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>In article <arkusinski_andy-070193080856@arkusinski.si.com.>, arkusinski_andy@si.com (Andy Arkusinski) writes:
>
>> However, I
>> money, "THIS NOTE IS LEGAL TENDER FOR ALL DEBTS, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE". 
>
In article <1993Jan8.235403.9630@tellab5.tellabs.com> chrz@tellabs.com (Peter Chrzanowski) writes:
>I don't know that the writing on money has any force of law
>("In God We Trust" ?) but even if we assume it does, a debt does not
>exist when the terms include "payable in advance," as is normally 
>the case when renting.  Some examples: 
>
>There is no debt, just an agreement that if you produce the check or
>money order then the landlord will let you use the apartment as your 
>residence during the following month.  
>
>If you fail to live up to your side of the agreement then the landlord
>does not have to let you live there.  Should you fail to leave when
>asked the landlord may  have you evicted (unless a lease or local
>ordinance gives you additional rights, of course).

   Well, as a consolation, in most states your landlord can still
   bill you for the time between your last PAID rent and the time
   the local deputies evict you.  This WOULD be a "debt", and you
   might be able to offer to pay THAT in cash or argue in court that
   you made offer to pay and were refused....

   Seriously in Calif, very few rentals allow cash.  Many won't even
   let you drop off a check at the complex office.  I wonder if this
   has anything to do with the shortage of rental properties?