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    Default Landlord Has No Record Of Last Month's Rent Payment, Minnesota

    State: MN

    I am currently serving the last month of my tenancy, and was just notified on the 5th of the month that my rent is late.

    Confused, I called the landlord to clarify, as security deposit and month's rent were paid prior to move in, and last month's rent was broken up over the following two months. This was all written into the lease agreement.

    The landlord claims that they never received the last month's payments, and I payed them with money orders to facilitate the pooling of money with a roommate. Of course I did not retain the receipts for money orders (lesson learned).

    However, when the roommate moved out in September 07, the landlord drew up a new lease agreement excluding said roommate and indicated security, first and last months' rent had been paid.

    I have since provided landlord with my bank statements indicating cash withdrawls for the exact amounts that were due, on or about the dates that they were due according to the lease.

    My queries are thusly:

    1. Does the signed lease agreement indicating "paid" serve as a legal receipt?

    2. If the payments were not received by the landlord as spelled out in the lease agreement, are they not required to notify me at that time, or can they wait until the end of the 1 year lease and demand last month's rent at that time?

    I assured them that I am not trying to get out of paying rent, but am positive that it was paid. I have the funds available, but have a hard time paying again on principle.

    Thank you in advance for any assistance you could lend.

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    Default Re: Landlord Has No Record Of Last Month's Rent Payment, Minnesota

    Quote Quoting babaganush
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    1. Does the signed lease agreement indicating "paid" serve as a legal receipt?
    It would indicate that something was paid. You would have to read the lease to figure out to what that refers.
    Quote Quoting babaganush
    2. If the payments were not received by the landlord as spelled out in the lease agreement, are they not required to notify me at that time, or can they wait until the end of the 1 year lease and demand last month's rent at that time?
    Why would they have to inform you that you didn't pay your rent on time?

    If you recall where and when you purchased the money orders, you may be able to determine the serial numbers and figure out if they were cashed. You, of course, did yourself no favors by throwing away the receipts.

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    Default Re: Landlord Has No Record Of Last Month's Rent Payment, Minnesota

    Quote Quoting Mr. Knowitall
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    It would indicate that something was paid. You would have to read the lease to figure out to what that refers.
    Thank you for the reply. To clarify, the lease actually states:

    deposit: $665 paid
    last mo: $665 paid
    rent: $665 paid

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