http://www.rentalprotectionagency.com/tenant-rights/late-rent-fee-2 Sat, 16 Oct 2021 17:50:16 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 http://www.rentalprotectionagency.com/tenant-rights/late-rent-fee-2#comment-1363 Thu, 02 Apr 2009 11:49:01 +0000 http://www.rentalprotectionagency.com/blog/renter?p=221#comment-1363 Thats crazy for your landlord to suddenly try to charge you for the late fees. If it were me I would simply respond via certified mail with a copy of the proof you have that the checks were post marked by the dates you claim. Then I would also take it a step further and mail the checks out at least a day early. It will still give you a day or so before the checks are cashed. There’s no sense in waiting until the deadline. I would imagine that if you read through your lease you will find that rent is actually due on the 1st of the month but provides a grace period of 5 or 6 days in this case.
If you like your rental– the $80 isn’t worth the possibility of your landlord kicking you out. So I suggest not making too big of a case out of it. If you are late even one day, the landlord can evict you.

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