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Need some advice here. My landlord does not accept personal checks from us any longer due to us bouncing an item about 2 years ago. We have paid via cashier's check since then. However, my parents offered to pay our rent this month and sent in a check via Fed Ex from California. I didn't even think that they wouldn't accept THEIR check.
When I got a notice rent was late I called and they said they don't accept checks from anybody for us. Period. Well, the language in our notice isn't that clear but whatever.
So I asked where my check was since this was Thursday and I didn't receive it back yet. After an hour she called me back and gave me a vague answer that amounted to "it's in the mail today". I asked why it takes 4 days to return a check to its owner and she hemmed and hawed about how they are busy and get a lot of mail.
The check did not arrive in my mailbox today and it should have. Now I can't pay my rent, which I was told was due tomorrow or I will face eviction!! They have been holding my money for FOUR business days and did not return my money to me in a timely manner. Do I have any recourse here against a possible evicition? I told her how ridiculous it was that they sat on it for FOUR days before returning it to me and nary a phone call or anything. Essentially her answer was they are too busy to do that.
I guess they are not too busy to file eviction notices either but what do you think? Would I have a case before the judge? I understand late fees...I'll pay them all. But when the landlord has my property and does not return it in a timely manner, knowing that the receipt of that money will enable me to pay them, how can they justify filing an eviction on us?
Help please!
Need some advice here. My landlord does not accept personal checks from us any longer due to us bouncing an item about 2 years ago. We have paid via cashier's check since then. However, my parents offered to pay our rent this month and sent in a check via Fed Ex from California. I didn't even think that they wouldn't accept THEIR check.
When I got a notice rent was late I called and they said they don't accept checks from anybody for us. Period. Well, the language in our notice isn't that clear but whatever.
So I asked where my check was since this was Thursday and I didn't receive it back yet. After an hour she called me back and gave me a vague answer that amounted to "it's in the mail today". I asked why it takes 4 days to return a check to its owner and she hemmed and hawed about how they are busy and get a lot of mail.
The check did not arrive in my mailbox today and it should have. Now I can't pay my rent, which I was told was due tomorrow or I will face eviction!! They have been holding my money for FOUR business days and did not return my money to me in a timely manner. Do I have any recourse here against a possible evicition? I told her how ridiculous it was that they sat on it for FOUR days before returning it to me and nary a phone call or anything. Essentially her answer was they are too busy to do that.
I guess they are not too busy to file eviction notices either but what do you think? Would I have a case before the judge? I understand late fees...I'll pay them all. But when the landlord has my property and does not return it in a timely manner, knowing that the receipt of that money will enable me to pay them, how can they justify filing an eviction on us?
Help please!