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Downloadable Forms

For Tenant and Landlord

• Form: Rental Unit Condition Report [- 301.20 kb]
• Purpose: Used by landlords and tenants to record the condition of the rental unit at the beginning and at the end of the lease.

• Form: Application Director (Form J) [- 703.49 kb]
• Purpose: Used by landlords and tenants to make an application to dispute a resolution.

• Form: Application Director (Form J) - Legal Size [- 629.72 kb]
• Purpose: Used by landlords and tenants to make an application to dispute a resolution.

For Tenant

• Form: Tenant's Notice to Quit (Form C) [- 197.31 kb]
• Purpose: Used by tenants to give notice to a landlord that they are leaving at the end of a lease term.

• Form: Tenant's Notice to Quit Early Termination of Tenancy (Form G and H) [- 466.29 kb]
• Purpose: Used by tenants to give a landlord notice that they are ending a lease early because of a deterioration of health. Form H is for a physician to describe and validate the tenant’s health.

• Form: Tenant’s Notice to Quit Early Termination of Tenancy by Personal Representative (Form I) [- 220.47 kb]
• Purpose: Used by a tenant to give a landlord notice that a lease is being terminated because a tenant has died.

For Landlord

• Form: Landlord’s Notice to Quit (Form D) [- 226.11 kb]
• Purpose: Used by landlords to give a Notice to Quit when a tenant has failed to pay rent.

• Form: Landlord’s Notice to Quit Breach of Statutory Conditions (Form E) [- 223.10 kb]
• Purpose: Used by landlords to give a tenant a Notice to Quit if the tenant has breached statutory conditions.

• Form: Landlord’s Notice to Quit Additional Circumstances (Form F) [- 191.02 kb]
• Purpose: Used by landlords to give a tenant a Notice to Quit for reasons other than rental arrears and breach of statutory conditions.

• Form: Application to Director Rental Arrears (Form K) [- 455.54 kb]
• Purpose: Used by a landlord to apply to end a tenancy for rental arrears and do not wish to attempt a mediation or have a hearing held.

• Form: Application to Director Rental Arrears (Form K) - Legal Size [- 419.09 kb]
• Purpose: Used by a landlord to apply to end a tenancy for rental arrears and do not wish to attempt a mediation or have a hearing held.

• Form: Affidavit of Service (Form L) [- 179.08 kb]
• Purpose: Used by a landlord to swear that documents have been served by personal service, registered mail or substituted service.

• Form: Notice of Rent Increase (Form M) [- 336.46 kb]
• Purpose: Used by landlords to notify tenants of a rent increase in a mobile home park.

• Form: Application to Director Rent Increase Greater than the Annual Allowable Rent Increase Amount (Form N) [- 457.06 kb]
• Purpose: Used by a landlord to make an Application to Director to give a rent increase greater than the Annual Allowable Rent Increase Amount.

• Form: Financial Information in Support of a Rent Increase Greater than the Annual Allowable Rent Increase Amount (Form O) [- 536.74 kb]
• Purpose: Used by a landlord to provide information to a Residential Tenancy Officer to review the application for a rent increase greater than the Annual Allowable Rent Increase Amount.

• Form: Standard Form of Lease (Form P) [- 746.26 kb]
• Purpose: Used by a landlord to identify the terms that must form part of any lease signed in Nova Scotia.

• Form: Standard Form of Lease (Form P) - Legal Size [- 773.25 kb]
• Purpose: Used by a landlord to identify the terms that must form part of any lease signed in Nova Scotia.

• Form: Security Deposit Claim [- 167.43 kb]
• Purpose: Used by a landlord who want to retain all or any portion of a security deposit for unpaid rent, damages, or both.

• Form: Inventory of Property (Form A) [- 244.44 kb]
• Purpose: Used by landlords to list abandoned tenant property.

• Form: Inventory of Goods and Proceeds of Sale [- 50.14 kb]
• Purpose: Used by landlords to provide additional details to the accounting of sale.

• Form: Accounting of Sale of Abandoned Personal Property (Form B) [- 242.39 kb]
• Purpose: Used by landlords to summarize the details of landlord's sale of abandoned tenant property.