Rent grace period by state
Most states set no grace period: rent is late the day after it is due, and any grace period comes from your lease. 14 jurisdictions make the landlord wait a set number of days before charging a late fee. Here is what each state's statute says, quoted, with citations. Data as of 2026-10-22, 51 states checked against statute text (not reviewed by a lawyer).
A grace period before a late fee is a different rule from an eviction notice period (for example the days a pay-or-quit notice gives you): a state can have one without the other. Check the late-fee clause in your lease too — what a “no grace period” clause means.
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- Statutory grace period
- No statutory grace period found
- What the statute says
- The Alabama URLTA does not set a statutory grace period before a late fee can be charged. Under 35-9A-161(c), "Rent is payable without demand or notice at the time and place agreed upon by the parties". Any grace period therefore comes from the lease itself. Separately, a landlord who wants to terminate for nonpayment must give a written notice, and 35-9A-421(b) gives the tenant "not less than seven business days after receipt of the notice" to pay. Alabama late fee rules
Alaska
- Statutory grace period
- No statutory grace period found
- What the statute says
- AS 34.03 does not set a grace period for late fees. What it does say is that rent is due on the agreed date: "Rent shall be payable without demand or notice at the time and place agreed upon by the parties" (AS 34.03.020(c)). Any grace period before a late fee therefore depends on what your lease says. The seven-day period in the Act is the nonpayment notice period before termination, not a late-fee grace period. Alaska late fee rules
Arizona
- Statutory grace period
- No statutory grace period found
- What the statute says
- No grace period for site-built residential rentals was found in the sections read (no 'grace period' text anywhere in 33-1301 to 33-1381). Rent timing is set by 33-1314(C): "Rent shall be payable without demand or notice at the time and place agreed on by the parties." So the lease controls when rent is late. The five-day period in 33-1368(B) is a notice period before termination, not a late-fee grace period: the landlord may terminate if the tenant "fails to pay rent within five days after written notice by the landlord of nonpayment". Mobile home parks have a separate five-day rule in 33-1414(A)(4). Arizona late fee rules
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- A.R.S. § 33-1368(B)
Arkansas
- Statutory grace period
- No statutory grace period found
- What the statute says
- We found no grace period for late fees. The only 5-day period in the statute relates to ending the lease or starting eviction, not to fees: "If rent is unpaid when due and the tenant fails to pay rent within five (5) days from the date due, the landlord may terminate the rental agreement." (18-17-701(b)). Rent itself is due when the lease says: "Rent is payable without demand or notice at the time and place agreed upon by the parties." (18-17-401(b)(1)). Any grace period before a late fee applies would come from your lease. Arkansas late fee rules
California
- Statutory grace period
- No statutory grace period found
- What the statute says
- No statutory grace period was found. The word grace does not appear in Civ. Code 1671, 1950.5, 1946.2, 1947.12 or CCP 1161 as fetched, and no section sets a default rent due date. Civ. Code 1671(d) only says a liquidated-damages clause is "void except" where the parties agree on a presumptively valid amount, so any grace period comes from the lease. Check the lease for the exact day a fee starts. California late fee rules
Colorado
- Statutory grace period
- 7 calendar days before a late fee
- What the statute says
- Yes, seven calendar days. C.R.S. 38-12-105(1)(a) says a landlord shall not "Charge a tenant or home owner a late fee unless a rent payment is late by at least seven calendar days". No late fee may be charged before the rent is at least seven calendar days late. Colorado late fee rules
- Source
- C.R.S. § 38-12-105
Connecticut
- Statutory grace period
- 9 days (4 days for week-to-week tenancies)
- What the statute says
- Nine days. 47a-15a(a) says a tenant who "fails to pay rent within nine days thereafter or, in the case of a one-week tenancy, within four days thereafter" can be served notice to end the rental agreement. The statute defines "grace period" as "the nine-day or four-day time periods or the extension of such time periods identified in this subsection". A rental agreement cannot make you pay a late charge earlier: 47a-4(a)(8) bars a lease term that "agrees to pay a late charge prior to the expiration of the grace period set forth in section 47a-15a". We found no wording in the text on whether weekends or holidays change the count. Connecticut late fee rules
Delaware
- Statutory grace period
- 5 days before a late charge
- What the statute says
- Yes, in effect. Under 5501(d): "The late charge shall not be imposed within 5 days of the agreed time for payment of rent". The statute does not use the words grace period and does not say whether the 5 days are calendar days, so we cannot tell you from the text how a weekend or holiday is counted. Delaware late fee rules
District of Columbia
- Statutory grace period
- 5 days before a late fee
- What the statute says
- Yes. 42-3505.31(b)(2) allows a late fee only "If the tenant has not paid the full amount of rent within 5 days, or any longer grace period that may be provided in the lease, after the day the rent payment is due". So the statute sets a 5-day minimum wait, and a lease may give you more time. District of Columbia late fee rules
- Source
- D.C. Code § 42-3505.31
Florida
- Statutory grace period
- No statutory grace period found
- What the statute says
- No statutory grace period was found in chapter 83. Section 83.46(1) says "Unless otherwise agreed, rent is payable without demand or notice; periodic rent is payable at the beginning of each rent payment period." So rent is late the day after it is due unless the lease gives a grace period. The only waiting period in Part II is for eviction: s. 83.56(3) lets the landlord terminate only if the tenant "fails to pay rent when due and the default continues for 3 days, excluding Saturday, Sunday, and legal holidays, after delivery of written demand." That is a notice rule, not a late-fee rule. Florida late fee rules
Georgia
- Statutory grace period
- No statutory grace period found
- What the statute says
- No statutory grace period was found in the sections searched (O.C.G.A. 44-7-1, 44-7-2, 44-7-5, 44-7-13, 44-7-14, 44-7-14.1, 44-7-19, 44-7-30, 44-7-31, 44-7-33, 44-7-34, 44-7-35, 44-7-36, 44-7-49, 44-7-50, 44-7-51, 44-7-54 and 13-6-7). Do not confuse it with the eviction notice: O.C.G.A. 44-7-50(c) lets a landlord start a dispossessory case only after the tenant is given "a notice to vacate or pay all past due rent, late fees, utilities, and other charges owed to the landlord within three business days". That is a notice period before filing, and the text does not call it a grace period or tie late fees to it. A grace period before a late fee applies exists only if the lease provides one. Georgia late fee rules
- Source
- O.C.G.A. 44-7-50(c), 44-7-34 (no late-fee cap provision found)
Hawaii
- Statutory grace period
- No statutory grace period found
- What the statute says
- The statute we read sets no grace period. Section 521-21(b) says: "Rents shall be payable at the time and place agreed to by the parties." Unless the parties agree otherwise, the entire rent is payable at the beginning of each month for longer terms, in equal monthly installments. The only built-in timing option is for a tenant on public assistance: where the agreement requires rent on or before the third day after the day the public assistance check is usually received, the tenant has "the option of establishing a new due date by making a one-time payment" under 521-21(b). Any grace period therefore depends on your lease. Hawaii late fee rules
- Source
- HRS 521-21(f)
Idaho
- Statutory grace period
- No statutory grace period found
- What the statute says
- We found no statutory grace period. Section 55-305 and the unlawful detainer chapter (6-301 to 6-324) do not give a number of days after the due date before a late fee may start, so the lease controls when rent is late and when the fee begins. Section 55-305(2)(a) only requires that a fee not be "greater than that agreed upon in the rental agreement". The only waiting period we found is in the eviction notice rules (see the question on notice for unpaid rent), which is not a grace period for late fees. Idaho late fee rules
- Source
- Idaho Code 55-305
Illinois
- Statutory grace period
- No statutory grace period found
- What the statute says
- No statutory grace period found. Searching 765 ILCS 705 and 735 ILCS 5 Art. IX for the word 'grace' returned nothing. The 5-day notice in 735 ILCS 5/9-209 is not a grace period before a late fee; it is a demand for unpaid rent: "demand payment thereof and notify the tenant, in writing, that unless payment is made within a time mentioned in such notice, not less than 5 days after service thereof, the lease will be terminated." Any grace period exists only if the lease gives one. Illinois late fee rules
Indiana
- Statutory grace period
- No statutory grace period found
- What the statute says
- We found no statutory grace period for late fees. The only timing rule in the article is for ending a tenancy: "If a tenant refuses or neglects to pay rent when due, a landlord may terminate the lease with not less than ten (10) days notice to the tenant unless:" (IC 32-31-1-6). That ten-day period concerns termination, not fees. Any grace period before a late fee applies would come from your lease. Indiana late fee rules
Iowa
- Statutory grace period
- No statutory grace period found
- What the statute says
- Section 562A.9 does not set a grace period. Subsection 3 says: "Rent shall be payable without demand or notice at the time and place agreed upon by the parties." and "Unless otherwise agreed, rent is payable at the dwelling unit and periodic rent is payable at the beginning of any term of one month or less and otherwise in equal monthly installments at the beginning of each month." Any grace period would come from the lease, which can include terms "not prohibited by this chapter or other rule of law" (562A.9(1)). Iowa late fee rules
- Source
- Iowa Code § 562A.9(4)
Kansas
- Statutory grace period
- No statutory grace period found
- What the statute says
- We found no statutory grace period. K.S.A. 58-2545(c) says rent "shall be payable without demand or notice at the time and place agreed upon by the parties", and unless otherwise agreed, periodic rent is payable at the beginning of each month. So the due date and any grace days come from your lease. The only statutory timing we found is the three-day notice before a landlord can terminate for unpaid rent (see the eviction question below), which is not a grace period for late fees. Kansas late fee rules
Kentucky
- Statutory grace period
- No statutory grace period found
- What the statute says
- No statutory grace period was found in KRS 383.500 to 383.715. KRS 383.565(2) says "Rent is payable without demand or notice at the time and place agreed upon by the parties." A grace period therefore exists only if the lease gives one. Separately, KRS 383.660(2) lets a landlord terminate: "If rent is unpaid when due and the tenant fails to pay rent within seven (7) days after written notice by the landlord of nonpayment" and of the intention to terminate. That is a notice period before termination, and the text does not call it a grace period or a late-fee trigger. Kentucky late fee rules
Louisiana
- Statutory grace period
- No statutory grace period found
- What the statute says
- No grace period for residential rent was found in the fetched text. Civil Code art. 2703 says that, absent a contrary agreement, usage or custom, "The rent is due at the beginning of the term. If the rent is payable by intervals shorter than the term, the rent is due at the beginning of each interval". Art. 2010 adds that "An obligee may not avail himself of a clause stipulating damages for delay unless the obligor has been put in default". How a tenant is put in default is in other Civil Code articles not fetched here, so check your lease for its own grace period. The 10-day period in R.S. 9:3314(A) applies to movable-property leases, not homes. Louisiana late fee rules
Maine
- Statutory grace period
- Rent is late only after 15 days
- What the statute says
- Section 6028(1) provides: "A payment of rent is late if it is not made within 15 days from the time the payment is due." Under the text of 6028, the late-payment penalty rules apply only once that 15-day period has passed. Maine late fee rules
- Source
- 14 M.R.S. § 6028
Maryland
- Statutory grace period
- No statutory grace period found
- What the statute says
- The text of § 8-208 does not mention a grace period or say how many days after the due date a fee may be charged. Subsection (d)(3) only limits the size of the late-payment penalty a lease may provide for. Any grace period would come from the lease itself or from local law; subsection (f) says the section does not bar "supplementary rights afforded by any public local law" or local ordinance. Maryland late fee rules
Massachusetts
- Statutory grace period
- 30 days before any interest or penalty
- What the statute says
- In effect, yes: 30 days before any late charge. M.G.L. c.186 s.15B(1)(c) bars a lease from imposing "any interest or penalty for failure to pay rent until thirty days after such rent shall have been due." The statute speaks of interest or a penalty, not of when rent is considered late, so the landlord can still treat the rent as owed on the due date. Separately, c.186 s.11 starts a nonpayment notice with the words "Upon the neglect or refusal to pay the rent due under a written lease"; the late-fee grace period in s.15B(1)(c) is a separate rule. Massachusetts late fee rules
Michigan
- Statutory grace period
- No statutory grace period found
- What the statute says
- No statutory grace period was found. MCL 554.601-554.616 and 554.631-554.641 contain no grace period language, so any grace period comes from the lease. The only statutory waiting period tied to unpaid rent is in eviction: MCL 600.5714(1)(a) lets a landlord recover possession when a person holds over after failing to pay rent "within 7 days from the service of a written demand for possession for nonpayment of the rent due". That 7 days runs from service of the demand, and it is not a period that delays a late fee. Michigan late fee rules
- Source
- MCL 554.633(1)(o)
Minnesota
- Statutory grace period
- No set number of days; the written late-fee agreement must say when the fee applies
- What the statute says
- Section 504B.177 sets no number of grace days. Its rule is that a landlord may not charge a late fee "if the rent is paid after the due date" unless a written agreement allows one, and that the agreement "must specify when the late fee will be imposed." So the timing comes from what the written late-fee agreement says. This answer is based on the text of 504B.177 only. Minnesota late fee rules
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- Minn. Stat. § 504B.177
Mississippi
- Statutory grace period
- No statutory grace period found
- What the statute says
- We found no statutory grace period in chapter 8. The Act does not give extra days before a late fee may be charged, so a grace period exists only if your lease provides one. The only waiting period we found is in section 89-8-13(5)(a): a nonpayment notice may say the agreement will terminate if rent is not paid "within three (3) days". That is the three-day period after a written nonpayment notice (see the question on nonpayment notice below). That is a notice period before the lease can be ended, not a grace period for late fees. Mississippi late fee rules
Missouri
- Statutory grace period
- No statutory grace period found
- What the statute says
- We found no statutory grace period. Under RSMo 535.010 the landlord's right to act arises when "default shall be made in the payment of the rents at the time or times agreed upon by the parties", so the due date is whatever your lease says. A demand for rent is valid "when made at any time after the right to rent and possession accrues or the rent becomes due according to the terms of the agreement" (RSMo 535.060). The only waiting period we found applies when the lease itself has a forfeiture clause: "no process shall issue against the lessee or other person occupying the premises, until the expiration of said specified time" (RSMo 535.050). Any grace period before a late fee applies would come from your lease. Not legal advice. Missouri late fee rules
Montana
- Statutory grace period
- No statutory grace period found
- What the statute says
- We found no grace period for late fees in the statute. Rent is due when your lease says: "Rent is payable without demand or notice at the time and place agreed upon by the parties" (70-24-201(3)). The only fixed period we found is the eviction notice for unpaid rent, 70-24-422(2), which runs after a written notice: "the tenant fails to pay rent within 3 days after written notice by the landlord of nonpayment". That 3-day period is a notice deadline, not a grace period before a late fee. If your lease gives a grace period, it comes from the lease. Montana late fee rules
Nebraska
- Statutory grace period
- No statutory grace period found
- What the statute says
- We found no statutory grace period. Section 76-1414(3) says "Rent shall be payable without demand or notice at the time and place agreed upon by the parties", so rent is due when the lease says it is due, and the act does not give a few extra days before a late fee may start. Whether your lease allows a grace period is a matter of the lease. The only waiting period we found is a notice period before termination (see the question on nonpayment notice below), which is not a grace period for late fees. Nebraska late fee rules
Nevada
- Statutory grace period
- 3 calendar days before a late fee (tenancies longer than week-to-week)
- What the statute says
- Yes, a minimum one for most tenancies. NRS 118A.210(4)(a) provides: "In a tenancy that is longer than week to week, no late fee may be charged or imposed until at least 3 calendar days after the date that rent is due." The text of 4(a) sets this 3-calendar-day floor only for tenancies longer than week to week and does not otherwise address week-to-week tenancies. Nevada late fee rules
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- NRS 118A.210(4)
New Hampshire
- Statutory grace period
- No statutory grace period found
- What the statute says
- We found no statutory grace period before a late fee can start. Neither RSA 540 nor 540-A sets a number of days after the due date, so the lease controls when a late fee begins. Some websites claim a 5-day or 15-day grace period; we found nothing like that in RSA 540-A:3 or elsewhere in chapters 540 and 540-A. The only waiting period we found is in the eviction rules: RSA 540:3, II lets a landlord give "7 days' notice" for nonpayment (see the question on notice). New Hampshire late fee rules
New Jersey
- Statutory grace period
- 5 business days, only for certain seniors and benefit recipients
- What the statute says
- Yes, but only for certain tenants. 2A:42-6.1 says: "A person to whom rent is due and payable on the first of the month upon a lease or other agreement shall allow a period of five business days grace in which the rent due shall be paid." and "No delinquency or other late charge shall be made which includes the grace period of five business days." The same section defines a business day as "any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or State or federal holiday". Its scope is limited by 2A:42-6.3 (see the next question). It covers rent due on the first of the month; the text says nothing about other due dates. New Jersey late fee rules
New Mexico
- Statutory grace period
- No statutory grace period found
- What the statute says
- The statute sets no statutory grace period. We found no provision in the sections fetched that delays a late fee for a set number of days. 47-8-15(B) says "Rent is payable without demand or notice at the time and place agreed upon by the parties," so due date and any grace period come from the lease. Check your lease for the date the fee starts. New Mexico late fee rules
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- NMSA 47-8-15(D)
New York
- Statutory grace period
- 5 days before a late fee
- What the statute says
- Yes, a five-day one for late fees. Under RPL 238-a(2), a landlord may not demand a late fee "unless the payment of rent has not been made within five days of the date it was due" (full text: "No landlord, lessor, sub-lessor or grantor may demand any payment, fee, or charge for the late payment of rent unless the payment of rent has not been made within five days of the date it was due, and such payment, fee, or charge shall not exceed fifty dollars or five percent of the monthly rent, whichever is less"). The statute does not say rent is not legally late during those days, only that no late fee may be demanded before they pass. New York late fee rules
North Carolina
- Statutory grace period
- Late fee only once rent is 5 calendar days late
- What the statute says
- The statute does not use the term 'grace period', but it delays when a late fee can be charged. A late fee under § 42-46(a) is "chargeable only if any rental payment is five calendar days or more late, with the first day being the day after the rent was due." The statute covers residential rental agreements "in which a definite time for the payment of the rent is fixed." North Carolina late fee rules
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- N.C.G.S. § 42-46
North Dakota
- Statutory grace period
- No statutory grace period found
- What the statute says
- There is no statutory grace period before a late fee can start. Section 47-16-20 only says that, when no contract or usage is contrary, "Rents of lodgings shall be payable monthly at the end of each month." The lease controls when a late fee begins. The only waiting period we found is in the eviction chapter: 47-32-01(4) lets a landlord bring an eviction action when a lessee "fails to pay rent for three days after the rent is due" (see the question on eviction notice). North Dakota late fee rules
Ohio
- Statutory grace period
- No statutory grace period found
- What the statute says
- No statutory grace period was found in ORC 5321.01 to 5321.06 or 5321.13 to 5321.19; the word 'grace' does not appear. Because ORC 5321.06 allows the parties to agree "any term relating to rent" not prohibited by Chapter 5321, a grace period exists only if the lease provides one. Ohio late fee rules
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- ORC 5321.06, 5321.14 (no late-fee cap provision found)
Oklahoma
- Statutory grace period
- No statutory grace period found
- What the statute says
- The Act does not give tenants a grace period before a late fee can be charged. We searched the whole Act for grace, late, and penalty language and found none that applies to late rent. The only five-day period is in the eviction rule, 41 O.S. 131(B): a landlord may end the rental agreement if "the tenant fails to pay the rent within five (5) days after written notice of landlord's demand for payment". That is a deadline after a written demand, not a grace period for fees. Rent is due when your lease says it is: "Rent shall be payable at the time and place agreed to by the parties". Oklahoma late fee rules
Oregon
- Statutory grace period
- Late fee only if rent is not received by the 4th day of the rental period
- What the statute says
- Under ORS 90.260(1), "A landlord may impose a late charge or fee, however designated, only if: (a) The rent payment is not received by the fourth day of the weekly or monthly rental period for which rent is payable" and (b) a written rental agreement meets the requirements in the statute. Under paragraph (b) of subsection (2) the daily option begins "on the fifth day of the rental period for which rent is delinquent". Oregon late fee rules
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- ORS 90.260
Pennsylvania
- Statutory grace period
- No statutory grace period found
- What the statute says
- The Landlord and Tenant Act of 1951 does not set a grace period for paying rent; the word does not appear in the Act. Any grace period before a late fee applies comes from your lease. The Act does set a minimum notice before a landlord can start an eviction for unpaid rent: the notice must give the tenant ten days, because "the notice shall specify that the tenant shall remove within ten days from the date of the service thereof" (Section 501(b)). That is a notice period for eviction, not a grace period for late fees. Pennsylvania late fee rules
Rhode Island
- Statutory grace period
- No statutory grace period found
- What the statute says
- We found no statutory grace period before a late fee may be charged. Section 34-18-15(c) says "Rent is payable without demand or notice at the time and place agreed upon by the parties". The 15 days in section 34-18-35(a) is a different rule: "If any part of the stipulated rent is due and in arrears for fifteen (15) days, the landlord shall send a written notice". It controls when the landlord may send the nonpayment demand that starts an eviction, not when a late fee may be charged. Any fee grace period must come from your lease. Rhode Island late fee rules
South Carolina
- Statutory grace period
- No statutory grace period found
- What the statute says
- The Act we fetched does not create a grace period before a late fee can be charged, and we found no section requiring one. A five-day period appears only in the nonpayment-of-rent eviction rule, 27-40-710(B), which lets a landlord terminate the rental agreement if the tenant "fails to pay rent within five days from the date due" after proper written notice. That is a deadline for eviction notice, not a late-fee grace period. Any grace period for fees depends on your rental agreement. South Carolina late fee rules
South Dakota
- Statutory grace period
- No statutory grace period found
- What the statute says
- We found no statutory grace period for late fees. Section 43-32-12 only sets default due dates, and only "When there is no contract or usage to the contrary": "Rents of lodgings are payable monthly at the end of each month" and "Other rents are payable quarterly at the end of each quarter". It does not say which applies to a home, and nearly all leases set their own due date. The eviction statute treats a lessee who "fails to pay his rent for three days after the same shall be due" as subject to a detainer action (21-16-1(4)), but that is a ground for a court case, not a grace period for fees. Any fee grace period must come from your lease. South Dakota late fee rules
Tennessee
- Statutory grace period
- 5 days (counting the due date) before a late fee
- What the statute says
- Five days. Section 66-28-201(d) says "There shall be a five-day grace period beginning the day the rent was due to the day a fee for the late payment of rent may be charged." The statute also says "The date the rent was due shall be included in the calculation of the five-day grace period." Tennessee late fee rules
Texas
- Statutory grace period
- Late fee only after rent is unpaid 2 full days after the due date
- What the statute says
- Section 92.019(a)(3) requires that "any portion of the tenant's rent has remained unpaid two full days after the date the rent was originally due". Until then the landlord may not collect a late fee. The statute sets this minimum wait only; the lease may give more time. Texas late fee rules
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- Tex. Prop. Code § 92.019
Utah
- Statutory grace period
- No statutory grace period found
- What the statute says
- No statutory grace period for late fees was found. The Utah Fit Premises Act (57-22) contains no text on a grace period, and the only late-fee language is the cap in 57-22-4(5)(a). Any grace period therefore comes from your rental agreement. For eviction, the notice rule is separate: under 78B-6-802(1)(c) a tenant who "after default in the payment of any rent or other amounts due and after a notice in writing requiring in the alternative the payment of the rent and other amounts due or the surrender of the detained premises, has remained uncomplied with for a period of three business days after service" may be treated as in unlawful detainer. Utah late fee rules
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- Utah Code § 57-22-4(5)
Vermont
- Statutory grace period
- No statutory grace period found
- What the statute says
- We found no statutory grace period. Section 4455(a) provides that "Rent is payable without demand or notice at the time and place agreed upon by the parties." That means rent can be due on the date in your lease with no reminder required, and any grace period (for example 5 days) exists only if your lease gives one. Check the lease wording before paying late. Vermont late fee rules
Virginia
- Statutory grace period
- No statutory grace period found
- What the statute says
- Virginia § 55.1-1204 does not set a general statewide grace period for leases. Subsection (A) lets the parties put "charges for late payment of rent" in the rental agreement, so the lease terms matter. The only statutory date is for tenancies with no written agreement: under subsection (C)(4), rent "shall be considered late if not paid by the fifth of the month". Virginia late fee rules
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- Va. Code § 55.1-1204(E)
Washington
- Statutory grace period
- 5 days before a late fee
- What the statute says
- Yes, five days. RCW 59.18.170(2) provides: "The landlord may not charge a late fee for rent that is paid within five days following its due date." If the rent is paid within those five days, no late fee may be charged. The statute continues: "If rent is more than five days past due, the landlord may charge late fees commencing from the first day after the due date until paid." Washington late fee rules
West Virginia
- Statutory grace period
- No statutory grace period found
- What the statute says
- We found no statutory grace period. Nothing in W. Va. Code 37-6-1, 37-6-2, 37-6-3, 37-6-5, 37-6-6, 37-6-7, 37-6-9, 37-6-12, 37-6-13, 37-6-30, 37-6A-1 to 37-6A-7 or 55-3A-1 to 55-3A-5 requires a number of days before a late fee can apply or before rent is considered late. The only reference to late charges, in 37-6A-2(b)(1), is to charges "specified in the rental agreement", so any grace period depends on your rental agreement. West Virginia late fee rules
Wisconsin
- Statutory grace period
- No statutory grace period found
- What the statute says
- We found no statutory grace period before a late fee can be charged. ATCP 134.09(8)(a) only requires that the fee be one that is "specifically provided under the rental agreement", so any grace period is whatever your lease says. The only waiting period in the eviction statute is a notice period: under s. 704.17(2)(a), for a lease of one year or less the landlord can end the tenancy by notice "requiring the tenant to pay rent or vacate on or before a date at least 5 days after the giving of the notice", but that is a notice to pay or leave, not a grace period. Wisconsin late fee rules
Wyoming
- Statutory grace period
- No statutory grace period found
- What the statute says
- There is no statutory grace period that bars a late fee. The closest rule is in the eviction statute: proceedings for forcible entry and detainer may be brought "Against tenants holding over their terms or after a failure to pay rent for three (3) days after it is due" (1-21-1002(a)(i)). That sets the earliest point at which a landlord may start an eviction case, not a window in which a late fee is forbidden. Any grace period for fees exists only if your lease gives one. Wyoming late fee rules
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