Vermont Late Fee Calculator

No cap no late fee section in the law we read
Rent limit
None in 9 V.S.A. chapter 137
Earliest fee day
–
Statute
9 V.S.A. chapter 137
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

Vermont: 9 V.S.A. chapter 137 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

12% legal default rate (contract silent)
Max written B2B rate
12% general cap — but corporate obligations and business/income-producing financing are exempt (any agreed rate).
Cap regime
No statutory cap
Statute
9 V.S.A. §§ 41a, 46
Verified
— how we verify · changelog

Legal rate; awarded as of right on liquidated sums from the date the debt became due.

Pre-filled with Vermont's statutory default (12%), which governs only when the contract names no rate; a rate stated in your contract replaces it.

Interest at 12% a year

Interest owed on an overdue invoice in Vermont at 12% per year
Invoice amount30 days late60 days late90 days late
$1,000.00$9.86$19.73$29.59
$5,000.00$49.32$98.63$147.95
$10,000.00$98.63$197.26$295.89

Maximum late fee in Vermont — written B2B contracts

No statutory cap

Basis: 9 V.S.A. § 46.

About this page

Vermont rent late fee law

Vermont's law on residential rental agreements, title 9, chapter 137, contains no late fee provision, so it neither limits a late rent fee nor gives a grace period.

Read in full for this check: Vermont Statutes, title 9, chapter 137 (Residential Rental Agreements). Official source, read from the copy archived on 2026-05-16 · 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 Vermont has its own rules for it. Nothing on this page is legal advice.

What Vermont law says about invoice interest

Except as specifically provided by law, the rate of interest or the sum allowed for forbearance or use of money shall be 12 percent per annum computed by the actuarial method.
— 9 V.S.A. § 41a(a). Read it at the official source · row verified 2026-08-19.

12% cap does not apply to obligations of corporations or financing of an income-producing business/activity — true B2B may carry any agreed rate.

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