Q: Can a landlord charge a different late fee for certain people?
For example tenant 2 moved in after tenant 1 tenant 2 is being charged a $50 fee where is tenant 1 is being charged $30.
The rental agreement was changed to reflect all incoming tenants must pay $50.00 but the old tenant still pay the previous charge of $30.00
Is it legal to have a portion of renters pay $30.00 and the other $50.00? Or do all the late fees have to be the same?
A: Whatever is specified in the lease that governs a particular tenant applies, assuming the late fee is otherwise lawful. So if different tenants are on different leases, they may well have different rents and different late fees. If both tenants are on the same lease, however, then there is only one late fee that applies but it applies to both since together they only owe one late fee.
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