Pennsylvania Late Fee Calculator
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
- September 29, 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.
Next step: turn these figures into a late rent notice for the tenant.
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 .
Late rent notice builder
Before you send it: this builds a reminder letter about overdue rent and a late charge. It is 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.
[Your name or company]
Date: October 10, 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 September 28, 2026. As of October 10, 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]
How to use the Pennsylvania rent late fee calculator
- Enter the monthly rent and the rent that is overdue.
- Enter the date the rent was due and the date it was paid, or today if it is still unpaid.
- Choose how the lease sets the late fee (percent of rent, flat amount or dollars per day) and type the figure from the lease.
- Enter the grace days written in the lease.
- Read the late fee and the earliest fee date, then copy the figures or print a late rent notice.
Work out interest on an overdue B2B invoice under Pennsylvania law. The legal default rate — what applies when the contract is silent — is 6%, and the statute is quoted verbatim below. All math runs locally in your browser.
Legal rate; on a fixed-sum debt it runs as of right from the date payment was due.
Late fee breakdown
- Interest owed
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- Daily rate
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- Total (invoice + interest)
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Still unpaid? Generate a formal demand letter — it computes the interest and cites Pennsylvania's statute (41 P.S. §§ 201, 202) for you.
Worked example: Pennsylvania invoice interest at 6%
Interest at Pennsylvania's statutory default of 6% a year, worked out with the same formula as the calculator above: amount × (6% ÷ 365) × days. If your contract states its own rate, enter that rate in the calculator instead.
| Invoice amount | 30 days late | 60 days late | 90 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 |
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.
Quoted verbatim from the linked official source — not our paraphrase. How we source and re-check every row is documented in the data methodology.
Maximum late fee in Pennsylvania — written B2B contracts
No statutory cap
'Business loans of any principal amount' are excluded from the 6% cap, so B2B credit has no usury ceiling; corporations also cannot plead usury.
Basis: 41 P.S. § 201(b)(3). Compare all 51 jurisdictions in the maximum late fee by state table and cap-regime map.
Rent and invoices follow different laws — consumer debt is not covered
The Invoice tab, the rate card and the statute sections on this page are about business-to-business invoices. Residential rent late fees live in Pennsylvania's landlord-tenant law. 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. Consumer credit has separate, stricter rules. The distinction is explained in B2B invoice late fees vs. residential rent.
Use this data
Pennsylvania's row — rate, cap, citation, verbatim quote, verification date — is part of our open 51-jurisdiction dataset: CSV · JSON (CC BY 4.0, cite myinvoicetemplate.com). Set late-fee terms on your next invoice with the free invoice generator, or state them clearly using the wording guidance in the payment terms guide.
Pennsylvania late fee FAQ
Is there a legal limit on rent late fees in Pennsylvania?
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), checked 2026-10-01. The late fee and grace days in the lease decide.
How do I work out a late fee on rent in Pennsylvania?
Enter the monthly rent, the overdue amount, the date the rent was due and the date it was paid, then the late fee in the lease (a percent of rent, a flat amount or dollars per day) and its grace days. The calculator gives the late fee, the earliest fee date and rent plus fee, and turns them into a late rent notice.
Can I charge late fees on overdue invoices in Pennsylvania?
Yes — on business-to-business invoices. If your contract or invoice states a late-fee rate, that rate governs (subject to the cap rules below). If nothing was agreed: 6%. Legal rate; on a fixed-sum debt it runs as of right from the date payment was due. Statute: 41 P.S. §§ 201, 202, verified 2026-08-19. Consumer and rent debts follow separate laws.
What is the maximum late fee on a B2B invoice in Pennsylvania?
For a written B2B contract: 6% cap applies only to loans of $50,000 or less — business loans of any amount are exempt (any agreed rate). Basis: 41 P.S. § 201(b)(3). The full cap analysis is on the Invoice (B2B) tab; this covers business-to-business deals only — consumer credit has stricter separate caps.
What interest applies if my contract doesn't mention late fees in Pennsylvania?
The statutory default rate of 6%. Legal rate; on a fixed-sum debt it runs as of right from the date payment was due. Statute: 41 P.S. §§ 201, 202 (verbatim quote on this page, verified 2026-08-19).
Where does this data come from, and when was it verified?
Every invoice-interest figure on this page comes from our 51-jurisdiction dataset: each row researched against the controlling statute or the state's official current-rate page, independently re-checked, and stamped with its own verification date — Pennsylvania's row was last verified 2026-08-19. The operative legal text is quoted verbatim on this page with a link to the official source, the methodology is public, every verification pass is logged in the changelog, and the full dataset is downloadable (CC BY 4.0).
Not legal advice. This page summarizes Pennsylvania's commercial-interest statute for general information, with the verification date shown above — it tells you when we last confirmed the figures, not that they are still current today. Statutes change and courts interpret them; verify the cited statute at the official source, or ask a licensed attorney in your state, before charging a late fee or demanding interest.