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Walk It Through: The Late Fee And The Locks

A late Oregon rent check, from the fourth day to a lockout.

Rent is due on the first. Payday comes on the third, and the landlord adds a late fee that same morning.

Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.

One rental with a written lease. A dispute over whether rent was in fact short, a nonpayment eviction already filed, and an emergency entry are not worked through here.

A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.