Wash. Rev. Code § 59.20 § 59.20.320
Manufactured/mobile home communities -- Notice of opportunity to compete to purchase -- Prohibited.
Operative Text
No county, city, town, or municipality of any class may enact, maintain, or enforce ordinances or other provisions that regulate the same matters in RCW 59.20.325 through 59.20.345 . Local laws and ordinances that regulate the same matters as in RCW 59.20.325 through 59.20.345 shall not be enacted and are preempted and repealed, regardless of the nature of the code, charter, or home rule status of such city, town, county, or municipality, except for those local laws already in effect before May 1, 2023.
Washington Revised Code § 59.20.320 establishes that state law exclusively governs the rules around manufactured and mobile home community owners' obligations to notify residents of opportunities to purchase their communities, as detailed in RCW 59.20.325 through 59.20.345. No city, county, town, or municipality—regardless of its charter or home-rule status—may pass or enforce local ordinances that cover the same ground as those state provisions. An exception exists for local laws that were already in effect before May 1, 2023, which are permitted to remain.
Plain English — not legal advice.
Under § 59.20.320, operators of manufactured and mobile home communities in Washington need only look to state law—specifically RCW 59.20.325 through 59.20.345—for the rules governing notice-of-sale and resident purchase-opportunity requirements, rather than navigating a patchwork of local ordinances. Because local governments are preempted from enacting conflicting rules (with a narrow exception for pre-May 1, 2023 local laws), compliant operators generally focus their compliance efforts on the uniform statewide framework. Staying current with the state statutes in this chapter is the standard practice for managing obligations related to community sale notifications.
General guidance for property managers — not legal advice for your specific situation. Consult an attorney for advice on your case.
Section § 59.20.320 means that residents of manufactured and mobile home communities in Washington have a consistent, statewide set of rights regarding notice when a community may be sold, as established in RCW 59.20.325 through 59.20.345—local governments generally cannot create a different or lesser standard (except where local rules predating May 1, 2023 apply). Tenants who believe these notice-of-purchase-opportunity rights have not been honored can look to the state statutory framework as the primary source of their protections. Tenant-rights organizations and legal aid services familiar with Washington's Manufactured/Mobile Home Landlord-Tenant Act can help residents understand how these provisions apply to their community.
General guidance for tenants — not legal advice for your specific situation. Consult a tenant-rights organization or attorney for advice on your case.
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