Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in Tennessee
rent payments
Recently, I dropped my rent payment in the drop box of my apartment complex office like instructed in the lease aggreement. Rent is due by the first but accepted until the 5th. I received a notice that my payment had not been received on the 11th so I cancelled the first check I wrote and issued another. The management will not accept it now and is charging me with late fees and attorney's fees even though i did issue payment. Am I legally responsible for all of this even though they lost my original rent check?
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: rent payments
The trouble I see is in proving that you submitted the payment. If you have a copy of the original check (some check-books have them), this might help. I would go ahead and pay them what they say you owe them (minus attorney's fees as I can't see how an attorney could have done anything much in 15 days) and then submit a demand for repayment and follow up in small claims if you have to.
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