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TICA are only meant to keep this stuff for 5 years... but if you have seen the cost of finding out you'd want to scream too! I am at the point where I won't sign a TICA form because I do not agree with my details being shared with a company that wants to charge me $5.45 a minute to talk about what is on my file, technically leaving me at the mercy of unscrupulous real estate agents.
Im not sure what TICA is?
I don't know what the TICA is, sorry. But, something handy for you to have is the Residential Tenancies Act, which you can find online. Google it or go to a site called austlii dot edu dot au. Be warned, if you pick too many issues with your new pad from the act, the real estate will probably tell you that you can't have the place (because you will create 'headaches' for them and cost the landlord money), ie, I asked about window locks and something else at a place we were going to get, and the real estate turned around and said no to us. I would advise to read it though, as the booklet that the real estate is supposed to give you is pretty lacking I think. If you read it, at least you know what should be there and what doesn't matter too much, and things like "essential" repairs, etc.
Good luck.
All the best today as you look at places.
The next hard part is waiting for the answer as some don't let you know if you haven't got it, just leave you hanging.
TICA is like the real estates version of Baycorp. Think Consumer Credit File only with rental properties. If there is a default and the real estate you were with was a TICA member, then it is possble you have been listed on there. Finding out can be seriously expensive, or very embarrassing (being told by the real estate agent).