New Brunswick Security Deposit Return Demand — RTA s.8.1 / s.10
Stage-1 demand for a New Brunswick tenant. NB has a UNIQUE system: the landlord must deliver the security deposit to the Residential Tenancies Tribunal within 15 days under s.8.1 — the Tribunal holds in trust. At end of tenancy the landlord has 7 days to file a retention claim; absent a claim the Tribunal returns the deposit. Cites Residential Tenancies Act (SNB 1975 c.R-10.2) ss.8, 8.1, 10 + NB Reg 82-218 (wear-and-tear bar). Stage-2: Tribunal Application, FREE filing. UPL-safe under Law Society Act 1996 (S.N.B. 1996, c.89).
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Your New Brunswick tenancy
NB rule is unusual: the landlord must deliver your deposit to the Residential Tenancies Tribunal, which holds it in trust. At end of tenancy the landlord has only 7 days to file a claim; absent a claim the Tribunal returns the deposit to you. If the landlord never delivered the deposit to the Tribunal in the first place, that's a separate s.8.1 breach.
This letter will cite
New Brunswick Residential Tenancies Act, SNB 1975 c.R-10.2, s.8 (deposit cap = 1 week's rent), s.8.1 (landlord must deliver deposit to Tribunal within 15 days), s.10 (return procedure, landlord 7-day claim window); General Regulation NB Reg 82-218; Law Society Act 1996 (S.N.B. 1996, c.89) (UPL framing).
Your letter cites s.8.1 (Tribunal-held deposit), the 7-day landlord claim window, and signals an Application to the Residential Tenancies Tribunal as the stage-2 escalation. Filing is FREE for tenants.