Rental Bonds Online

From 30 January 2017, it will be mandatory for landlords and real estate agents to invite residential tenants to lodge their residential rental bonds in NSW using Rental Bonds Online (RBO).

When a new residential tenancy agreement is entered, then the landlord (or the landlord's real estate agent) must be registered with RBO and must invite the new tenant to provide their email address for the purpose of initiating the RBO bond lodgement process.

A landlord or agent who fails to invite a new tenant to lodge their bond using RBO, prior to accepting a bond, will be in breach of the Residential Tenancies Act.

Tenants who do not have internet access can continue to give their bond directly to the landlord or landlord's real estate agent. The landlord or agent is then required to lodge the bond with the Rental Bond Board using the current paper based method.

More information is available athttp://www.fairtrading.nsw.gov.au/rentalbondsonline