Tenant hasn’t paid: the timeline
For a landlord in Newfoundland and Labrador whose tenant has missed rent. Enter the day it was due and how you plan to serve the notice, and get each date in order, from the earliest day you can give the notice to what happens if they neither pay nor leave. Already given the notice? Answer “Yes” to “Has the notice been given yet?” and enter how and when you gave it to check its earliest end date. Free, no sign-up, and nothing you type leaves this page.
Enter the day the unpaid rent was due. The dates appear here.
What you can’t do
- No lock-outs. Changing the locks while the tenant lives there requires mutual consent (Statutory Condition 6).
- No cutting off heat, water or power. Neither landlord nor tenant may disconnect heat, water or electric power to the rental unit without the other’s written consent (Statutory Condition 8). The condition has no exception for unpaid rent.
- No taking their belongings. A landlord shall not take a tenant’s personal property to compensate for a contravention of an obligation by the tenant, including a failure to pay rent (s.33).
- Only an order removes a tenant. Removing a tenant takes a Director’s order, enforced by the sheriff.
The official forms
- Landlord’s Notice to Terminate Early - Cause (official form, gov.nl.ca)(opens in a new tab)
- Application for Dispute Resolution (official form, gov.nl.ca)(opens in a new tab)
- Residential Tenancies Policy 07-007 (Failure to Pay Rent)(opens in a new tab)
- Residential Tenancies Act, 2018 (official text)(opens in a new tab)
In the Newfoundland landlord guide
Where Dweller helps
In Dweller, the unpaid-rent notice is filled in on the official form with the dates worked out from the rent on record and how you plan to serve it, and each service is recorded.
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