Checklist · Residential Tenancies
Victorian bond claim schedule
A schedule comparing the start and end condition reports for a Victorian bond claim, with the RTBA time limits. Each line stays undecided until the lawyer marks it as claimed, fair wear, or not claimed.
- Kind
- Checklist. Steps or checks to work through and tick off.
- Where it applies
- Victoria
- AI use
- Yellow You and the tool draft together, with you directing. You check every statement you rely on.
- Law stated as at
- 22 October 2026
- Status
- Maintained. Checked on 22 October 2026 against the authority it cites, for Victoria.
- Version
- 1
- Source
- Written for this library
When to use it
Use when a Victorian rental agreement has ended and the bond is to be claimed or disputed from the condition reports. Do not use it as the RTBA claim, or as evidence that damage is the renter's. The renter must have been at the final inspection or given a reasonable opportunity to be there.
Used for these tasks
- Build the bond claim schedule from the condition reports
- Dispute a landlord's bond claim for a tenant
Each task page says how far AI may help with the task and what the lawyer must review.
How AI may be used
AI may line up condition-report entries and attach the invoice or photograph reference. It leaves claim, fair wear, or not claimed blank. The lawyer marks every line before anything is sent or lodged.
AI may
- Build one row per item that differs between the start and end condition reports, with the page references
- Attach the file reference for an invoice, receipt, quote or photograph, without describing it as sufficient
- Enter the agreement end date and count the 14-day and 3-business-day dates
- Note whether the bond was ported, and that the first property's provider can still claim
AI must not
- Must not decide that an item is damage, fair wear, or the provider's own repair
- Must not lodge the RTBA claim or a VCAT application, or say that a claim without supporting evidence is available
- Must not state a maximum bond. The bond-amount page was not opened
- Must not draft the renter's account of how the damage happened
The lawyer checks
- The renter was present at the final inspection, or was given a reasonable opportunity to be there
- Every claimed line has evidence that does not contradict the condition report
- The provider has given the renter at least 3 business days' notice before any RTBA lodgement, unless the renter started the claim
- A provider claim is started within 14 days of the end of the agreement, or the renter has already started one
Method: how the Green, Yellow and Red levels are decided. This is guidance for planning, not legal advice.
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