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- From: smorris@sumax.seattleu.edu (Steven A. Morris)
- Newsgroups: misc.consumers
- Subject: Re: Can a landlord refuse cash?
- Date: 5 Jan 1993 14:48:30 -0800
- Organization: Seattle University
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- References: <CONKLIN.93Jan4174514@talisman.kaleida.com>
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- In article <CONKLIN.93Jan4174514@talisman.kaleida.com> conklin@kaleida.com writes:
- >I received a notice with my rent statement indicating that as of the
- >next rent period, only personal cheques, cashier's cheques, and money
- >orders will be accepted for rent payments --- cash will no longer be
- >accepted.
- >Is this legal? Many of the people in my complex do not have bank
-
- As it says on our money, "This note is Legal Tender for all Debts,
- Public and private."
-
-
- I am not certain if this is legal or not... I suspect that a landloard
- CAN specify IN ADVANCE that the terms of the rental are no cash, but I
- doubt that he or she can do so after the rental agreement has been
- established.
-
- we'll see what other people think on this one.....
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