# RCW 61.30.040: RCW 61.30.040: Notices—Persons required to be notified—Recording > Washington · Statutes · In force URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T61_C30_S040 ## Section - **Citation:** RCW 61.30.040 - **Heading:** RCW 61.30.040: Notices—Persons required to be notified—Recording - **Jurisdiction:** Washington - **Kind:** Statutes - **Status:** In force - **Text as of:** August 14, 2026 - **Source:** Compiled text - **Location:** Washington Code / Title 61 / Chapter 30 / Section 040 ## Text (1) The required notices shall be given to each purchaser last known to the seller or the seller's agent or attorney giving the notice and to each person who, at the time the notice of intent to forfeit is recorded, is the last holder of record of a purchaser's interest. Failure to comply with this subsection in any material respect shall render any purported forfeiture based upon the required notices void. (2) The required notices shall also be given to each of the following persons whose interest the seller desires to forfeit if the default is not cured: (a) The holders and claimants of record at the time the notice of intent to forfeit is recorded of any interests in or liens upon all or any portion of the property derived through the purchaser or which are otherwise subordinate to the seller's interest in the property; and (b) All persons occupying the property at the time the notice of intent to forfeit is recorded and whose identities are reasonably discoverable by the seller. Any forfeiture based upon the required notices shall be void as to each person described in this subsection (2) to whom the notices are not given in accordance with this chapter in any material respect. (3) The required notices shall also be given to each person who at the time the notice of intent to forfeit is recorded has recorded in each county in which any of the property is located a request to receive the required notices, which request (a) identifies the contract being forfeited by reference to its date, the original parties thereto, and a legal description of the property; (b) contains the name and address for notice of the person making the request; and (c) is executed and acknowledged by the requesting person. (4) Except as otherwise provided in the contract or other agreement with the seller and except as otherwise provided in this section, the seller shall not be required to give any required notice to any person whose interest in the property is not of record or if such interest is first acquired after the time the notice of intent to forfeit is recorded. Subject to subsection (5) of this section, all such persons hold their interest subject to the potential forfeiture described in the recorded notice of intent to forfeit and shall be bound by any forfeiture made pursuant thereto as permitted in this chapter as if the required notices were given to them. (5) Before the commencement of the time for cure, the notice of intent to forfeit shall be recorded in each county in which any of the property is located. The notice of intent to forfeit shall become ineffective for all purposes one year after the expiration of the time for cure stated in such notice or in any recorded extension thereof executed by the seller or the seller's agent or attorney unless, prior to the end of that year, the declaration of forfeiture based on such notice or a lis pendens incident to an action under this chapter is recorded. The time for cure may not be extended in increments of more than one year each, and extensions stated to be for more than one year or for an unstated or indefinite period shall be deemed to be for one year for the purposes of this subsection. Recording a lis pendens when a notice of intent to forfeit is effective shall cause such notice to continue in effect until the later of one year after the expiration of the time for cure or thirty days after final disposition of the action evidenced by the lis pendens. (6) The declaration of forfeiture shall be recorded in each county in which any of the property is located after the time for cure has expired without the default having been cured. ## Nearby sections - [RCW 61.30.010 RCW 61.30.010: Definitions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T61_C30_S010.md) - [RCW 61.30.020 RCW 61.30.020: Forfeiture or foreclosure—Notices—Other remedies not limited.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T61_C30_S020.md) - [RCW 61.30.030 RCW 61.30.030: Conditions to forfeiture.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T61_C30_S030.md) - [RCW 61.30.040 RCW 61.30.040: Notices—Persons required to be notified—Recording.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T61_C30_S040.md) - [RCW 61.30.050 RCW 61.30.050: Notices—Form—Method of service.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T61_C30_S050.md) - [RCW 61.30.060 RCW 61.30.060: Notice of intent to forfeit—Declaration of forfeiture—Time limitations.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T61_C30_S060.md) - [RCW 61.30.070 RCW 61.30.070: Notice of intent to forfeit—Declaration of forfeiture—Contents.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T61_C30_S070.md) - [RCW 61.30.080 RCW 61.30.080: Failure to give required notices.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T61_C30_S080.md) - [RCW 61.30.090 RCW 61.30.090: Acceleration of payments—Cure of default.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T61_C30_S090.md) - [RCW 61.30.100 RCW 61.30.100: Effect of forfeiture.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T61_C30_S100.md) - [RCW 61.30.110 RCW 61.30.110: Forfeiture may be restrained or enjoined.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T61_C30_S110.md) - [RCW 61.30.120 RCW 61.30.120: Sale of property in lieu of forfeiture.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T61_C30_S120.md) - [RCW 61.30.130 RCW 61.30.130: Forfeiture may proceed upon expiration of judicial order—Court may award attorneys' fees or impose conditions—Venue.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T61_C30_S130.md) - [RCW 61.30.140 RCW 61.30.140: Action to set aside forfeiture.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T61_C30_S140.md) --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T61_C30_S040. 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