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== First steps ==
#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 '''tenantTenant's application Application for dispute resolutionDispute 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. If you can't afford $50, you can apply at the office to have the fee waived. You generally need to file the application within '''10 days''' of receiving the eviction notice.