Rent Receipt in Virginia

A simple rent receipt to give a tenant for each payment — especially cash. Some states require a receipt for cash rent; check your state below.

What Virginia law says

Rent receipts	Cash and money order payments. The landlord must give the tenant a written receipt whenever rent is paid in cash or by money order. The statute does not list required receipt contents. Landlords must also accept rent and security deposits by check and money order, and may not charge a fee to process rent or other payments unless they offer a fee-free payment method (and any card or electronic payment fee may not exceed the landlord's actual third-party cost). Landlords with four or fewer rental units (or up to a 10 percent interest in four or fewer) need not accept debit or credit cards. Source: Va. Code § 55.1-1204(J)

Rent receipts

Cash and money order payments. The landlord must give the tenant a written receipt whenever rent is paid in cash or by money order. The statute does not list required receipt contents. Landlords must also accept rent and security deposits by check and money order, and may not charge a fee to process rent or other payments unless they offer a fee-free payment method (and any card or electronic payment fee may not exceed the landlord's actual third-party cost).

Landlords with four or fewer rental units (or up to a 10 percent interest in four or fewer) need not accept debit or credit cards.

Source: Va. Code § 55.1-1204(J)

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RENT RECEIPT No. [receipt number]

Date received: [date received]

Received from: [tenant name(s)]

Rental address: [rental address]

Amount: $[amount paid] Paid by: [cash / check no. / money order / electronic]

For: rent for the period [rental period, e.g. Nov 1-30] Balance still owed: $[balance owed]

Received by: [landlord or agent name], [landlord address or phone] Signature: ____________________

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General legal information, not legal advice. Laws change and local rules can differ; check the linked official source or talk to a lawyer about your situation.