I received an order from the Board and the tenants were evicted by the sheriff. What about their belongings?

If the tenant was evicted pursuant to an order of the Landlord and Tenant Board, the landlord must wait 72 hours following the enforcement of the eviction before the landlord can do anything with the belongings. The Residential Tenancies Act allows evicted tenants 72 hours to retrieve their belongings. The landlord must make the belongings available for retrieval between the hours of 8 am and 8 pm at a location close to the rental unit. It is an offence under the RTA if the landlord fails to make the belongings available after the sheriff’s enforcement of the order.

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