Can your landlord charge you an extra fee each month because you pay your rent electronically?

Dec 23, 2025

In Episode 53 these are the questions we are tackling:

Can your landlord up-charge you for paying rent electronically? Those charges sure add up over time. For that matter, can the landlord charge you an extra fee for paying manually – with a check, cash, or money order? If you don’t pay electronically, how can you document that you’ve paid? Do you have a right to a receipt? What type of receipt? And how soon after you pay manually must the landlord give the receipt to you? What if you are a subtenant, do the answers change? What if you are Rent Stabilized, do the answers change?

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