How long does a landlord have to make a claim against a tenant?
Short answer
In Newfoundland and Labrador a landlord or tenant may apply to the Director of Residential Tenancies within one year after the rental agreement ends (s.42(1)). A deposit claim has its own, shorter timing (s.14).
A landlord or tenant may apply to the director within one year after the rental agreement is terminated (s.42(1)). An application can ask the director to decide a question arising under the Act or the regulations, or whether the rental agreement or the Act has been contravened, and the director's orders include payment of money, compensation for loss and the disposition of a security deposit (s.47(1)). It is made on the Application for Dispute Resolution with the fee set by the minister (s.42(2)), which the Residential Tenancies online payment page lists as $20, and is served on the other party personally, by prepaid registered mail, express post or courier to an address they provided, or electronically to an electronic address they provided for receipt of documents (s.42(3)). A claim against the security deposit has its own timing: if the tenant applies first, the landlord has 10 days from being served with the tenant's application to make one (s.14(11)).
- Where this comes from
- Section 42(1)–(3); Section 47(1); Section 14(11), Residential Tenancies Act, 2018 (Newfoundland and Labrador)
- Last reviewed