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#If you are being evicted for not paying your rent, you can pay it within ''five days'' of receiving the eviction notice. If you do this, the notice of eviction will be cancelled, unless the landlord is claiming that you have repeatedly been late in paying your rent. | #If you are being evicted for not paying your rent, you can pay it within ''five days'' of receiving the eviction notice. If you do this, the notice of eviction will be cancelled, unless the landlord is claiming that you have repeatedly been late in paying your rent. | ||
#Otherwise, if you believe the landlord does not have good reason to evict you, get and complete a [http://www.rto.gov.bc.ca/documents/RTB-12-T.pdf ''Tenant's Application for Dispute Resolution''], available from the [[Residential Tenancy Branch]] or most [[Service BC]] (Government Agent) offices. | #Otherwise, if you believe the landlord does not have good reason to evict you, get and complete a [http://www.rto.gov.bc.ca/documents/RTB-12-T.pdf ''Tenant's Application for Dispute Resolution''], available from the [[Residential Tenancy Branch]] or most [[Service BC]] (Government Agent) offices. | ||
#Send the completed application or take it in to a Residential Tenancy Branch office or Service BC (Government Agent) office together with a filing fee of $50. For a 10 day notice, you have | #Send the completed application or take it in to a Residential Tenancy Branch office or Service BC (Government Agent) office together with a filing fee of $50. For a 10 day notice, you have ''five days'' to apply for dispute resolution. For a one month notice, you have ''10 days''. For a two month notice, you have ''15 days''. If you can't afford the $50 filing fee, you can apply at the office to have the fee waived. See the Residential Tenancy Branch's [http://www.rto.gov.bc.ca/documents/RTB-17.pdf Application to Waive Filing Fee] to see the documents you may need to provide with that application. | ||
== What happens next == | == What happens next == | ||