Walk It Through: The Five Day Demand
Rent fifteen days late, a demand in the mail, five days to pay, and the right to cure at the hearing.
A tenant in Woonsocket loses hours at work and the rent goes unpaid past the middle of the month.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
An eviction for rent alone. Evictions for other breaches, a lease that has ended, and the appeal and execution steps are not worked through here.
A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.
Words this turns on
Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.
- Demand noticeThe written notice a landlord mails once rent is fifteen days in arrears, giving five days to pay before an eviction may be filed.
- Right to cureA tenant's right to end a rent case by paying the full rent before suit, or, without a demand in the past six months, the arrears and costs at the hearing.