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*It is a 1-month notice. | *It is a 1-month notice. | ||
*You have 10 days to apply for | *You have 10 days to apply for dispute resolution. | ||
The reasons for a one-month eviction are listed on the second or back page of the notice to end tenancy form. The most common reasons for a one-month eviction notice are: | The reasons for a one-month eviction are listed on the second or back page of the notice to end tenancy form. The most common reasons for a one-month eviction notice are: | ||
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*breaking a rule in your tenancy agreement and ignoring a written warning from your landlord. | *breaking a rule in your tenancy agreement and ignoring a written warning from your landlord. | ||
There are other reasons for a one-month eviction. Read the notice form carefully. You can fight this kind of eviction notice. If your landlord isn’t telling the truth, or if you think the situation is not serious enough to evict you, you can ask for an RTB | There are other reasons for a one-month eviction. Read the notice form carefully. You can fight this kind of eviction notice. If your landlord isn’t telling the truth, or if you think the situation is not serious enough to evict you, you can ask for an RTB dispute resolution hearing to overturn the eviction notice. You must apply for a dispute resolution hearing within 10 days of receiving the notice. | ||
If you decide not to fight the eviction, you have one full month (up to the last day of the month following the month you got the notice) before you must move out. Sometimes a landlord puts the wrong date on an eviction notice. If you aren’t sure when you must leave, phone the [http://www.tenants.bc.ca/main/?home Tenant Information Line] or the [[Residential Tenancy Branch]]. ''See Sections 47 and 48 of the [[Residential Tenancy Act|RTA]].'' | If you decide not to fight the eviction, you have one full month (up to the last day of the month following the month you got the notice) before you must move out. Sometimes a landlord puts the wrong date on an eviction notice. If you aren’t sure when you must leave, phone the [http://www.tenants.bc.ca/main/?home Tenant Information Line] or the [[Residential Tenancy Branch]]. ''See Sections 47 and 48 of the [[Residential Tenancy Act|RTA]].'' | ||
