---
title: "Residential tenancies forms (Magistrates Court of Western Australia): Form 12 application for court order, bond forms and related forms"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/residential-tenancies/form-wa-magistrates-tenancy-forms"
type: "precedent"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "a57-form-wa-magistrates-tenancy-forms"
area_id: "A57"
kind: "form"
ai_level: "yellow"
version: 1
task_ids: ["A57-N20261018-3", "A57-N20261018-5"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-18"
---

# Residential tenancies forms (Magistrates Court of Western Australia): Form 12 application for court order, bond forms and related forms

> Link to the Magistrates Court of WA residential tenancies forms, with a guide to choosing between Form 12 (application for court order), Forms 5 and 6 (security bond), Form 16 (vary or set aside), Form 24 (agent…

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/residential-tenancies/form-wa-magistrates-tenancy-forms  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-18

Site index for agents: https://ailawframework.com/llms.txt

Link to the Magistrates Court of WA residential tenancies forms, with a guide to choosing between Form 12 (application for court order), Forms 5 and 6 (security bond), Form 16 (vary or set aside), Form 24 (agent authorisation) and the other forms.

## Key facts

- Kind: Form. A form to complete, or a guide to completing an official one.
- Practice area: [Residential Tenancies](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/residential-tenancies.md)
- Jurisdictions: Western Australia
- AI level: Yellow. AI can help in set ways. A lawyer checks specific points before use.
- Law stated as at: 2026-10-18
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-18 against the official form at magistratescourt.wa.gov.au and the 2 authorities it cites, for Western Australia.

## When to use it

Use when a lessor, tenant or agent in Western Australia needs the Magistrates Court to decide a residential tenancy dispute, deal with the security bond, or vary or set aside a tenancy order.

## Used for these tasks

- [Prepare the tribunal application for a termination and possession order](https://ailawframework.com/practice/residential-tenancies.md#A57-N20261018-3)
- [Build the bond claim schedule from the condition reports](https://ailawframework.com/practice/residential-tenancies.md#A57-N20261018-5)

## How AI may be used

AI may check the application against the tribunal's form and the documents on file and draft the orders sought for the lawyer to settle; the lawyer checks every statement and order in each application before it is signed and lodged.

**AI may:**

- Check every part of the draft application is complete and the respondent's name and address for service match the documents
- Draft the orders sought, citing the section numbers the lawyer has identified, for the lawyer to settle
- Index the supporting documents (agreements, notices, receipts, photos, correspondence) with dates and sources
- Reconcile the bond, rent ledger and condition report figures behind a bond or money claim, with sources

**AI must not:**

- Must not decide which orders to seek or which section of the Act applies
- Must not write a party's statement of what happened in their own words, or any evidence that will be signed or sworn
- Must not sign or lodge the application

**The lawyer checks:**

- Correct form for the step: Form 12 (court order), Form 6 (disposal of bond money), Form 5 (dispute a bond release application), Form 16 (vary or set aside), Form 11 (proceeds of sale of abandoned goods)
- An agent presenting a party's case has a Form 24 authorisation
- Orders sought and the facts relied on settled by the lawyer
- Notices relied on were valid, and the right notices came from Consumer Protection's rental forms

## Authorities

- [Magistrates Court of Western Australia, Forms (Residential Tenancies Forms)](https://www.magistratescourt.wa.gov.au/f/forms.aspx)
- [Consumer Protection WA, Rental forms and notices](https://www.consumerprotection.wa.gov.au/rental-forms-and-notices)

## Official form

[Official form](https://www.magistratescourt.wa.gov.au/f/forms.aspx)

## Where this comes from

The official form is published by magistratescourt.wa.gov.au; this page is a completion guide. Last checked on 2026-10-18.

## Full text and drafting notes

The full text and the drafting notes are not part of this public page. Signed-in firm accounts can read them at https://ailawframework.com/precedents/residential-tenancies/form-wa-magistrates-tenancy-forms and through the signed-in MCP connector https://ailawframework.com/mcp/firm.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*