pay or quit notice Texas - include late charges?

[Bryant McCue]

We will be sending our tenant a pay or quit notice for non payment of rent for a rental house located in Houston Texas. We are new to this. The lease stipulates charges for late fees(an initial charge and then daily). Do we include in the notice the late fee charges (as of the date of the notice)? I have seen examples of notices online but do not see any mention of late charges - just the rent itself.
Thanks

[Dion DePaoli]

If you have a provision for late charges it doesn't hurt to state the contract language perhaps even with section reference if available. I always try to make my correspondence as lawyer like as possible. Which to me just translates into clear concise statements. Ensure reference to property, tenant and contract terms along with due as of and an additional daily fee if applicable. You may want to include both the remedies for contract breach and deadlines as well as the tenant obligations for partial and full payment situations.

For instance if they pay the rent in full but do not pay the late fees, do late fees still accrue? What happens if they do not pay the late fees.

I tend to scope out the letter as much as a stern landlord as much as a kick in the butt to the tenant to make sure they know all the rules too so we are all on the same page.