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NOTICE TO PAY RENT OR QUIT
Re: ____________________
TO: ____________________, and all other persons in possession of the premises located at ____________________:
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that rent is now due and unpaid on the above-described premises which you currently hold and occupy.
The total amount of rent now due and unpaid is $____________________.
WITHIN 14 days after service of this notice, you are required to pay the total amount due OR to deliver up possession of the premises to the undersigned.
This notice is served pursuant to Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 186, § 11 (lease); § 12 (tenancy at will). If you fail to pay the amount due or surrender possession within the time stated, legal proceedings may be commenced against you to recover possession of the premises, together with rent, damages, and costs.
Statutory notice period: 14 days.
Statutory authority: Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 186, § 11 (lease); § 12 (tenancy at will)
If you have not received a notice to quit for nonpayment of rent within the last twelve months, you have a right to prevent termination of your tenancy by paying or tendering to your landlord, your landlord's attorney or the person to whom you customarily pay your rent the full amount of rent due within ten days after your receipt of this notice.
Respectfully,
Signature
Date
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