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Pick the situation that is yours and put in each date once, on the stage it belongs to. The page shows the stage you are at and the period the statutes set after it, with whose period it is and the section it comes from. It says what the law sets, never what to do about it.

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Which situation is yours

Rent fifteen days late, a demand in the mail, and five days from the mailing to pay before a case can be filed.

An eviction for unpaid rent. 2 stages, from Rent in arrears before a demand notice.

  1. Stage 1 · What the statutes set next

    Rent in arrears before a demand notice

    Period
    15 days
    From
    The day the rent was due
    Whose
    The landlord

    Once any part of the rent has been in arrears fifteen days, the landlord sends the written demand that starts the eviction process.

  2. Stage 2 · Later in the statutes

    Paying the rent after a demand notice

    Period
    5 days
    From
    The mailing of the landlord's demand notice
    Whose
    The tenant

    A tenant who pays the rent in arrears within five days of mailing keeps the tenancy; otherwise the landlord may file, no earlier than the sixth day.

Around these dates

What the law asks of each side between them, a step at a time: The Five Day Demand

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