In order to ensure tenants have the information needed to assist them in both seeking and living in rental housing, ACC 5.23.030 requires landlords to provide tenants with information at three different phases of the rental process:
First, at time of application the landlord must provide the tenant with their written rental criteria and the website address designated by the City for the purpose of obtaining information on:
- Local code enforcement action relating to the property
- Website address to the Washington Secretary of State for the purposes of registering to vote or changing address if already registered to vote.
Second, when a rental agreement/lease is offered, the landlord must provide the tenant with a written copy of the summaries prepared by the City, which includes information on the following:
- Rental Housing Code (ACC 5.23)
- Auburn Building and Property Maintenance Code
- Washington State Residential Landlord-Tenant Act (RCW 59.18)
- Forcible Entry and Forcible Unlawful Detainer (RCW 59.12)
Third, during tenancy, landlords must provide tenants with a notice of resources prepared by the City when the landlord serves any notice to a tenant under RCW 59.12.030 which include:
- 14-day pay or vacate
- 3-day for waste or nuisance
- 10-day comply or vacate
- Notice to terminate tenancy
Landlords are required to provide copies of summaries to existing tenants within 30 days of them being made available by the City of Auburn. The initial distribution of information to tenants must be in written form and landlords must obtain tenant’s signature documenting receipt of such information. If a tenant refuses to provide a signature documenting the tenant's receipt of the information, the landlord may draft a declaration stating when and where the landlord provided tenant with the required information. After the initial distribution of the summaries to tenants, a landlord shall provide existing tenants with updated summaries by the City, and may do so in electronic form unless a tenant otherwise requests written summaries.