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S.O. 2006, c. 17 · PART VII RULES RELATING TO RENT

Section 109 — Receipt for payment

Residential Tenancies Act, 2006 · General Rules

In plain English

A landlord must give a tenant (or, within 12 months, a former tenant) a free receipt for rent, a deposit, or any other payment, on request.

The statute text

109 (1) A landlord shall provide free of charge to a tenant or former tenant, on request, a receipt for the payment of any rent, rent deposit, arrears of rent or any other amount paid to the landlord.

(2) Subsection (1) applies to a request by a former tenant only if the request is made within 12 months after the tenancy terminated.

General Rules Governing Amount of Rent

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