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13A: Contents of tenancy agreement
or “The law says what must be included in a rental agreement between a landlord and tenant”
You could also call this:

“How landlords and tenants tell each other where to send important papers about their rental agreement”

An address for service is a place where you or your landlord agree to receive notices and documents about your tenancy. When you’re asked to provide an address for service, you need to give a physical address in New Zealand. This could be your home, work, or any other place where you can receive mail. You can also add extra ways to be contacted, like a Post Office box number, email address, or fax number. These extra contact details are optional, but the physical address is required. This rule applies to both tenants and landlords, making sure that important information about your tenancy can be sent and received easily.

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Next up: 13B: Variations and renewals of tenancy agreements

or “Changes to your rental agreement must be written down and signed by you and your landlord.”
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Part 2 Tenancy agreements
Preliminary matters

13ABAddress for service

  1. For the purposes of this Act, an address for service means an address given by the landlord or tenant under this Act as an address at which notices and other documents relating to the tenancy will be accepted by or on behalf of the landlord or tenant, as the case may be.

  2. Whenever a party is required to give an address for service, the party—

  3. must give an address of a physical place in New Zealand; and
    1. may, in addition, specify a Post Office box number, email address, or facsimile number as one of the party’s addresses for service.

      Notes
      • Section 13AB: inserted, on , by section 10(1) of the Residential Tenancies Amendment Act 2010 (2010 No 95).