5.14.100 Notices to tenants.
(1) Mandatory Notices to Tenants. Landlords must provide to each tenant, prior to, or at the time of agreeing to rent or lease a rental unit, a notice of tenant rights under this chapter. The department shall publish a form notice of tenant rights in English and other frequently spoken languages. Landlords must provide the form notice in the following circumstances:
(a) When entering into a rental agreement, by including a copy of the form notice as an exhibit or attachment to the written rental agreement;
(b) When renewing a rental agreement.
(2) If the rental agreement is negotiated or written in a language other than English, the landlord must also provide the form notice of tenant rights in English and the language in which the rental agreement was negotiated or written. (Ord. 737 § 2 (Exh. A), 2023).