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Your landlord can evict you for not paying all or part of the rent. Your landlord must wait at least one day after the rent was due before giving you an eviction notice.
If you get an eviction notice because you did not pay your rent, you have five days to pay. If you pay all the rent within five days, the notice is canceled. Bring a witness or get a receipt to prove you paid the rent. If you don’t pay the rent within five days, you must move out at the end of the 10 days from when you received the eviction notice. Under the Direct Request Process, the landlord can apply for an Order order of Possession possession without going to a hearing. ''Never ignore an eviction notice.'' The landlord can also take you to dispute resolution to get back any rent you owe. Being evicted for non-payment of rent does not mean that you do not have to pay the rent. You can be evicted and still owe rent. If you have a dispute with your landlord it is best to pay your rent and deal with the dispute through dispute resolution at the Residential Tenancy Branch. ''See sections 46 and 66 of the [[Residential Tenancy Act|RTA]].''
== Eviction for cause ==
== Order to move out ==
Your landlord can ask the Residential Tenancy Branch for an Order order of Possession possession in the following two situations:
*your landlord served you with a Notice to End Tenancy and you failed to dispute it within the required timeline, or
*you did dispute the Notice to End Tenancy, but the Residential Tenancy Branch has refused to cancel the notice.
If your landlord requests an Order order of Possession possession in either of these two situations, a Residential Tenancy Branch dispute resolution officer will grant the request.
Even after getting an Order order of Possessionpossession, the only legal way a landlord can forcibly evict you is by obtaining a Writ writ of Possession possession from the BC Supreme Court, and then hiring a court bailiff to enforce the Writwrit. It is illegal for a landlord to remove your belongings from the rental unit without a Writ writ and an authorized court bailiff. However, be aware that if you stay past the date on an Order order of Possessionpossession, you will be liable to pay the landlord compensation for the extra time you stayed at the unit. As well, if the landlord has to resort to hiring a court bailiff, you will be liable for the court bailiff fees.
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Before using a court bailiff to evict you from your rental unit your landlord must do all of the following:
*Serve you with a copy of the Order order of Possessionpossession.*Wait for the 2-day review period to expire. (Note: If you file an application for review during the 2-day review period, the RTB might put the Order order of Possession possession on hold until your review application is decided. If that happens, your landlord has to wait until the review is decided, before moving on to the next step.)*Take the Order order of Possession possession down to the BC Supreme Court Registry, and get a Writ writ of Possession possession from the Courtcourt. This is a very quick process.*Once the Writ writ of Possession possession is issued, hire a court-appointed bailiff to evict you.
===Warning===