If a tenant commits a breach of a residential tenancy agreement, the landlord may apply to a court for one or more of the following remedies:

• where the breach consists of a non-payment of rent, recovery of arrears of rent;

• where the breach consists of failing to give up possession of the residential premises,

  • recovery of possession from the overholding tenant, and

  • recovery of compensation for the use and occupation of the premises by the overholding tenant

• where the breach is substantial, termination of the tenancy;

• recovery of damages resulting from the breach

AB Residential Tenancy Act s.26

If you are interested in pursuing a civil process, click the link below for more information on the filing operations:

https://www.albertacourts.ca/cj/areas-of-law/civil/residential-tenancies-process

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