Roommate removed door latch (WA)

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Location: Washington State

Follow-up to this post from a couple days ago.

Roommate has moved out, but is still on the lease. Roommate has moved ~90% of her things out of the unit and has been staying full time in her new apartment for about a week now. Meanwhile, roommate continues to insist that I cannot latch my door at any point until her remaining things are gone.

Two days ago maintenance came to my door and said they received a request to remove the door latch. I told them I don’t approve and they seemed fine with that.

Today roommate removed the door latch herself and took it with her.

There are many other controlling behaviors that roommate is showing that are scaring me, but I find this to be the most concerning. The latch is only locked when I’m home alone. It has never been used to keep her out of the unit. There has been exactly ONE instance where roommate had to wait two minutes for me to put on a shirt.

Roommate states she will not be fully moved out until August 14 (she originally said July 25), and seems unwilling to allow me to latch the door at any point during the next two weeks.

Roommate has given keys to all of her friends, who have established a pattern of letting themselves in without knocking or communicating with me beforehand.

If I put up a new latch, do I have any legal avenues for preventing her from removing it?