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    meatwork Posts: 1, Reputation: 1
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    Apr 18, 2007, 04:57 PM
    New Jersey Law
    Is it madatory for Landlords to offer recipts when paying rent?
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    Apr 18, 2007, 05:04 PM
    If it is not mandatory, why wouldn't a landlord want to give a receipt for the rent? It proves two things - one, the landlord got paid and two, the tenant paid it. Unless the landlord is crooked and wants to later state that he/she never got paid and then the tenant cannot prove a darn thing! Give a receipt, for your own protection and record keeping. Unless you do not want that money on the books. Then that is another matter.
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    Apr 18, 2007, 05:23 PM
    Hello meat:

    Nope. I looked all over the law and there's nothing about that. But, I found a law that says it's mandatory for you to get one when you pay.

    excon
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    Apr 18, 2007, 05:25 PM
    I looked all over too and I can't find anything about it. I didn't find that it's mandatory for you to get one when you pay but I did find that it's strongly advisable that you get one when you pay in cash.

    excon, where did you find that?
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    Apr 18, 2007, 07:31 PM
    And that that was a joke excon was making, you know not a law to have to give one, but a law you had to get one. I hope it was, since I was laughing out of my chair.

    But this of course is why never to pay in cash, always pay by check so you have a paper trail. Your bank records will be your reciepts

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