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Step 1 of 8 – Check remit
Before you begin, we need to check if the tenancy comes under our remit.
The RTB can only investigate specific breaches of rental law by landlords, known as improper conducts. You may be able to resolve other rental law issues through our Dispute Resolution Service. You can read more about these on our What the RTB can investigate page.
You are reporting a landlord for breaches of rental law relating to your own current or past tenancy.
We recommend that you complete this form with only “Failure to register a tenancy” selected.
For other breaches (including Notice of Termination, Rent Review, or deposits), the RTB’s Dispute Resolution Service may be more suitable.
By completing this form, you are putting a case forward for formal investigation by the RTB. This can lead to fines of up to €15,000 for each breach against the landlord (paid to the Government).
An investigation cannot order your landlord to return rent or deposits to you or award you compensation.
You can learn more about your options on our Complain to the RTB about a landlord page.
In most cases like this, the RTB’s Dispute Resolution Service is a better option than an investigation. This service is designed to resolve issues between landlords and tenants.
Evidence to support your report You can upload supporting evidence in Step 7 of this form. Examples of useful evidence include:
Please provide all details that you can. If you don’t know, just leave the field blank. If you want to report more than one property connected with the same landlord, please add details of other properties in Step 7.
You do not have to give your name or contact details. But it can help the investigation to proceed if we can contact you for more information. We do not share your name and contact details with the landlord. It is possible that the landlord might identify you from the information in this report, even if you do not provide your name or contact details.
Please provide as much detail as you can to increase the chance of a successful investigation. If you don’t know, just leave the field blank.
We do not require any additional details for this report. Please click continue to move to the next step.
We are sorry, we cannot investigate this tenancy as it does not come under the RTB’s remit.
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