If a tenant is late in paying the rent for 15 days, the landlord is entitled to terminate the tenancy. The tenant, however, can save the tenancy by paying all of the outstanding rent in arrears before the landlord takes possession of the property.
The landlord may consider the following actions:
- Action for the recovery of outstanding rent (starts with a demand letter by lawyer)
- If landlords believe that their tenants have run away or will not be able to pay the rent for the remaining term of the tenancy, one may consider action for forfeiture (i.e. to get back the property) and at the same time to recover outstanding rent
- Application for distress, that is, seizure and detention of sale of goods found in the rented property to satisfy the rent arrears, in cases in which a tenant is still operating a business at the rented property.
