Residential Tenancies Branch

INDEX

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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maintaining appearance	4.5
mediated agreement	1.1, (1)1.8, (2)1.8, (3)1.8
mediation
claims	9.1
confidentiality	1.8
general	1.8
hearings	(1)11.1, (2)11.1, (3)11.1
moving expenses	11.4
mentally challenged person	2.11
mice	4.7
mileage	12
minor	(1)2.11, (2)2.11
mitigation	9.1, (1)10.8, (2)10.8
mobile homes
abandonment	6.1
assessment	13.4
licence fees	13.1, (1)13.4, (2)13.4
Notice of termination	7.4
owner	1.9
sublet	1.9
taxes	13.4
tenancy agreement	1.9
mobile home park	1.9
mold	4.1
mortgagee	1.4, 1.7, 7.8
mortgagor	(1)1.7, (2)1.7
motel accommodation	1.10
move-out time	7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.7, 7.9, 7.10, 7.11
moving costs	7.3, 7.9, 7.10, 9.1, 9.1(1), 11.4
municipal taxes	7.12, 13.4
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nail holes	(1)10.8, (2)10.8
name change	(1)11.5; (2)11.5
natural increase	2.11, 7.7
neighbours	2.3
necessary (shelter)	(1)2.11, (2)2.11
noise	7.8
non-molestation Order	9.1, 10.2
Notice
of attornment	1.4
of garnishment	1.4, 8.5, 11.6
of increase in rent	(1)13.1, (2)13.1, 13.2
to enter the rental unit	3.1
to new tenant	(1)13.7, (2)13.7
Notice of termination
by a condominium corporation	7.1
by a mortgagee	7.8
by a tenant - fixed agreement	7.9
by a tenant - month-to-month	7.10
by a tenant - personal care home	7.11
by landlord - caretaker/employeeunit	7.2
for landlord's own use	7.4
mobile homes	1.9
non-payment of rent	7.6
non-payment of municipal licence fees or municipal taxes	7.12
sale of rental unit	7.5
tenant not meeting obligation	7.7
nursing home	7.11
NSF charge	2.7, (1)10.8, (2)10.8, 12.1
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objection to rent increase
above guideline	13.1

oil tanks	4.8
open house	3.4
operating costs
life leases	13.9
operating expenses	(1)13.1, (2)13.1, (3)13.1
option to purchase	1.11
orders
amended	11.5
certified	8.5, 11.6
conditional	(1)8.3, (2)8.3, (3)8.3
hearing	(1)11.1, (2)11.1, (3)11.1
final	4.3, 4.9
maintain appearances	4.5
mediated agreements	1.8
of possession
condominiums	8.1
cooperatives	8.2
non-payment of rent	8.3
other obligations	8.4
rehabilitation plan	13.5
rent increase	(1)13.1
rent redirect	4.3, 5.1, 10.5, 13.13
repair	4.3
returned	11.7
security deposit	10.2, 10.4, (1)10.6, (2)10.6, 10.9
setting value of improvement	(1)13.12, (2)13.12, (3)13.12
unauthorized rent increase	(1)13.13, (2)13.13
utilities	5.1
outdoor maintenance	4.6
overpayment
rent	13.1, (1)13.13, (2)13.13
security deposit	10.6
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pain and suffering	9.1
painting	4.5, 10.8, 13.1
parking	2.5
payments not allowed under the act	2.6
peace bond	9.1, 10.2
per diem rate	8.3, 10.8, 12.1
personal care home	1.16, 7.11
personal injury	9.1
Personal Investigations Act	(1)1.15, (2)1.15
personal property	3.4, 6.2
disposal of	6.2
pest control	4.7
pets	2.6, 2.7
abandoned	6.1
pet deposits	2.6
photocopies	12.1
photographs/pictures	3.4, 12.1
political candidates
access to campaign	1.3
pre-authorized payments	2.6, 10.8
pre/post judgment interest rates	12.2
prime tenant	2.1
privacy	3.1
process server	12.1
professional fees	13.1
Proof of Claim	(1)1.1, (2)1.1
prosecution	1.2
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radiators	4.2
rats	4.7
reasonable rules	2.7
real estate agents	3.4
reciprocal judgment	8.5, 11.6
refund fund	13.9
registered mail costs	12.1
registrar (cooperatives)	8.2
registry	(1)13.10, (2)13.10, (1)13.13, (2)13.13
rehabilitation scheme	13.5
rehabilitation standards	(1)13..5, (2)13.5
removal of fixtures	9.1
rent
arrears	4.3
compliance	13.13
daily rate	8.3, 10.8, 12.1
discount	2.1, 10.8, 13.1, 13.6, 13.10
habitual late payment	7.6, 8.3
late payment fee	2.4, 8.3, 10.8
loss of rent	(1)10.8, (2)10.8, (3)10.8, (4)10.8
method of payment	2.7
non-payment of	7.6
per diem rate	8.3, 10.8
receipts	2.6
redirect	4.3, 5.1, 10.5, 13.13
unauthorized increase	13.13
rent increase
above guideline	13.1
allowable	13.6, 13.13
application for rent increase above guideline	13.1
for furniture	13.8
guideline	13.1
new tenant	13.7
notice	(1)13.1, (2)13.1
tenant objection	13.1,
tenant's right to give notice	7.9
unauthorized	13.13
rent to own agreement	(1)1.11, (2)1.11
rent refund	7.7, 13.1, (1)13.13, (2)13.13
rent roll	13.1
rental application	1.15
rental unit condition report	2.8
rent review-life lease	13.9
renovations	7.4
repairs
appearance/cosmetic	4.5
cleaning	4.1
moving furniture	4.3, 4.5
smoke alarms	4.9
tenant request for	4.3
tenant's right to give notice	7.9
replacement costs	10.8
reporting period	(1)13.1, (2)13.1, (3)13.1
reserve fund	13.9
reserve fund statement	1.7
Reserve land (see First Nations Reserves)
residential care facility	(1)1.16, (2)1.16
Residential Tenancies Commission	1.4, 4.3, 8.1, 8.3, 8.4
respondent	9.1
restraining order	9.1, 10.2
returned cheque charge	2.7, 10.8, 12.1
returned orders	11.7
right of entry	3.1
room and board	1.12
rounding	13.1
rules	2.7
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Safety Net Program	1.13, 5.1
sale
of abandoned personal property	6.2
of rental unit	3.4, 7.5
yard, garage or apartment	2.7
satellite dishes	2.7
school age children	7.2, 7.4, 7.5, 7.8
screening
officers	11.1
process	11.1
screens	4.3
seal	8.5
security deposit
claim against	10.1, 10.2, 10.4, 10.8
claim for more than	10.3, 10.8
co-tenants	10.7
hearings	10.3
held by Branch	10.1
order of possession	8.3, 8.4
orders	10.2, 10.4, 10.6, 10.9
overpayment of	10.6
tenant request for	10.9
Security Deposit Compensation Fund	1)10.2, (2)10.2, 10.5
security system	3.3
seizure of belongings	6.2
septic tank & field	4.8
separation agreement	1.7
service costs	12.1
service standards	8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, (1)11.1, (2)11.1, (3)11.1, 13.1
serving documents
collection agency	1.2
co-signer	11.1, (1)11.2, (2)11.2
costs	12.1
hearings	(1)11.2, (2)11.2, (3)11.2, (4)11.2
notice of termination	7.1, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6. 7.7, 7.8
order of possession	8.1, 11.2
process server	12.1
registered mail	(1)11.2, (2)11.2
shared accommodation	1.7, 1.14
shelter, necessary	(1)2.11, (2)2.11
sheriff	6.2
showing rental units	3.4, 10.8
signatures	2.13
smoke alarms	4.9
smoking	2.7, 2.9, 4.3, 4.5
snow clearing	4.6
special needs tenants	1.13, 2.11
special resolution	8.2
square footage	13.1
step-lease	2.11
storm windows	4.3
subletting	2.1
fees	2.1, 2.6, 10..8
subpoena	11.1
subsidized housing	2.1, (1)8.3, (2)8.3
substitution of services or facilities	2.10
substitutional service	11..3
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taxes-mobile home parks	13.4
telephones	4.10
temperature	4.2
tenancy
application	1.15
fixed-term	7.4, 7.5, 7.7, 7.8, 7.9
month-to-month	7.4, 7.5, 7.7, 7.8, 7.10
motel/hotel	1.10
temporary	2.13, 7.3
tenancy agreement
assignment & subletting	2.1
co-signers & guarantors	2.2
failure to deliver a copy of	2.12
fixed-term	2.11, 2.13
implied	2.11
month-to-month	2.13
non-renewal of	2.13, 7.9
oral	2.11
renewal of	2.13
signatures	2.13
termination by landlord	7.2, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.7
termination by tenant	7.9, 7.10, 7.11
written	2.11
tenant objection	13.1
tenant requested improvement	13.12
tenant's personal property	6.2
tenant's right to give notice	7.9
third party claim	9.1
three-year look back	13.1, 13.1
timers	2.5
trailer park	1.9, 13.44
trees	4.6
trustee in bankruptcy	1.1
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unauthorized rent	13.13
undelivered orders	11.7
unit
caretaker	7.2, 13.1, 13.10
employee	7.2, 13.1, 13.10
unit owner (condo)	7.1, 8.1
unlicensed residential care facilities	1.16
uninsured vehicle	2.5
use and occupancy	8.3, 12.1
useful life	(1)10.8, (2)10.8
utilities	5.1, 13.1
claim for	(1)10.8, (2)10.8
landlord's non-payment of	5.1
tenant's non-payment of	5.1, 7.7
shared service	2.14
waste by tenant	10.8
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vehicle, derelict	2.5
vehicle storage	2.5
vents	4.2, 10..8
videos	11.1
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wages lost while attending hearing	9.1
wallpaper	10.8
walls
cleaning	10.8
nail holes	(1)10.8, (2)10.8
nicks or scratches	(1)10.8, (2)10.8
warning letter	1.8
washer and dryer	4.3, 13.3
water	5.1
waterbeds	2.7
water bills	2.7
water meter reading	2.7
water tanks	4.8
wear and tear	10.8
weeds	4.6
windows
cleaning	4.1, 10.8
storm	4.3
wiring, telephones	4.10
withdrawal of service	13.14
tenant's right to give notice	7.9
writ of possession	6.2, 8.5
writ of seizure and sale	8.5, 11.6
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yard maintenance	4.6
yard sale	2.7
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