What the rules require of a landlord in Olympia, drawn straight from the rule records this site computes with. Every line links to the source it came from.
This is an informational tool, not legal advice, and we are not your lawyer. Double-check deadlines with a licensed Washington attorney before acting on them.
Local rules go further here
Olympia (OMC 5.82, tightened in 2026) requires 120 days' notice for increases over 5%, or when increases over the past 12 months add up to 7% or more, and 180 days at 10% or more. A 7%+ total increase also lets the tenant claim 2.5 months' rent in relocation help, or leave on 30 days' notice. Olympia caps late fees at $10 a month. This tool computes the relocation exposure but not Olympia's notice tiers, because the 7% tier counts increases added up over 12 months.
An increase of 7% within 12 months can require relocation assistance of 2.5 months' rent.
The tenant has 45 days from your notice to request it.
Checked against the source on July 26, 2026.
Where a local rule is stricter, the local one governs. These apply wherever the property is.
The statewide cap on a rent increase is 9.683% for 2026. The cap that governs an increase is the one in force on its effective date.
No increase at all is allowed during a tenant's first 12 months.
Checked against the source on July 26, 2026.
You have 30 days after the tenancy ends and the tenant moves out to deliver a full and specific written statement and refund the rest of the deposit.
Personal delivery or first-class mail to the tenant's last known address both count.
Checked against the source on July 26, 2026.
Washington requires 90 days of written notice before a rent increase takes effect, whatever the size of the increase.
Tenancies subsidized through the unit itself get a shorter period of 30 days. A tenant's portable voucher does not count.
The increase has to start at the beginning of a rental period.
Checked against the source on July 26, 2026.
This page says what the rules require. The free calculators apply them to one increase, and an account tracks every unit you own and emails you before each deadline.
