Residential tenancy forms

Tenants

Application to Director to return a security deposit (Form S)

Tenants use Form S to get all or some of their security deposit returned when it’s more than 10 days after the end of the tenancy.

Apply to waive fee for Application to the Director of Residential Tenancies

Apply to have the fee waived for submitting an Application to the Director of Residential Tenancies.

Change year-to-year lease to month-to-month lease (Form DR1)

Tenants use Form DR1 to let their landlord know they’re changing from a year-to year to a month-to-month tenancy (lease).

Tenant's Notice to Quit: Early Termination of Tenancy (Form G and Form H)

Tenants use Form G and Form H to end their tenancy (lease) early if their health has gotten worse or they’ve been accepted into a nursing home.

Tenant's Notice to Quit: leave at end of lease term (Form C)

Tenants use Form C to tell their landlord they’ll be moving out at the end of their tenancy (lease).

Tenant’s Notice to Quit: Purchaser to Occupy Residential Premises - Sale of Residential Premises (Form DR2)

Tenants can end their tenancy (lease) early if their landlord sells the property and the new owner or family member is going to move in (occupy the premises).

Tenant’s Notice to Quit: Where Tenant Has Received Notice of Rent Increase (Form C1)

Tenants can end their tenancy (lease) early if their landlord gives them a Notice of Rent Increase to increase rent before their tenancy anniversary date.

Tenants and landlords

Affidavit of Service: Residential Tenancies (Form L)

Landlords and tenants use Form L to swear that they’ve served residential tenancy documents on the other party.

Agreement to end tenancy (lease) for demolition, repairs or renovations (Form DR5)

Landlords and tenants use Form DR5 to end a tenancy (lease) for demolition, repairs or renovations to a residential premises when both parties agree.

Application Drop-off Payment Form: Residential Tenancies

Landlords and tenants use the Application Drop-off Payment Form when they drop off Form J or Form K at Access Nova Scotia.

Application to Director to resolve dispute between landlord and tenant (Form J)

File an application to resolve a dispute between a landlord and tenant.

Certificate of Service: Residential Tenancies (Form L1)

Landlords and tenants use Form L1 to certify that they’ve served residential tenancy documents on the other party.

Convert mediated settlement into Order of the Director (Form DR3)

Landlords and tenants use Form DR3 to request a mediated settlement to be converted into an Order of the Director (decision).

Rental Unit Condition Report Form

Record the condition of a rental unit at the start and end of a tenancy (lease) by using the Rental Unit Condition Report Form.

Landlords

Accounting for the sale of tenant’s abandoned personal property (Form B)

Landlords use Form B to calculate the proceeds from selling the tenant’s abandoned property at the end of the tenancy (lease) and inventory the goods sold after it’s been held in storage for 30 days.

Application to Director to end tenancy (lease) because of unpaid rent (Form K)

Apply to the Director of Residential Tenancies to end a tenant’s lease because of unpaid rent.

Consent to allow service of residential tenancy documents by email

Landlords and tenants need to sign a consent form if they have an existing residential lease agreement and want to consent to serving tenancy documents on the other party by email.

Financial Information for Rent Increase Greater than Annual Allowable Rent Increase Amount (Form O)

Landlords use Form O to apply to increase the rent by more than the Annual Allowable Rent Increase Amount (AARIA).

Inventory of Tenant’s Abandoned Personal Property (Form A)

Landlords use Form A to record personal property that a tenant has left behind after the tenancy (lease) has ended.

Landlord’s Application to Director for Rent Increase Greater than Annual Allowable Rent Increase Amount (Form N)

Apply to increase the rent in a land-lease community (mobile park) by more than the Annual Allowable Rent Increase Amount (AARIA).

Landlord’s Notice to Quit: Additional Circumstances (Form F)

Landlords use Form F to give their tenants Notice to Quit for reasons other than failure to pay rent and not complying with statutory conditions.

Landlord’s Notice to Quit: Breach of Statutory Condition or subsection 9B(1) of the Residential Tenancies Act (Form E)

Landlords use Form E to give their tenants Notice to Quit if the tenant has breached (not complied with) a statutory condition or subsection 9B(1) of the Residential Tenancies Act.

Landlord’s Notice to Quit: Failure to Pay Rent (Form D)

Landlords use Form D to give tenants Notice to Quit when the tenants have failed to pay rent and the landlord wants to end the tenancy.

Landlord’s Notice to Quit: Purchaser to Occupy Residential Premises - Sale of Residential Premises (Form DR2)

Landlords use Form DR2 to give tenants Notice to Quit when the landlord sells the property and the new owner or a family member is going to move in (occupy the premises).

Landlord’s Notice of Rent Increase for space in a land-lease community (Form M)

Landlords use Form M to give their tenants Notice of Rent Increase in a land-lease community (mobile park).

Security Deposit Claim Form (Form R)

Landlords use the Security Deposit Claim Form to keep some or all of the tenant’s security deposit for unpaid rent or damage.

Standard Form of Lease (Form P)

Landlords can use Form P as the residential lease agreement they provide to their tenant to sign.