One fact of being in the landlord business is that rent checks will occasionally bounce. When that happens, you, the landlord will probably not find out the rent check was returned until 3 or 4 weeks later, depending on how efficient your bank is.
How does that concern the tenancy? It means the rent is approximately 3 -4 weeks late, plus you’ve incurred bank charges on top of it.

Like a late rent notice, the LPA Dishonored Check Notice will inform the tenant that the rent check was returned for insufficient funds. It will ask for the balance due along with any applicable bounced check charges, late fees, and daily late charges as agreed in your lease.

Remember, a bounced check can cause the rent to be extremely late, thereby placing you at a point in time where you may normally begin eviction proceedings, so it is important to jump on this immediately. The LPA recommends that you check your bank account often to discover bad checks as soon as possible.

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The LPA Dishonored Check Notice also contains a checkbox for the option to inform the tenant that personal checks will no longer be an acceptable form of rent payment and that they must now pay the rent in the form of postal money order, certified bank check or cash (cash only if you collect rent in person).

The LPA also recommends that when you send a notice like this to the tenant, it is a good idea to copy and paste the late fee and bounced check clause from your LPA Lease to the bottom of the form to show the tenant the penalty fees they agreed to in their lease.

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Real Estate Attorney John Reno, an expert in landlord tenant legal matters, has specialized in landlord tenant law for many years. Mr. Reno answers questions asked by LPA members to help solve all kinds of landlord tenant problems.

Dear Mr. Reno:
I live in and own my home with a mortgage cosigner, and in the home are also two other adults and two minors (all siblings). One of the adults is not paying anything to the house, but the other is. A verbal contract exists with the one who pays, but there is no written lease.

After a long period of trying to live amicably, I would like to eject the four lodgers, but the cosigner would not. This is after over a year of damage to the house by the four lodgers, including bed bugs, wall damage, water damage, damage to and unauthorized removal and disposal of my furniture, and more. The cosigner, while part of these problems, is not employed and is borrowing to pay her bills, and would likely follow them out when they leave.

I have others who can move in as soon as July 1.
What is the proper legal process to rid myself of the lodgers?
David F, Austin TX

A: When you say you have a "mortgage cosigner" I am assuming that she is a co-owner- and so your master plain will fail. The lodgers have her blessing, and she is a owner.

Your only remedy, sell the house. As an owner you have that right, although it may take court.

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