026-07-31","sourceCheckedAt":"2026-07-31","confidence":"high","version":1},{"jurisdiction":{"code":"WA","name":"Washington","slug":"washington"},"topic":"security-deposits","key":"return-deadline","label":"Return and statement deadline","valueKind":"duration","value":"30 days","detail":"The section sets 30 days after termination and vacation for the statement, required documentation, and refund; for abandonment, the period runs from when the landlord learns of it.","qualifiers":["Personal delivery or first-class mail to the tenant’s last known address within the period satisfies the delivery provision."],"source":{"title":"Revised Code of Washington section 59.18.280","authority":"Washington State Legislature","url":"https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?Cite=59.18.280","locator":"RCW 59.18.280(1)(a)","excerpt":"“Within 30 days after the termination of the rental agreement”"},"effectiveFrom":null,"humanVerifiedAt":"2026-07-31","sourceCheckedAt":"2026-07-31","confidence":"high","version":1}],"release":"2026-07-31.1","notice":"Only human-reviewed, published records are returned."}