Stolen Key - Tenant wants to replace the deadbolt - Issue?

[Zach Schwarzmiller]

One of my tenants in Washington State (Snohomish County) son had his jacket stolen while at school which had his house key in the pocket. My tenant is worried about this and wants to replace the locks on his doors and bring me a copy of the new key. I personally see no issue with this and with a quick look through RCW 59.18 don't see anything pop out at me initially. I am going to give it a more thorough read later on, but in the meantime figured I would post the question here to see if anyone has ever seen any legal issues with this. Thanks!

[Jon K.]

I would let tenant hire *YOUR* handyman at their cost to replace the lock.

Tenant might:

1) Not bring you a copy of the key at all, or wait too long to do it

2) Damage or scratch the door, not install lock properly, etc.

I would be more concerned with not having access to property until tenant gets around to giving me a key.