If Paying Rent With Cash Does A Landlord Have To Give You A Rent Receipt?

While no law requires a landlord to provide a receipt, you should absolutely insist on having one, and if it is not provided after requesting, you should report your landlord to HUD-- simply to have the report on record--and you can file a report with the IRS if you suspect the landlord may be not reporting rent income. I would not advise paying in cash as long as your landlord refuses to provide receipt of that payment/those payments. Period.

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If you pay cash, the only proof you have of paying & on a timely manner, is asking for a receipt. You should always ask for a receipt...and save it!!! You may also need receipts for income tax purposes depending on where you live, if you pay cash.

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Never pay with cash... If you do... Expect trouble...

And if you continue... Have the person sign a receipt, that you prepared in advanced, stating you are paying cash for this month's rent and that you are current on all rent, with zero balance owned, with this payment... Don't handover the money till after it's signed and dated and in your hands. If they wish to have a copy, you'll be glad to make them one or have them make copies before the money exchanges hands. Never give them it back after they got your money !!!

Besides, "real" leases state rents are to be paid by check or money orders / cashier checks or by credit cards and that they do not accept cash payments of any type.

The reason... My apartment office has had 3 break ins in the past 2 months.

1st. Break in they got rent checks
2nd. Break in they got rent checks and keys to units.
3rd. Break in they got the computers, keys, and rent checks.

I had to prove i was current on my rent each time because the stuff they needed to prove i paid was taken. They knew it, but sent out letters saying residents owed this and that, those that had receipts they cleared off the books. Those that didn't got burned.

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You should always get a receipt, no matter how you pay your rent it is proof of payment,If your landlord refuses to give you one then pay by check if you don't have a checking account then pay by money order that way he can't say you didn't pay the rent and if he refuses to accept either one then report him to the IRS because he isn't paying taxes on that dwelling.

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In New York state the law does require the landlord to give a rent receipt. Even if paid by check you can still request a rent receipt. New York state has a tenants rights book. So I assume each state must have one. You can request one from the Attorney Generals office. New York state has some of the tenants rights online. You should check into it.

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I don't know if there are any laws governing a situation like that, but I'd make sure he gives me one. If he won't, I would definitely think there is something wrong going on. You have every right to insist he gives you one. That's your proof that you paid the rent.

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Whenever paying by cash, always request a receipt. It would be more advisable to put your money in a bank account that you could write checks from or that you could use a debit card for. This gives you a document that a bill has been paid and if there is a dispute, you have the document to prove the payment.

If they refuse to give a receipt for payment, then I would question their credibility anyway and figure how I could get away from doing business with this person as it would appear they are looking to take advantage of people and will find themselves in trouble sooner or later.

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Jinjor - you don't say which country you live in, but I suspect USA. If it is the UK, every landlord should provide tenant with a rent book, by law, and if they don't give you a rent book you can get one of your own via Citizens Advice Bureau. Always ask for a receipt, you are entitled to one wherever you live, and make sure you keep it in your rent book.

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If you must pay with cash (as a last resort, given its propensity for vanishing without a trace) have the landlord/manager provide you with a receipt on the letterhead of the company that operates the building you live in. It should include all of the pertinent information noted in the previous answers you have received. Most reputable management companies don't accept cash for a variety of reasons, but if they do on a regular basis, they probably have pre-printed receipts on hand.

In the future, if you can, use a form of payment that leaves a paper trail regardless of any interaction you may have with your landlord/manager. For instance, cancelled checks, whether you get them back in your monthly statement or not, remain in your bank's microfilm records for years. No bank account? No problem. Go to any bank and get a Certified Check or Money Order. Banks keep records of these transactions as well in addition to providing you with a receipt.

Finally, keep your lease and payment related documents organized and in a safe place in the event that you may have to produce them later.

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No your land lord should not give you a recipt because thats only will stores because you cant get cash back from the land lord

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