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    Is It Legal For The Landlord To Submit A Letter To Me Stating He Will Charge A Late Fee On Any Late Rent Payment. He Will Charge $20.00 Late Fee And $10.00 Per Day The Rent Is Late?

    My rent is due on the 5th of each month. I am a single parent of 2 children under the age of 18. Sometimes I fall a little behind which causes me to be late approx. A week. The new landlord has not given me a new contract with him, he apparently is using the original contract I signed 4 1/2 years ago. He also will not keep the property up but has sent a later stating late charges occuring after the due date with no type of grace period.

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    If he stated this in the original lease or contract, yes it is legal.
    The fact that you have an issue about him maintaining the property is a separate issue, However, it is something you need to put in writing and give to him.

    You can also put in writing, that you will hold back rent if repairs are not done.

    If you are late on rent, that is quite different then you holding it back indefinitely until repairs, which you wrote to him about are done.

    Lateness on rent after a grace period (usually 5 days) is with all fairness, subject to a late fee on a daily basis.
    You do need to address the issue of non-repairs (in writing) if that is why you are not paying on time.

    answered 11 months ago   

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