[a]ny notice provided for in this chapter shall be served either (1) by
delivering a copy personally to the person entitled thereto; or (2) if
he or she be absent from the premises unlawfully held, by leaving
there a copy, with some person of suitable age and discretion, and
sending a copy through the mail addressed to the person entitled
thereto at his or her place of residence; or (3) if the person to be
notified be a tenant, or an unlawful holder of premises, and his or
her place of residence is not known, or if a person of suitable age
and discretion there cannot be found then by affixing a copy of the
notice in a conspicuous place on the premises unlawfully held, and
also delivering a copy to a person there residing, if such a person
can be found, and also sending a copy through the mail addressed
12 Wash. Const, art. IV, § 6; Hous. Auth. v. Bin, 163 Wn. App. 367, 373-
74, 260 P.3d 900 (2011).
13 Bin^ 163 Wn. App. at 373-74 (citing Tacoma Rescue Mission v. Stewart,
155 Wn. App. 250, 254 n.9, 228 P.3d 1289 (2010)).
14 Bin, 163 Wn. App. at 374 (quoting Tacoma Rescue Mission, 155 Wn.
App. at 254 n.9).
15 Speelman v. Bellinqham/Whatcom County Hous. Auths., 167 Wn. App.
624, 630, 273 P.3d 1035 (2012) (citing Miebach v. Colasurdo, 102 Wn.2d 170,
175, 685 P.2d 1074 (1984)).
16 Speelman, 167 Wn. App. at 630 (citing Humphrey Indus., Ltd. v. Clay
St. Assocs.. 170 Wn.2d 495, 501-02, 242 P.3d 846 (2010)).
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to the tenant, or unlawful occupant, at the place where the
premises unlawfully held are situated.
The purpose of the notice is to give a tenant "'at least one opportunity to