A Tiktok lawyer by the name, @Tessy fred reveals a law that states that a landlord’s failure to issue a rent receipt to his tenant would incur a hundred thousand naira fine.
In the video that has now gone viral, the lawyer educates the public on the uncommon law constituted. She however gave the disclaimer of it being tenable only in Lagos state.
This answered the questions of netizens regarding its legitimacy. Some decided to follow up on the law in confronting their landlords while others intend to wield it as a future weapon against any tenant injustice.
Read some of their comments:
mosesedena: This is only applicable to Lagos state
augustinechidi526: this case with my landlord go sweet oo…..because him no dey issue receipt since ooooo….and issue us quit notice without any offense
damilaredynamyt: My landlord dey owe me like half a mil like this 😂
anosike_emmanuel_c: That’s why I prefer transfer with narration n save the receipt incase of any nonsense.
TF Team: I don save this video for future use 😂
watch the lawyer’s video below:
@tessy_fred Hope you know failure to issue a rent receipt attracts a fine of N100,000.00. Sec 5(3) Tenancy Law of Lagos State. 2011. #dlegalcelebrity #fyppppppppppppppppppppppp #law #CapCut ♬ original sound – Ogechi Tessy Nwenyi