Home > Research Legal Advice > Landlord / Tenant > My landlord leaves us taped notes on are door telling us to give her the...
Asked 4 months ago - Phoenix, AZ
Flagmy husband pays the rent on the 15th of every month. some times the land go nuts on us even if we a day late. Ive been wondering if she can do this to us.
If you are late paying the rent by even one day, yes she can do this. In fact, if you are late with the rent, rather than a note, she can post a five-day notice on your door. Then if you do not pay within five days, she can file a forcible detainer action against you. Your landlord is fully within her rights.
Dear I am wondering if she can do this?
I am an attorney licensed in New York. I do not practice law in Arizona.
If you do not have a written lease and all your dealings with your landlord are on an informal basis on an understanding of a verbal rent agreement, then this appears to be nothing more than your landlord avoiding mailing a rent invoice to you and taping the rent bill to the door.
If this bothers you then you may give her a supply of pre-addressed stamped envelopes so she could mail the rent bill to you.
If your rent due date is the 15th, then one day late is late. If you are in possession with a month to month tenancy that runs from the 15th of the month to the 14th of the next month, the landlord is entitled to the benefit of the bargain you made with the rent being paid on time.
Good luck.
Don't speak legalese? We define thousands of terms in plain English.
Browse our legal dictionary
