What you must do if you're evicting someone or repossessing their home

Your legal duties, what you need to do.

Your legal duties

You have certain legal duties if you're a:

private landlord
letting agent
housing association
registered social landlord
lender or creditor to a homeowner.

You must tell us if you plan to:

evict someone from your property
repossess someone's home
take action with the sheriff court or the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland.

This is so we have plenty of notice when someone is at risk of losing their home.

You're legally required to do this by section 11 of the Homelessness etc. (Scotland) Act 2003 (legislation.gov.uk website).

What you need to do

Once you contact us and tell us your situation, we'll provide you with the forms that you'll need to complete and return to us.

In your initial message, tell us who you are - for example, a landlord or letting agent. Also tell us what you are planning to do - for example, evicting someone from your property.

phone 0300 300 1203
email preventionteam.hps@renfrewshire.gov.uk.

Renfrewshire Council