A tenant has not received a security deposit after vacating an apartment and wants to know what state law says about the time a landlord has to return this deposit. This is in the Revised Code of Washington (RCW) Landlord/Tenant Act. Three sections of the act address security deposits, RCW 59.18.260, RCW 59.18.270 & RCW 59.18.280, which speaks to the number of days the landlord has to return the deposit or state why the deposit is being retained.

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