Pennsylvania Late Fee Calculator

No cap no late fee section in the law we read
Rent limit
None in the Landlord and Tenant Act of 1951
Earliest fee day
–
Statute
the Landlord and Tenant Act of 1951
Checked
What was not paid on time. Copies the rent until you type here.
How the lease sets the late fee
How many days the lease gives before a late fee; 0 if none.

Your late fee

$62.50

Paid 12 days late; the lease has no grace period.

Days past due
12 days
Grace period ends
No grace period
Earliest fee date
October 20, 2026
Lease late fee
5% of $1,250.00 = $62.50
Rent + late fee
$1,312.50

Pennsylvania: the Landlord and Tenant Act of 1951 contains no late fee provision, so there is no legal cap or waiting period to apply; only your lease terms count.

Late rent notice builder

Who it is from and to
Amounts
Taken from the calculator. Set 0 if the rent itself is paid.
Taken from the result; you may change it.
Adds the two above until you type your own figure.
Blank: the letter asks for payment at the earliest opportunity.
Payment and contact
Where and how the tenant can pay.
Late rent notice

[Your name or company]

Date: October 31, 2026

To: [Tenant name]

[Rental property address]

Re: Overdue rent for [Rental property address]

Dear [Tenant name],

This letter is a reminder that the rent of $1,250.00 for [Rental property address] was due on October 19, 2026. As of October 31, 2026, $1,250.00 of it is still unpaid (12 days past due).

Your lease provides for a late charge, which comes to $62.50.

Amount now due

Unpaid rent
$1,250.00
Late charge
$62.50
Total
$1,312.50

Please pay $1,312.50 at your earliest opportunity.

If this letter crossed with your payment, please disregard it.

Regards,

[Your name or company]

6% legal default rate (contract silent)
Max written B2B rate
6% cap applies only to loans of $50,000 or less — business loans of any amount are exempt (any agreed rate).
Cap regime
No statutory cap
Statute
41 P.S. §§ 201, 202
Verified
— how we verify · changelog

Legal rate; on a fixed-sum debt it runs as of right from the date payment was due.

Pre-filled with Pennsylvania's statutory default (6%), which governs only when the contract names no rate; a rate stated in your contract replaces it.

Interest at 6% a year

Interest owed on an overdue invoice in Pennsylvania at 6% per year
Invoice amount30 days late60 days late90 days late
$1,000.00$4.93$9.86$14.79
$5,000.00$24.66$49.32$73.97
$10,000.00$49.32$98.63$147.95

Maximum late fee in Pennsylvania — written B2B contracts

No statutory cap

Basis: 41 P.S. § 201(b)(3).

About this page

Pennsylvania rent late fee law

Pennsylvania's 1951 Landlord and Tenant Act contains no late fee provision, so the Act caps no late rent fee and gives no grace period.

Read in full for this check: Landlord and Tenant Act of 1951 (Act of Apr. 6, 1951, P.L. 69, No. 20). Official source, read from the copy archived on 2026-08-12 · checked .

Before you send the late rent notice: it is a reminder letter about overdue rent and a late charge, not an eviction notice. A notice to pay rent or quit is a separate document, and Pennsylvania has its own rules for it. Nothing on this page is legal advice.

What Pennsylvania law says about invoice interest

the maximum lawful rate of interest for the loan or use of money in an amount of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) or less in all cases where no express contract shall have been made for a less rate shall be six per cent per annum. [...] shall not apply to: [...] (3) business loans of any principal amount.
— 41 P.S. § 201(a), (b)(3) (Loan Interest and Protection Law, Act of Jan. 30, 1974, P.L. 13, No. 6, § 201, as last amended July 8, 2008, P.L. 824, No. 57). Read it at the official source · row verified 2026-08-19.

'Business loans of any principal amount' are excluded from the 6% cap, so B2B credit has no usury ceiling; corporations also cannot plead usury.

Not legal advice. Figures were last verified on the date shown; check the cited statute before charging a late fee.