Landlord keeps loosing rent check even though there sent certified.?

Question

I am thinking of taking my landlord to court. Her and husband keep loosing the rent checks or seem not to pick them up at the post office, they are sent out certified and we send them out before the time is due. This has been going on since I reported them to the The board of Health because my door was broken (its fixed now) and we had two sex offenders living down stairs and I wanted it fixed took six months. I have all the information. They lost the august check which was sent out and basically brown beating it to death. I sent it out and yes, they lost it again, with the November rent and they can't find it.

Anyone got any idea other then what I said, because I'm ready to take them to court i can't think of the name.

I have all the receipts all the emails and all phone calls longed.. as well as cancelled checks and papers from the post office.. certified.

Answer 1

Sounds shady to me. Definately take them to court. I hope you have proof, though. like a receipt from the post office, a bank statement showing your cancelled rent check, or something. If you can prove that you sent it on time, and the post office lost it, i don't know if you are responsible or not. Let a judge decide. Then move if you aren't in a lease.

Answer 2

Take them to court for what?

Telling you you haven't paid your rent isn't illegal. If they printed an article in the paper accusing you of being derelict in the rent, you could sue them, but right now it's a misunderstanding based on the landlord's flakiness. You are doing everything right.

If you sent it certified, just cancel the check, and deduct the certification and bank-fees from your next check. When the landlord tries to evict you, you'll have your paper-trail all set to go.

Answer 3

Take them to court for what? If you send your rent via certified mail, any judge will consider it sent. Let the landlord come back to you and say that you didn't send your rent.

Answer 4

Forget the court thing. Geeze. If you want to make sure your check is delivered, why not just bring it to them since certified mail isn't working, or they say it isn't. Just keep your receipts.

If you become a pain in the butt renter, you won't get any good references for your next place. Perhaps just move now while you can and forget that whole place and the landlords. Problem solved.

Answer 5

What exactly do you think you can take them to court for? Being disorganized?

If they lose your check, you have to replace it ... certified mailing or not. You can deduct the stop-payment fee from the replacement check. If you don't replace it, they can take you to court for non-payment.

Answer 6

You must have written receipts or documents to court then sue them

Answer 7

If you send the checks certified mail and they sign for them it is no longer your problem. Do not stop payment, do not reissue.

Answer 8

if you sent him a certified cheque then you have no problem winning this one

Answer 9

YOu need to move so you don't have this aggravation any longer.