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Overview
Applying online is the quickest way to have your forms received and processed. We encourage you to apply online where available.
Printed or digital copies of completed forms to the Tenant and Landlord Relations Office by email to [email protected], by fax at 1-855-658-3096, by mail to PO Box 5001, Moncton, NB, E1C 8R3, or bring it to a Service New Brunswick service centre.
Lease information
The standard lease
A lease creates a contract between a landlord and a tenant when renting a residential property. We highly recommended a written lease because it clearly specifies what a landlord and tenant are agreeing to when renting a property.
Assign a lease
A lease agreement may require that you get your landlord’s permission before assigning your lease to someone else. To get consent, you will need to complete a Request for Consent to Assign form and serve it to your landlord.
Ending a lease
We offer printable Notice of Termination forms that landlords and tenants can use. If this form is used, a signature is required. Landlords use the Notice of Termination to Tenant form and tenants use the Notice of Termination to Landlord form.
Victims of domestic violence can end their lease early
A tenant who is the victim of domestic violence can end their lease early.
If your landlord asks you for documentation, you may provide them a signed Third-Party Declaration.
Roommate agreement
When more than one tenant is named on the lease agreement, they are all equally responsible for the rental unit, any damages and the full rent amount. We encourage completing a roommate agreement together so there is a clear understanding of household rules and expectations.
Inspections
Inspection report
Before a tenant moves in or out, the landlord and tenant should walk through the rental unit together and inspect it thoroughly. An Accommodation Inspection Report will provide a record of the condition of the rental property from the beginning to the end of the lease.
Security deposits
Pay a security deposit
A tenant may pay a security deposit to the landlord or directly to a Service New Brunswick service centre. A certificate of deposit (receipt) will be mailed to both the landlord and tenant.
Apply for the return of your security deposit
Applying online as soon as you move out is the quickest and easiest way to have your security deposit returned to you. Your application will be processed at the end of your lease term. All tenants named on the certificate of deposit must apply for the return of their portion of the security deposit separately.
Transfer a security deposit
You can transfer your security deposit to another rental unit or another tenant.
Submit a claim against security deposit
If the rental unit is dirty or damaged, or there is unpaid rent, utilities or late fees, landlords can make a claim against the security deposit. To do this, a Security Deposit Claim form must be submitted to the Landlord and Tenant Relations Office within seven days of the end of the lease.
Landlord Release of a Security Deposit
At the end of a tenancy, landlords who will not submit a claim against the security deposit may confirm that the tenancy has ended by completing the landlord release of Security Deposit form, as this can decrease the processing time of a tenant’s return of their security deposit. Or they may mutually complete the Security Deposit Refund Agreement which also expedites the processing of security deposit requests.
Apply for the refund of your security deposit
This form should be used when tenants and their landlord have reached an agreement on the refund of the security deposit and payment of claim.
Buying or selling a rental property
Sold a rental property
A notice of transfer is mandatory when selling a property that has tenants. The notice must be completed by the seller and served to both the tenant and the Residential Tenancies Tribunal within seven days of the transfer of ownership.
Solve a problem
Notice of complaint
A written complaint can be a printed or hand-written letter. It is important to keep a copy of your written complaint for your files. If your complaint is hand-written, you can take a picture of the original letter. For your convenience, we offer a Notice of Complaint form that can be used to create a written complaint:
Apply for assistance with the Residential Tenancies Tribunal
If you have a problem, either as a tenant or a landlord, you can get help from the Residential Tenancies Tribunal.
For tenants
For landlords
Evictions
Notice to vacate
Landlords use this form to give tenants notice to vacate when the tenants have failed to pay rent and the landlord wants to end the tenancy.
If the tenant pays all the rent due within seven days of getting the notice, the notice will be cancelled, and the tenant doesn't have to move out.
Final notice to vacate
If a tenant does not pay rent again, and has previously been served a Notice to Vacate, the landlord may choose to serve a Final Notice to Vacate. The Final Notice to Vacate no longer offers the possibility of paying rent within seven days.
Landlord application to end a lease early
Landlords may apply to end a lease agreement early if a tenant is causing extensive damage to the rental unit or property, creating a health or safety risk or conducting illegal activity on site. To do this, they must apply to the Residential Tenancies Tribunal.
Form 3 - Application to the Residential Tenancies Officer (PDF 408 KB)
Consent to the release of confidential information
You may have a person speak to the Residential Tenancies Tribunal on your behalf by completing this form.
Authorization to Release Confidential Information (PDF 87 KB)