If your tenant dies, then there are certain things that you must do.

If the tenant dies in the property, then you should call emergency services. While you wait for those services to arrive, do not touch anything and do not let anyone else enter the suite. Emergency services will determine what has to happen to the body moving forward (for example, transport to hospital).

When someone dies in Alberta, most of their belongings (including money, bank accounts, personal and real property) become part of the deceased's estate. How the estate will be dealt with depends on whether or not the tenant passed away with or without a valid Will in place. Regardless of whether or not there is a Will, you will be dealing with the personal representative (also called an "executor") of the estate moving forward.

January 2012