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Can your landlord hold you responsible if the US Postal System does not get the rent to him on time?
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Yes, but with an exception. Your obligation is to pay the landlord the rent by a certain day of the month. If you choose to entrust the mail with the payment, you are using the Postal Service as your agent and if your agent fails, then you fail. However, if your landlord wants you to mail the rent to him, then the landlord has chosen the Postal Service as its agent. In that case, if the agent fails, it is the landlord, not the tenant who fails and the tenant cannot be held responsible.
Check your lease. If it states that the rent is to be "received by" you have a duty to mail it with enough time for it to arrive promptly. If you do not take into account issues with the mail, you have not met the requirements. And the burden will be on you to prove that you mailed the rent, addressed it properly and affixed the proper postage to it.
As there is normally no way to verify that a check has been mailed, the landlord may require that you pay your rent directly or through some intermediary. If a check could be lost or stolen, or does not arrive by the date due, the landlord may require that you replace it rather than wait for its arrival. If this is a repeated occurrence, it is likely that a non-postal payment method may be implemented.
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No.
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In every state, landlords have a common law duty to provide adequate plumbing. In your case, the plumbing was blocked before you moved in. Accordingly, your landlord cannot hold you responsible for fixing or unblocking the pipes. If your landlord demands that you pay for the blocked pipes or you continue to have plumbing problems, you will need to see a landlord-tenant law attorney or tenant's rights group in your area.
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Can landlord hold you responsible for damages after new tenants move in?
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My lease states no pets allowed but landlord agreed to let another tenant get pets?
Ask the landlord if you can get pet because a neighbor got pets, and hold a good argument.
Can the landlord hold the minor liable for a blance on a lease if its broken?
No. A minor cannot be party to a contract.
Can South Carolina tenant refuse to pay rent if the landlord refuses to fix any problems?
you can not with hold rent for any reason. write a letter to the landlord that is dated with the problem and if its not taken care of or addressed in 14 days then take the landlord to court.
Can a Landlord hold a rental check for 2 months and cause the rental a overdraft?
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If HOA requires owners to power wash decks can an owner landlord hold tenant responsible and charge a fine if tenant does not power wash the deck?
The landlord is required by HOA, I'll suspect, to mow the lawn, too. The lease may require that you mow it. If the landlord expects you to power wash your deck, that will have a similar clause in your lease agreement. If the lease places the responsibility on the tenant, you signed the lease and it is a contract. If it isn't there, you can probably argue successfully that it isn't your responsibility. If the landlord provides access to a power washer and provides training on how to properly perform the power washing and has that responsibility spelled out in the lease as the tenant's responsibility then you had better get to washing or hire one of the landlord's service providers to do it.
