<human>: Hello. I'm posting this on behalf of a friend. We live in Arizona.

My friend and her boyfriend have been renting an apartment together for the last ~6 months, and have never been late on rent. They were both recently between jobs, and because of this, their paychecks were delayed. They both now have steady full time jobs.

At the beginning of this month, my friend told her landlord that she would not be able to pay rent for November until November 25th. The landlord had her sign a promissory agreement (both parties have copies of this) to pay on the 25th, and said that she and her boyfriend would be fine.

A few days ago, my friend was able to scrape together $300, which wasn't the full amount due, however, she got a money order for it and went into the office in an attempt to give it to her landlord, so that she would not have as much to pay on the 25th. The landlord refused to take the money order.

My friend came home yesterday to find a notice on her door that there's been a court date set up for Monday, the 23rd. Her and her boyfriend asked the landlord why this was so, due to the fact that they'd already signed a promissory agreement to pay the rent on the 25th. Their landlord just told them "sorry", and that if they were able to pay before the court date, they would not have to go to court.

My friend is wondering what her rights are with regards to this, given that the landlord seems to be disregarding the agreement that was signed. I will be able to lend her $500 so that she can pay rent before the court date, however, she's still worried about the possibility of getting an eviction, or a bad mark on her credit. Also, she's wondering if she should still go to court even once the late rent is paid, to plead her case.

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<bot>: Friend has been summoned to court on November 23rd for unpaid rent, even though she signed an agreement with her landlord to pay the rent on November 25th.