text: how do i collect unpaid  rent and late fees from tennant? tennant refused to pay late fees  ,paying one mounth 11 days late. paying another 15 days late . not paying june rent .it is now the 26 of june.  agreed to pay late fee of 50.00 a day after the 3of each mounth on lease you hire an attorney and serve them a three-day notice to pay or quit.  then if they don't pay, you evict them.