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Depends on your lease. If the lease says something happens, then it does.

If the lease is not in writing, one of a few things can happen. Nothing is one. If it's very late the landlord could ask you for something like a late fee, and you could agree or not. The landlord could threaten to terminate your lease if you don't pay some kind of late fee, and that's a dilemma, especially where you set up a situation where you start paying late fees, then the next time the landlord will expect you to pay it like an additional part of the (unwritten) lease agreement

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Follow your local state laws and the lease (if any) regarding notice of cause for eviction and start looking for new tenant.

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If a tenant is late in paying rent, the landlord has the right to begin eviction proceedings. Depending on location that process can take months.

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He may be evicted.

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