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collection of rent payments and a 30 day notice

our lease ends 6/30 since 3/1 we have been making small weekly rental payments to our landlord(we have been here 3 years)as times have gotten harder--in the past she has been very nice about accepting pymnts. (she was paid in full for all rents due and owing)she has accepted these payments since Mar--understanding we would leave at the end of lease with no fight,but yesterday after collecting a payment she gave us a written letter stating at the end if mar and april are not paid in full by the fifth-this was our thirty day notice--but she is coming on the sixth to get more money-what are my rights-and is that a 30 day notice-can she still get monies or should we stop making them as we have notice now? Thank You--name removed--Ziegler


Asked on 4/03/02, 12:18 pm

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Timothy Violette Law Office of Timothy P. Violette

Re: collection of rent payments and a 30 day notice

You can be sued for unpaid rent the day after it is due. You can be sent a notice to get out when your lease expires or any time afterwards, provided you are not in a rent stabilized apartment. Accepting small rent payments has been a courtesy she need not continue.

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Answered on 4/03/02, 12:30 pm


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