Re: Text & Email Disclaimer - Landlord Forum thread 361497

Re: Text & Email Disclaimer by Garry on August 22, 2021 @15:42

Daniel, I like what you have put down here. But I think you should carry this 1 step farther, before you send it out to any tenants. First, you should check with your state's LL/T laws, to see if they say anything about how communication between LL/Ts should be handled. Next you should contact a local attorney in your area AND a local judge, to see if it's acceptable or not, to use texts and emails for communication.

For instance, Judge Judy has been accepting texts and emails from both LLs and Ts for several years now. If judges in your area accept texts and emails in their courtrooms, then for you to NOT accept them, may pose a problem for YOU if you ever end up in court. Currently, yes, formal notices ( 3 day, 30 day, etc )are supposed to be in writing. But nowadays, with texts, emails, and phone calls being the "normally" accepted method of everyday communication, you may want to revise your letter before you send it to anyone.

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Re: Text & Email Disclaimer by Daniel (CA) on August 23, 2021 @21:37	[ Reply ]

Thanks for your input. my disclaimer is based on the lease that specifically identifies how to contact the LL... when I point out that tenant should abide by the lease. LL's are not yet burdened with the compliance rules like some industries to retain all digital communications, and until there is a universal accepted way to control spam and how some emails end up in the junk or delete folder; mom and pop LL's shouldnt be expected to handle digital communications like some fortune 500's companies. The intent of this disclaimer is when tenants abuse netiquette.