my landlord wont give me receipt what should i do?

Question

my mom has pay the rent money every single month but in cash...and every time we ask the landlord to give us the rent receipt she made an excuse n until today she hasn't give us anything...now we are going to court because she says we haven t pay anything...i don't know what to do i have told my mom so many time to give her a money order...we try everything so she could give us a receipt but she just don't want to we even have our own receipt book n told her to sign it n she refuse...can someone please help me....

Answer 1

Wow! I am sorry to hear that! There really isn't much you can do about it! It was unwise to hand over cash like that, but you see the mistake now. Anyways all you can really do it plead your case with the judge, find any witnesses that you can. Anyone who say you give her money! Also if there are other things she tends to do that are dishonest, get witness to that.

You want to make a case against her that shows she is dishonest or "shady". If you saw your mother give the money to her, you can testify as a witness to it. If another tenant was there as well, ask them to testify or make a statement. build up a network of individuals that support your case.

Also try and remember the dates and time that she was given the cash and write it out in an organized fashion. The big things with judges are they look for organization. Chances are if someone is organized and has everything together and don't answer "uh, well, I don't know your honor.". He is more likely to believe their case.

I wish you the best of luck.

Answer 2

Mature adults know you NEVER pay in cash .
If you don't have a checking account , you pay for a money order at Walmart (45 cents) .
If you pay in cash , you will probably get robbed by the landlord so she must have wanted to get robbed .

If your mom refuses to do something so simple as pay by money order , there is Nothing we can do to help . Maybe you should take over the finances , you sound more mature .

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Answer 3

Well everyone else is spot-on, but I will say that if you have a 'creative' judge who is helpful, you MAY be able to check your bank records.

If you can show that on this dated (for example, the first of the month) you made a withdrawl in the amount of your rent payment, and you can show that for your entire tennancy, I don't see why that wouldn't go as evidence to back up your claim of payment via cash.

Its definately not ideal, but its probably going to be the only evidence you've got.

Answer 4

You are stuck..I would just move out..and move on..