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Posted by dj on September 04, 2001 at 23:05:13:

In Reply to: Can landlord refuse Joint account check? posted by Mike Keith on September 04, 2001 at 22:37:17:

YES......the landlord can refuse a joint check, becuse she is not on the lease.

If the landlord starts to accept the checks and they have a fight and he leaves then she would have made a landlord /tenant connection, and would be able to take over the lease, which is exactly what the landlord is trying to avoid.

The landlord wants the 18% vacancy increase either now when she is put on the lease, or when your friend vacates
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: Manhattan, rent stabilized written lease in a pre-war non-co-op non-condo building with about 25 or so apartments.

: A friend has had his girlfriend living with him for nearly two years -- his name is on the lease and hers is not. In recent months they got a joint checking account and have paid the rent with that joint-check, signed by him. For this month's rent, they sent in a joint check (this time signed by her, the non-lease holder).

: He got a call from his landlord saying that that joint check will not be accepted and to provide payment in another form.

: Can a landlord refuse legal tender?

: Thanks,

: Mike Keith

Follow Ups:

• Re: Can landlord refuse Joint account check? DJ YOU MORON Lilly 09/04/01 (3)
  • Jam it down his throat (LL's not DJ's) MikeW 09/05/01 (0)
  • Re: Can landlord refuse Joint account check? DJ YOU MORON me 09/05/01 (1)
    • Re: DJ YOU MORON...well MARRY HER!!!!! dj 09/05/01 (0)

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:   YES......the landlord can refuse a joint check, becuse she is not on the lease.

:   If the landlord starts to accept the checks and they have a fight and he leaves then she would have made a landlord /tenant connection, and would be able to take over the lease, which is exactly what the landlord is trying to avoid. 

:   The landlord wants the 18% vacancy increase either now when she is put on the lease, or when your friend vacates
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: : Manhattan, rent stabilized written lease in a pre-war non-co-op non-condo building with about 25 or so apartments.

: : A friend has had his girlfriend living with him for nearly two years -- his name is on the lease and hers is not. In recent months they got a joint checking account and have paid the rent with that joint-check, signed by him. For this month's rent, they sent in a joint check (this time signed by her, the non-lease holder).

: : He got a call from his landlord saying that that joint check will not be accepted and to provide payment in another form.

: : Can a landlord refuse legal tender?

: : Thanks,

: : Mike Keith


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