Legal Question in Real Estate Law in Washington

Re: Landlord picking up mail after tenant has moved out

At this point, you simply want to continue to treat this person the way you have. You have been reasonable in your decisions. The tenant moved out and no longer had an interest in the property. The tenant failed to properly make sure that mail was forwarded. You were courteous enough to take care of the tenant's mail and notify the tenant that you had the mail ready for them. If the tenant will not pick up the mail you have, then you might call the post office to ask what you should do with it. Either that or mail it to the tenant if the tenant has provided you with an address. Obviously, mail it certified.

For the letter that they claim you didn't pass on to them, they are the ones who did not do what they should have done with their mail. They should have advised people sending important correspondence of the address change and should have put in a proper change of address form at the post office. If you did not receive the mail, you are not responsible for their negligence.