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flamingstar2
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Please help!!! I was given a '5-day pay or quit' notice by my landlord today. I am late on paying the rent which was due 09/15/00. However, I had a verbal agreement with him to pay the rent plus late charges when I got my paycheck the first week of October.
He called me at work today and asked if he would be receiving the rent today. I told him that I had not been paid yet, but I would tell my boss that I needed it today and would be over to pay it. As soon as I hung up, he called my work and told the receptionist that he was my landlord and I had told him that I hadn't been payed yet, and was that true or was I making it up. She said that I had not been paid yet and then told me that he called. I immediately called him back on his cell phone and told that I didn't appreciate being called a liar. His response was that he didn't call me a liar, he just called to see if I was telling the truth. I ended the call and hung up. He called me back 5 minutes later and said, 'you're right, I shouldn't have called your work, what I should have done was give you an eviction letter two weeks ago. I'll be there in 5 minutes, meet me out side, I don't want to have to embarrass you in your work.' He came and gave me the notice and told me that he will be out on Monday and that he wants me gone by than.
What I need to know is this, the notice says 'pay or quit' by 10/8/00. I can't afford to move right now, we had already agreed that I would move out by 02/15/01. If I try to pay him now, does he have to accept the rent or can he refuse it and evict me? If he refuses the rent, does he have to serve me with another notice, filed through court? What exactly are my rights?
He called me at work today and asked if he would be receiving the rent today. I told him that I had not been paid yet, but I would tell my boss that I needed it today and would be over to pay it. As soon as I hung up, he called my work and told the receptionist that he was my landlord and I had told him that I hadn't been payed yet, and was that true or was I making it up. She said that I had not been paid yet and then told me that he called. I immediately called him back on his cell phone and told that I didn't appreciate being called a liar. His response was that he didn't call me a liar, he just called to see if I was telling the truth. I ended the call and hung up. He called me back 5 minutes later and said, 'you're right, I shouldn't have called your work, what I should have done was give you an eviction letter two weeks ago. I'll be there in 5 minutes, meet me out side, I don't want to have to embarrass you in your work.' He came and gave me the notice and told me that he will be out on Monday and that he wants me gone by than.
What I need to know is this, the notice says 'pay or quit' by 10/8/00. I can't afford to move right now, we had already agreed that I would move out by 02/15/01. If I try to pay him now, does he have to accept the rent or can he refuse it and evict me? If he refuses the rent, does he have to serve me with another notice, filed through court? What exactly are my rights?