The Seattle City Council approved changes to RRIO fees that take effect on
January 1, 2019.
Change from 5 year renewal cycle to 2 year renewal cycle
Nothing will change for
existing registrations. When existing registrations are renewed after five
years, they will be converted to the two-year cycle.
The new two-year registration/renewal fee is $70 for a
single-family/single-unit rental and $15 for each additional unit (was $175 1st unit + $2/additional units every 5 years).
5 year cycle cost changes will be:
Current (through 2018) fees
Single family prop | Duplex | 8 plex
Year 1 $175 $177 $182
Year 3 --- --- ---
Year 5 --- --- ---
TOTAL $175 $177 $182
Beginning 2019
Single family prop | Duplex | 8 plex
Year 1 $70 $85 $175
Year 3 $70 $85 $175
Year 5 $70 $85 $175
TOTAL $210 $255 $525
Two new fees have also been added:
- A $30 late fee for inspections
that are not completed by the inspection due date. This is to cover
the additional administrative costs from late inspections.
- A $40 fee for processing
inspection results submitted by private qualified rental housing
inspectors. This fee is in addition to whatever fee the private inspector
charges.
Finally, to keep up with increased labor and administrative
costs, two other fees have changed:
- Late registration fees have
increased from $20 to $30.
- The fee for hiring a City
inspector has increased from $160 to $175 for a single-family/single-unit
property. Each additional unit that must be inspected will cost $35. We
generally require 20 percent of units on a multifamily property to be
inspected.
See the table below for a summary of the 2019 RRIO fees passed by Seattle City
Council.
Fee
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Approved by Seattle City Council –
Effective 1/1/2019
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Registration
/ Renewal
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Property
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$70
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every 2 years
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Additional
Units
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$15
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Late
Registration/ Renewal
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$30
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if late
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City
inspection
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Property
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$175
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once every 5-10 years
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Additional
Units
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$35
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or
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Private
Inspection Submittal Fee (new
fee)
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$40
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Late
Inspection (new fee)
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$30
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if inspection is late
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