is paying rent with cash acceptable?

[coexmatrix]

What is the name of your state? pa
Hello,
As always, any help or advice is certainly appreciated. After having a problem with checks, I have asked my landlord to allow me to give her cash for rent. I ask that she simply have a receipt for me, that I will meet her anywhere that may be convenient for her, on a day that we can agree on ( basically any day she wants is cool with me). She flat out refuses. Can I be made by the landlord to have to pay in checks, Cash money should be acceptable I assume. Is it considered her not accepting payment if I have cash in hand and she does not have a receipt nor does she intend to provide one? After all, cash is hard federal money and I am really going out of my way to make it as easy on LL as I can as far as meeting arrangements. Obviously if she was far away it would be a different story, but, she lives relatively close.

 

[queenofsand]

Does your lease have any restrictions on the method used to pay the rent? If not, I'd say that cash is acceptable. You are wise to insist on a receipt. A lease should state how the rent is to be paid...cash, check, money order, automatic payment, etc.

One way to protect yourself is to pay with a counter/cashier's check from your bank. Or a postal money order. You'll have a receipt ( and paper trail at your bank) and your landlord won't have to worry that she's receiving a rubber check. I understand if she won't accept a check after a tenant bounces one but I don't see why she would refuse cash. I've gone through PA's statutes and didn't find anything specific about the method of payment; I did find a sample lease that mentioned the way the landlord wanted payment. Ultimately, I guess you have to placate your landlord.

 

[coexmatrix]

queen, thanks for the input, I figured such was the case. Nope, nothing in the lease about it.