This section has information about paying your rent, rent increases, updating your rent deposit, and rent decreases.

Paying your rent

Be sure to get a receipt each time you pay your rent. If you pay rent with a money order, your copy of the order is not a receipt unless it is signed and dated by your landlord.

The law says that your landlord must give you a receipt if you ask for one. After you move out, your former landlord must give you receipts if you ask within 12 months.

Rent receipts can be very important if you have a dispute with your landlord. Receipts can also be useful when you fill out your income tax return.

It is important to pay your rent in full, on the date it is due. If your rent is not all paid, your landlord can give you a notice and try to evict you. Even if your rent is all paid, your landlord can try to evict you for paying late too often.

For more information about eviction notices and what you can do if your landlord wants to evict you, see Eviction.

It is against the law for your landlord to take any of your belongings just because you owe rent.