Renting privately
Forms and fact sheets for private rental tenancies
All Residential Tenancies Tribunal forms and information are now provided by the South Australian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (SACAT).
Starting a tenancy
Forms
- Information to be provided to a tenant (268.4 KB PDF)
- Property inspection sheet (50.5 KB PDF)
- Lease agreement - fixed term (219.9 KB PDF)
- Lease agreement - periodic (234.7 KB PDF)
- Notice of short fixed term lease (24.6 KB PDF) (Form 1) - to be completed along with a fixed term lease agreement, if the lease is for 90 days or less
- Bond lodgement form (84.3 KB PDF)
- Property owner/agent's declaration form - for landlords and agents to complete for tenants who are applying for Housing SA bond guarantees
- Online property owner/agent's declaration form (ePOD) - for landlords and agents to complete for tenants who are applying for Housing SA bond guarantees.
Information sheets
- Charging for water (178.0 KB PDF)
- Information about rent receipts and records (629.2 KB PDF) (Fact sheet 3)
- Information brochure about rights and obligations of tenants and landlord (941.5 KB PDF)
- Information about lifestyle village agreements (210.1 KB PDF)
- Lease agreement terms inconsistent with the Residential Tenancies Act 1995 (190.6 KB PDF)
Your tenant may be eligible for help paying bond or rent from Housing SA.
Managing a tenancy
Forms
- Notice to enter premises (241.1 KB PDF)
- Notice to tenant to check if breach remedied (85.2 KB PDF) (Form 1A)
- Notice of lease extension (258.8 KB PDF)
- Notice of rent increase (115.9 KB PDF)
- Notice to landlord to remedy breach of agreement (312.2 KB PDF) (Form 4)
- Notice to tenant to remedy breach of agreement (238.7 KB PDF) (Form 2)
- Request for repairs (240.8 KB PDF)
Information sheets
Ending a tenancy
Forms
- Notice to landlord to remedy breach of agreement (312.2 KB PDF) (Form 4)
- Notice to landlord of termination of a periodic agreement (211.7 KB PDF) (Form 5)
- Notice to landlord - termination due to sale of property (209.2 KB PDF) (Form 4A)
- Notice to landlord to end fixed agreement at end of term (211.6 KB PDF) (Form 4B)
- Notice to landlord - agreement frustrated (211.8 KB PDF) (Form 4C)
- Notice to tenant to end a periodic agreement (180.9 KB PDF) (Form 3)
- Notice to tenant to end fixed agreement at end of term (211.5 KB PDF) (Form 2A)
- Notice to tenant - agreement frustrated (253.6 KB PDF) (Form 2B)
- Notice to tenant to remedy breach of agreement (238.7 KB PDF) (Form 2)
Information sheets
Bonds
Forms
- Agents authority form (30.5 KB PDF)
- Agents direct debit form (197.0 KB PDF)
- Agent EFT payment request (30.1 KB PDF)
- Bond lodgement form (84.3 KB PDF)
- Bond lodgement summary form (85.0 KB PDF)
- Bond refund form (253.1 KB PDF)
- An example of a complete Bond refund form(116.3 KB PDF)
- Change of ownership or agent (182.2 KB PDF)
- Change of tenant form (186.8 KB PDF)
- Declaration form (99.8 KB PDF)
- Individual direct debit form (235.6 KB PDF)
- Individual EFT payment request (53.3 KB PDF)
- International money transfer (126.2 KB PDF)
- Landlord authority form (97.5 KB PDF)
Information sheets
Rent charges, increases and receipts
Maintenance and repairs
Forms
Request for repairs (240.8 KB PDF)
Information sheets
- Is your swimming pool kid safe? (291.7 KB PDF) - for an alternative version of this document contact Planning general enquiries.
General information and responsibilities
Information sheets
- Reclaiming possession of a rental property and how to deal with abandoned goods (179.7 KB PDF)
- Information about open inspections when selling a rental property (252.8 KB PDF) (Fact sheet 7)
- Information brochure about tenant and landlord responsibilities (941.5 KB PDF)
- Information about lifestyle village agreements (210.1 KB PDF)
- About digital TV antennae (17.5 KB PDF)
- Tenancies compliance programme (118.1 KB PDF)
Related information
On this site
- Substandard properties
- Sharing a private rental property
- Tenancy information in languages other than English
Other websites
Tax and claiming expenses on residential rental properties on the Australian Taxation Office website
Legislation
Residential Tenancies Act 1995
For an alternative version of a document on this page contact CBS unless otherwise indicated.
