Wash. Supreme Court published opinion — 900884.pdf

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noncompliance with the stated time limits; and attorney fees and costs to the city if it

must pursue legal action against the landlord to receive such reimbursements, penalties,

and interest. See RCW 59.18.085(3)(£)-(h).

Notably, subsection (3)(e) sets the parameters of the damages available to a tenant

under the statute.

Displaced tenants shall be entitled to recover any relocation assistance,
prepaid deposits, and prepaid rent required by (b) of this subsection. In
addition, displaced tenants shall be entitled to recover any actual damages
sustained by them as a result of the condemnation, eviction, or
displacement that exceed the amount of relocation assistance that is
payable. In any action brought by displaced tenants to recover any
payments or damages required or authorized by this subsection (3 )(e) or (c)
of this subsection that are not paid by the landlord or advanced by the city,
town, county, or municipal corporation, the displaced tenants shall also be
entitled to recover their costs of suit or arbitration and reasonable attorneys'
fees.

RCW 59.18.085(3)(e) (emphasis added). In giving effect to the legislature's intent, we

look to the statute's plain and ordinary meaning, reading the enactment as a whole,

harmonizing its provisions by reading them in context with related provisions. Quadrant