You ask your landlord for a rent receipt

You ask your landlord for a rent receipt

 

Contrary to what many think, the issuance of the receipt is not automatic. It is only obligatory if the tenant requests it. He may have an interest in making this request, by sending it simply, at least initially, because the receipts will serve as proof of his payments (to be kept for five years), to benefit from the housing allowance or as proof of address. .

 

Article 21 of Law No. 89-462 of July 6, 1989 provides that “the lessor is required to provide a receipt free of charge to the lessee who requests it. The receipt details the sums paid by the tenant, distinguishing between rent, lease rights and charges. If the tenant makes a partial payment, the lessor is required to issue a receipt ”.

 

And article 4, p, adds that any clause "which makes the tenant bear the costs of reminding or sending the receipt" is deemed unwritten.

 

Dear,

 

Please find attached a check for (…) euros in payment of my rent for the month of (…).

 

In the future, I would like to receive for each payment that I make a rent receipt distinguishing the rent, the charges and the right to the lease, as the law provides (law n ° 89-462 of July 6, 1989, article 21 ).

 

In the immediate future, I would like to thank you for sending me a receipt corresponding to today's payment, as well as to the payments made so far.

 

Please accept, Madam, Sir, the expression of my best regards.

 

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