You pay by cash, - how would you prove you did if the landlord says you havent?
It may well be that the landlord dont accept cash cos a money transfer/cheque is security for both landlord and tenant
The landlord has security cos if you fail to pay he can trace you through the bank AND its evidence for the IRS
YOU have security cos you have a record of paying the rent.
(and the term "legal tender" only applies when you pay a bill - i.e you have received something and are now paying for it
It does NOT apply when you pay for something before you get it - such as rent
In this case the "seller" can demand whatever they want in payment AND how you pay it, but the terms of payment must be specified before you buy it
So for rent the landlord can put in the lease you pay say XXX$ in cash and say 2 doz eggs/month
You dont like these terms then you dont rent)
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The payment method is to prevent theft. In the days of yore, most tenants paid their rent in cash. The criminal element know what day the rent is paid. The criminal element then seized upon the correct opportunity to steal the rent money which was all in cash and could not be traceable.
Since better and more secure methods have been introduced to the financial field people and businesses utilized these new methods.
Many landlords or property managers refuse to accept checks for rent in today's financial market to pay debt, the preference is to may by credit or debit card or an automatic deposit from the tenant to the landlord or property manager.
As long as you present legal tender to pay a debt, I think the person owed is not able to deny your payment of the debt, in any method you decide you want to utilize to pay,
You might check your lease to see of the lease agreement you signed has a preference as to how and what method of payment you have agreed to pay your rent. This would overrule any method you decide to pay.
Of course if I was your landlord or property manager, and you paid your rent in $1.00 bills, I would be looking for the slightest infraction you made that violated the lease and legally evict you.
In doing this you would have a legal eviction on your credit report and a civil court judgement on your criminal record. Of course I would not prevent the eviction notice in any shape or form. I would follow through until the eviction is complete.
You are being child like.The landlord is not trying to screw you, the landlord is trying to put him or herself in a position of not being robbed or making a trip to the bank.
Stop playing your child like games, and be an adult, pay your debts in the authorized method requested,even if a payment method is not in your lease or rental agreement.
There must be more things you have and would want to do with all this time you appear to have.
I hope this has been of some benefit to you, good luck.
"FIGHT ON"
Not accepting cash as a payment method for rent protects YOU primarily. With employee theft a major problem, requiring a check or MO makes it difficult to steal. And you have a record of payment. The employee could give you a receipt, but if you lose it, you lose proof of payment. Also, the employee can issue a phony receipt and you wouldn't know it. A phony receipt isn't proof of payment. Even I could write a phony receipt saying I paid my rent, when if fact, I didn't.
Pay your rent with something other than cash. It's smart on your part.
That has been tested in Ohio courts. The ruling determined that a payment in cash must be accepted by the landlord only if it is the exact amount. The landlord is not required to make change and may refuse cash payments that require an exchange.
I believe that US currency is legal tender for all obligations. I advise you to check with a landlord tenant hotline but my sense tells me they must accept cash. In my state if a tenant has bounced a check [NSF] a landlord can refuse a check after that and insist on a money order or cash for future payments. A landlord can't require you to pay by credit card either. Or check because not everyone has a checking account. But I believe regardless of the "inconvenience" cash may pose to a landlord it must be accepted as it is legal tender for obligations denominated in US dollars.
The word is paid.
If your rental agreement requires payment by something other than cash, it is not against Ohio laws for the landlord to enforce this.
You have too much time on your hands, and something going on mentally, if you are willing to go to the bank, get hundreds of dollars in singles, count them all out, go to the manager's office, sit there while they count them all out, and wait for your receipt.
If they are "screwing" you, proceed as permitted by state law, meaning going to civil court or using whatever remedies are allotted to you under the law.
I understand being angry and wanting to do something to show your disdain for the situation, but do it like a mature adult. Acting like a child will only create more problems. I'm sorry that you feel "screwed", but deal with it via legal actions, not stunts.
Cash is a legal tender and the Landlord cannot refuse. But paying by check is good for you as it serves as a record.
If your lease says that they do not accept cash OR if that is their standard policy, then they do not have to accept cash.
Grow up and pay your rent in the correct manner.
Cash is a legal tender and the Landlord cannot refuse. But paying by check is good for you as it serves as a record.
If your lease says that they do not accept cash OR if that is their standard policy, then they do not have to accept cash.
Grow up and pay your rent in the correct manner.
Cash is a legal tender and the Landlord cannot refuse. But paying by check is good for you as it serves as a record.
If your lease says that they do not accept cash OR if that is their standard policy, then they do not have to accept cash.
Grow up and pay your rent in the correct manner.
I wouldn't. If it states no cash in the lease, then that's what they mean. And if you don't get a receipt on a cash payment, then they can claim you didn't pay.
I wouldn't. If it states no cash in the lease, then that's what they mean. And if you don't get a receipt on a cash payment, then they can claim you didn't pay.
I wouldn't. If it states no cash in the lease, then that's what they mean. And if you don't get a receipt on a cash payment, then they can claim you didn't pay.
What does your lease say about payment options?
I wouldn't. If it states no cash in the lease, then that's what they mean. And if you don't get a receipt on a cash payment, then they can claim you didn't pay.
They can require any type of payment they like. Only a fool refuses cash.
Yes, they can refuse cash, check and take only a m.o. It is their choice.
Yes, they can refuse cash, check and take only a m.o. It is their choice.
Yes, they can refuse cash, check and take only a m.o. It is their choice.
Yes, they can refuse cash, check and take only a m.o. It is their choice.
Yes, they can refuse cash, check and take only a m.o. It is their choice.
Yes, they can refuse cash, check and take only a m.o. It is their choice.
Yes, they can refuse cash, check and take only a m.o. It is their choice.
What does your lease say about payment options?
What does your lease say about payment options?
Yes, they can refuse cash, check and take only a m.o. It is their choice.
It's for their own protection from thieves.
What does your lease say about payment options?
