Nova Scotia Occupancy Agreement

Get your landlord's consent to assign your lease or sublet your rental unit for the rest of the lease term with this Nova Scotia Permission Agreement to Sublet or Assign Lease.

• The new tenant must meet the landlord's requirements, and the landlord must give its written approval of the new tenant.
• The form contains clauses for either an assignment of the lease or a sublease of the premises.
• The landlord has the option to hold the existing tenant responsible for performing the tenant's obligations until the end of the lease term, or alternatively, to release the tenant from all obligations under the lease once a new tenant is approved.
• This form is available as a downloadable and fully editable MS Word template.
• Intended to be used only in the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada.

Give notice to your tenants that their rental property has been sold with this Nova Scotia Notice to Tenant of Sale of Rental Premises form.

• The Notice must be served on every tenant to fulfill the requirement for formal written notice of the sale.
• The tenant is instructed to pay rent to the new owner.
• The Notice also includes a Record of Service form.
• This is a downloadable legal form template which can be used by both landlords and rental property managers.
• Intended to be used only in the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada.

Use this free Nova Scotia Rental Unit Condition Report form to record the state of the rental premises at the start and end of the lease.

• The form should be completed by both the landlord and the tenant, who should do a walk-through of the premises together before the tenant moves in and again when the tenant moves out.
• The tenant keeps the original of the form and the landlord keeps a copy.
• The form contains a place to list repairs that the landlord should complete before the occupancy date.
• Available in PDF format. Issued by Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations.

If you own rental property in Nova Scotia, you can rent it to a tenant with this downloadable Residential Lease ⁄ Tenancy Agreement.

• The template can be used for a house, apartment, or mobile home (manufactured home) space.
• The Agreement can be used for either a fixed term lease (for instance, a lease term of 1 year) or for a periodic tenancy (month to month, week to week, or year to year).
• The template includes a section for premises that are administered under a public housing program, and a set of rules and rent calculation guidelines for public housing units.
• The lease also contains the statutory conditions required by the Residential Tenancies Act (RTA).

The Nova Scotia Residential Lease / Tenancy Agreement was updated January 2013 to reflect changes to the RTA. Buy and download a copy for your rental properties.