When is rent due legally?

Your lease sets when, where and how rent is paid, and the Act simply requires that rent be paid when due. There is no grace period, so rent not paid on the due date is a breach, and the landlord can serve a 14-day notice for unpaid rent; paying everything owed by the termination date cancels it.

The Act does not require receipts, but the government recommends that landlords give one for every payment, so ask for one or pay in a way that leaves a record. No rule on postdated cheques was found. A late fee is allowed only if the lease has one, and it must reflect the landlord's actual loss.

The tenancy agreement must state the day rent is due, and rent is due by midnight on that day. If rent is late by even one day, or short by any amount, the landlord can serve a 10 Day Notice for unpaid rent.

The landlord must give a receipt for rent paid in cash. The agreement can say how rent is paid, and postdated cheques can be required if that is a term of the agreement; any unused ones must be returned on or before the last day of the tenancy. A late fee of up to $25 is allowed only if the agreement provides for it.

Rent is due on the dates in the tenancy agreement, and a term making rent payable before that date is void. Once rent is 3 days late, the landlord can give a notice of termination.

Landlords must give a written receipt for cash without being asked, and the Residential Tenancies Branch treats automatic debit and pre-authorized payments as cash for this purpose. A landlord cannot require postdated cheques, though you can give them voluntarily, and cannot refuse cash at the payment address. A late fee needs written notice first and is capped.

The written tenancy agreement must state the day rent is due. If the landlord did not give you a copy of the written agreement, your duty to pay rent is suspended. A landlord cannot demand or collect money from you to be used for rent that comes due in the future.

Landlords must give a receipt for rent paid in cash. No rule was found on postdated cheques, late fees or NSF charges. Once rent is 15 days or more overdue, the landlord can end the tenancy right away by notice, and being repeatedly late is a separate ground for a one-month notice.

The lease sets the due date; the law has no default day. A landlord must give a free receipt on request for any payment, not only cash, and a former tenant can ask for one within 12 months after the tenancy ends. Refusing is an offence.

Neither the landlord nor the lease can require postdated cheques or automatic debit, though you can choose them, and once a payment method is agreed it changes only if both of you agree. Late fees are not allowed. Paying more than 7 days late at least 3 times in any 6 months counts as persistent late payment, a ground for an N8 notice.

The Standard Form of Lease, which landlords must use, sets the date of the first payment and the day of each week or month rent is due. A landlord cannot require a prepayment of the last month's rent or a single payment larger than the regular payments, and any payment you make goes first to rent arrears.

The Act does not require receipts, but the government advises tenants to ask for them for the deposit and every rent payment. The Act says nothing about postdated cheques. The only late fee allowed is the bank's actual NSF charge for a bounced cheque, and only if the lease says so.

The standard lease has a blank for the day rent is due and boxes for how it is paid: cash, pre-authorized withdrawal, postdated cheques, cheque or other. The government's guide says tenants have to pay on time and that it is not the landlord's job to collect it.

From the 4th day after rent is due, the landlord can serve a notice for unpaid rent. A late fee is allowed only if the lease includes one, up to 1% of the monthly rent per month. No rule requiring rent receipts was found, so keep your own record of each payment.

The tenancy agreement must state the day rent is due and how often it is paid. Rent must be paid when due even if the landlord is not complying with the Act, unless the Act gives an express right to deduct or withhold.

Landlords must give a receipt for rent paid in cash. No rule on postdated cheques was found. There is no grace period: the landlord can serve an unpaid rent notice the day after rent is due. The Act does not list a late fee among the fees a landlord may charge, and a lease cannot make the rest of the term's rent due early because of a breach.

The rental agreement sets the due date and time. If rent is due on the 1st and no time is stated, it is due by midnight on the 1st and is not overdue until the 2nd. Rent for a fixed term is payable in equal monthly instalments, and a landlord cannot require or accept a prepayment of the last week's or month's rent, or a single payment larger than the regular ones.

A landlord must give a receipt for any payment when you ask, and the agreement can provide for postdated cheques or pre-authorized payments. The late fee is set by the minister: $5 for the first day and $2 for each further day, up to $75.