Rent Receipt in Washington

A simple rent receipt to give a tenant for each payment — especially cash. Some states require a receipt for cash rent; check your state below.

What Washington law says

Rent receipts	Always for cash; on request for other payments. A landlord may refuse cash, but if the landlord accepts a cash rent payment it must give a receipt. For payments made any other way, the landlord must give a written receipt when the tenant asks. The statute does not list required receipt contents. Landlords must accept a personal check, cashier's check or money order for rent (a personal check may be refused if one bounced or was drawn on a closed account within the previous nine months) and must allow payment by mail unless they provide an accessible on-site location. Source: RCW 59.18.063

Rent receipts

Always for cash; on request for other payments. A landlord may refuse cash, but if the landlord accepts a cash rent payment it must give a receipt. For payments made any other way, the landlord must give a written receipt when the tenant asks. The statute does not list required receipt contents. Landlords must accept a personal check, cashier's check or money order for rent (a personal check may be refused if one bounced or was drawn on a closed account within the previous nine months) and must allow payment by mail unless they provide an accessible on-site location.

Source: RCW 59.18.063

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RENT RECEIPT No. [receipt number]

Date received: [date received]

Received from: [tenant name(s)]

Rental address: [rental address]

Amount: $[amount paid] Paid by: [cash / check no. / money order / electronic]

For: rent for the period [rental period, e.g. Nov 1-30] Balance still owed: $[balance owed]

Received by: [landlord or agent name], [landlord address or phone] Signature: ____________________

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General legal information, not legal advice. Laws change and local rules can differ; check the linked official source or talk to a lawyer about your situation.