In response to the genuine difficulties faced by customers because of technical issues with the updated RTB online registration system (launched in November 2022) the RTB implemented a temporary pause on the charging of late fees. Since then, the RTB has worked continuously to address the issues and concerns raised by users of the platform, whilst also ensuring customer service response times for registrations have been restored.
The RTB Registration & Customer Service update February 2024 sets out the work completed by the RTB to ensure that landlords can comply with their responsibility to ensuring that all tenancies that are required to be registered under the law are registered with the RTB.
We would like to inform customers that, starting on 1 March 2024, the RTB will resume the charging of late fees for late tenancy registrations.
A late fee will be applied for each month, or part thereof, that a new tenancy registration or annual registration renewal with a start date on or after 1 March 2024 is deemed to be late. Late fees will not be applied retrospectively.
See further details below on how the recommencement of late fees is coming into effect for upcoming and late registrations.
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Upcoming New Registration or Annual Registration Renewal |
Late registrations: 4 April 2022 – 12 November 2022 |
Late registrations: 12 November 2022 - 1 March 2024 |
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Landlords/agents who are registering a new tenancy registration with a tenancy commencement date on or after 1 March 2024 or are completing an annual registration of an existing tenancy which becomes due on or after 1 March 2024, will now be charged late fees (€10 late fees) if the registration is not completed within the 4 weeks from the anniversary of the tenancy commencement date.
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Landlords/agents who have yet to register a tenancy which was due for registration as a new tenancy registration with a tenancy commencement date on or after the 4 April 2022, or have yet to complete an annual registration of an existing tenancy which became due on or after 4 April 2022 up to 12 November 2022, will still be charged late fees (€10 late fees) but those late fees will be refunded in due course.
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Landlords/agents who have yet to register a tenancy which was due for registration as a new tenancy registration with a tenancy commencement date on or after the 12 November 2022, or have yet to complete an annual registration of an existing tenancy which became due on or after 12 November 2022 will not be charged late fees. |
Please see link to Annual Registration fee structure here:
If you have any questions or require support with registering your tenancy, please contact the RTB at registrations@rtb.ie