Washington Amends Provisions Regarding Foreclosure Process

May 05, 2021

Washington House Bill 1108 extends the mediation and certain other pre-foreclosure requirements under the Deeds of Trust Act and the Foreclosure Fairness Act (FFA) to residential real property of up to four
units and removes the requirement that a property be owner-occupied; modifies the mediation exemption under the FFA for the 2021 and 2022 calendar years to provide that whether or not a beneficiary must participate in mediation is determined by the number of the beneficiary's trustee sales that occurred in 2019; modifies the remittance requirement under the FFA for the 2021 and 2022 calendar years to provide that whether or not a beneficiary must remit a fee is determined by the number of notices of trustee's sale that were recorded on its behalf in 2019; effective dates range from May 3, 2021, to June 30, 2023.

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