is there a law about paying rent late?
450414
Whatever your contract says.  If you signed that you would pay your rent by the 1st of every month, that's a binding contract & you can be taken to court & sued over non-payment, forced to move out of your dwelling, pay the back rent as well as court costs.
418705
First check your lease, if it states that the Landlord can raise the rent at anytime, then unfortunately yes, but they always have to notify you, and give you time to move if you do not wish to pay, but if they just fixed or upgraded something and trying to raise the rent in the middle of your lease, they are supposed to wait until your lease is up, but check your agreement.
875331
You should call up the your local water company and tell them you think you may have an outstanding payment because you have never received a bill and have therefore been unable to pay. They can look it up for you by your name and location, and unless you're in base housing you generally have to pay for your utilities. You can also ask them to wave the late fees since you have never received a bill and I always offer to mail a payment right away if they'll give me an address rather than waiting for them to finally mail something to you to return it in. Just get a balance and write a check.
937569
That would depend on how long you have been delinquent and if the amount was sent to collection or if they still own the late account. I would contact corporate office and ask for info on your account as they may have added late fees and others thet made the amount higher than you know of. Good luck.
172029
I work in Property Management and as such I do deal with evictions from time to time.  A lot of eviction laws vary from state to state but there are a few standards that apply.  You must file the case in court and have them served with an eviction notice.  If the date on the notice passes and they do not move out or pay then you can contact your local balliff and order what's called a WRIT (a document for restitution) which the balliff will place on their door.  It will have a pre-determined amount of time on it and once that time passes you are free to physically evict them with the balliff present.\n\nIn the future I recommend changing your leases to reflect fines for paying rent late.  At my company we charge a late fee of $30 on the 2nd and another one on the 7th.  If it goes to court we also charge them for their legal fees.\n\nIt is also important how your lease and the order of eviction are worded.  You want to have a clause in your lease that states that a partial payment will not stop an eviction and you want the court to put that on the notice as well (as long as that's legal in your state).  As to the noise issues, you need to add a "reasonable enjoyment" clause to your lease which states that people can be evicted if multiple noise complaints and other violations occur.  We take a three strikes and you're out approach to noise.  We make the residents that are complaining put it in writing and then we send a letter to the violator.  If the noise continues we require it in writing again and then we send a much harsher letter and make a phone call.  If we receive a third complaint in writing we file for eviction.  We do allow three days after sending each letter for compliance to allow for postal times.  \n\nIt is important to send all documentation like this through first class mail.  Do not just give it to them.  \n\nI hope all of this helps.  Good luck!\n\nPS - Go to google and put in landlord law your state for more information.\n\nOne more thing - in my state we are required by law to send a seven day notice when we haven't received rent.  The seven day time period must pass before we can take the case to court.  Check your state for the laws regarding Demand for Possessions.
375986
in our state you would not have to pay rent until the problem was fixed.\ndeduct for every day problem persists.
848616
Depending on what state you are in as it varies greatly, after the court date you have a certain amount of time to pay the rent and late fees and/or court costs usually a week. If then fees aren't paid by then he the landlord files for a warrant of eviction or basically gets in contact with the sheriff to schedule a date to evict you as in most states a justice of the peace or police officer has to present  in order to carry out a "legal" eviction. In most states, you can still pay on the day the sheriff shows up and stay in the unit, unless you are a habitually late tenant and then your right to pay can be revoked by what is normally called a warrant without right to redemption or some other terminology depending on where you live. The whole process can take anywhere from  weeks to  months as a tenant can not be put out in most states if the temperature is below freezing or it is raining.
962907
NO. It is against the law. If he has entered into the agreement to pay you once a week and he has lost the time card then he is at fault. Call the Labor board. The number is in the front of the phone book or on line at the department of Labor.You will have your check that day. They frown on that with fines to employers who do this.Plus he will need to reimburse you for any late fees you have incurred do to his negligence.
1138488
I live in California and I got my first apartment when I was 19.  I had a really good paying job so I didn't really struggle.  By law they have to pay 2 utilities.  Usually it's water and trash. What I thought was kind of weird was that there was a time when my rent was late, and I had to pay a 60 dollar late fee and write a statement as to why my rent was late.  I thought that was a bit much.  Also, If I had someone over for more than 3 days, I had to get permission from the landlord and stuff. It's pretty easy if you are tight with your money for the first couple of months so you can see exactly how much your utilities are
325870
If you don't pay the rent within the time period then the landlord has the right file a lawsuit for eviction.  If you have what you think is a valid reason for not paying rent then send the landlord a certified letter giving your reason.  Then prepare to tell a judge when the landlord files the lawsuit for eviction.  Read about your rights and responsibilities at http://realestate.findlaw.com/tenant and then click on the Resources link to get details for California.
461284
If you signed a lease (a written agreement) then for instance your the landlord and someone is renting from you then you have to give them a notice, then if they don't want to leave, then you take the matter to the magistrate, then wait some more (about 30 more days). Roughly, it will take 90 days and then the magistrate will send (more than likely)a Constable to escort the people out (or you if this is the case). The matter will be brought up at the magistrate level carrying a fine and the amount due in rent. If your on probation or something this shouldn't cause an uproar with your P.O. its not like its a new charge and then you would get violated. As far as your credit like I said if your paying on it (making an effort) then you shouldn't worry. But with everything else your credit is effected. I've owed $800 in rent and had someone come and lock me out and then the next day called the housing authority and made arrangements to pay the amount back and nothing came about this since, everythings fine.
83111
Define GOOD.\n\nDo you mean you always pay on time? Or do you mean you only have a few months when the rent is late?\n\nYour defintion of GOOD may not be the same as your landlord's definition of good.\n\nIf you've had late payments beyond 30, 60, or 90 days, your landlord can report it.\n\nIf you vacated an apartment without giving proper notice and you never paid the rent after that, he could report it.\n\nIf you vacated an apartment, trashed it, and your initial deposit didn't cover the damages and you refused to pay for the rest of the damages.... he couldn't report you to a credit bureau until he took you to court, he got a judgment against you,  and you didn't pay.
377146
You have started a pattern of accepting this behavior.  It will be difficult to make a major change right away.  I would suggest a few months before their lease ends, send them a lease renewal with new guidelines.  For example, late fees charged after 5 days late or a flat late charge fee.  Also, the rent must be dropped off at a specific location by the due date.
256687
Hello:\n\nTry rentlaw.com for laws in your state.\n\nexcon
230435
You can always pay more than the minimum but some places will charge you an early payoff fee. When making more than the minimum payment make sure you state that the extra is for the following month even though you still are going to make the following months payment. The reason is just in case you were to be late with the next month payment even if you had made lets say a double payment the month before it wouldn't count for that month that you are late unless you had stated when paying that it was for the following month. If you hadn't mentioned that fact you will get charged late fees or worse something could get repo'd.
40873
That depends how you define "not so good credit".  If you simply have a lot of debt (within reason), it shouldn't be a problem.  However, if you don't have good credit because of late payments, this could be an issue that would cause a landlord some concern.  After all, if you have a history of making late payments, he'd be in danger of putting himself in the same position, receiving your rent payments late...or not at all.  So the short answer to your question is "Yes...but it depends..".
568872
If you have the money, you may be able to find a place to requires a substantial security deposit that will fit into your scheme of things or if you have the ability to make a payroll allotment (which ensures the renter you will pay on time) this may be an option.  Good luck, shop around and do not give up.