Partial payments

If your landlord accepts part of the rent knowing you are behind, your landlord gives up the right to end your lease over it. This protection does not apply if you and your landlord agree otherwise after you fall behind on rent.

After your landlord gives the written notice about unpaid rent, your landlord may accept part of the rent you owe. Your landlord may then extend the date for the eviction.

Your landlord does not have to accept part of your rent or part of any other charge in your lease. Arizona law lets your landlord turn down part of your rent and require the full amount instead.

Your landlord may accept part of your rent even while knowing you are behind. If so, Arizona law usually says your landlord gives up the right to end your lease over that unpaid amount. This does not apply if you and your landlord signed a written agreement about paying part of the rent. It also does not apply if the payment came through a housing assistance program.

You and your landlord can agree in writing that you will pay part of the rent now. The agreement must be signed at the same time as the payment. It must set a date for you to pay the rest. If you do not pay by that date, or you break your lease in another way, Arizona law lets your landlord act against you.

Your landlord may take a housing assistance payment. This is money a government housing program pays straight to your landlord on your behalf. Arizona law says this is not the same as your landlord accepting part of your rent. Your landlord still keeps the right to act against you for any other way you broke your lease.

Your landlord does not have to accept part of the rent. A 3-day notice to pay rent or quit asks you to pay all the past due rent within 3 days or move out. Your landlord only has to accept the full amount.

If your landlord agrees to take part of the rent now and the rest later, get that deal in writing with both signatures. Write down the amount paid, the date the rest is due, and that your landlord will not evict you if you pay by that date.

Taking part of the rent does not stop your landlord from going to court over the rest. If your landlord takes part of the rent after posting a notice for unpaid rent, your landlord must do one of 3 things. First option: give you a receipt with the date, the amount paid, and the balance due. Second: put that money into the court's account when filing the case. Third: post a new notice for the new amount.

In Idaho, your lease sets the date your rent is due. It also sets what happens if you do not pay on time or in full.

Paying part of the rent does not stop the eviction unless your landlord agrees in writing to continue the lease. To keep that rule, the notice must contain a set sentence saying only FULL PAYMENT will stop the case. If the notice leaves that sentence out and the landlord takes part of the rent, the notice may no longer be valid. Ask a legal aid lawyer to check the notice.

RSA 540:9-a does not make a New Hampshire landlord accept partial rental payments (paying part of the rent).

Paying late is not likely to make your landlord happy. But your landlord might accept a payment plan, if that is all you can afford. You can also offer to pay back everything you owe within a reasonable amount of time.

Talk to your landlord as soon as you know you cannot pay your rent on time. Oregon law does not require your landlord to accept a late payment or only part of your rent. Your landlord can turn it down.

If your landlord accepts part of your rent, this usually cancels the landlord's right to evict you for the rest of that rent period.

In Oregon, your landlord can take part of your rent and still evict you if you broke a payment plan. This applies if you had agreed to pay the rest of your rent by a set date, and then missed that date. Your landlord must have taken the part payment before giving you a notice to pay rent or move out based on that plan. That notice must come no earlier than the law otherwise allows. It must also let you avoid eviction by paying the rest within the usual notice period, or by your agreed date, whichever is later.

In Oregon, your landlord can sometimes take part of your rent and still evict you. First, your landlord must give you a notice to pay rent or move out. Your landlord must then take the part payment after that notice. You and your landlord must also sign a written agreement stating that taking the payment does not cancel your landlord's right to evict you.

Any money you pay your landlord must go first to the amount listed on the notice.

You and your landlord can agree to add terms to your lease, such as a payment plan for rent you owe. South Carolina's rental law allows this as long as the terms do not break any other law. Your landlord does not have to agree to a payment plan or to change your due date.

Paying part of the rent does not protect you by itself. Late fees may run on any part of the rent that stays unpaid. If you can only pay part, ask your landlord in writing for a payment plan and keep a copy of what you agree to.

In Vermont, a landlord may accept part of your rent. That does not settle the debt. The landlord can still act on the rent you did not pay.

Your landlord must apply any payment you make first to your rent, not to late fees or other charges. Your landlord cannot make you pay anything but rent to keep your home, unless you are paying to stop an eviction case. To stop the case, you may also have to pay court costs and lawyer's fees the court awarded. You may also have to pay late fees, if your lease allows them and they total no more than $75.