How expensive is it to evict a tenant? Fees and expenses

The Residential Tenancies Act (the Act) sets basic procedures for tenant evictions. However, these procedures are highly technical. Apparently, the legislator wanted to provide tenants with safeguards against arbitrary evictions.
Legal technicalities accompany each step of the eviction process.
- The Act limits grounds for eviction.
- In addition, the landlord must use only approved forms for all types of eviction notices and applications.
- There are strict requirements about the content and timelines for each legal form, and, finally,
- The Act severely limits evictions without a hearing.

For these reasons, it is always a good idea to consider retaining a professional paralegal to evict the tenant.
Paralegals are legal professionals licensed by the Law Society of Ontario to represent clients in eviction cases.
Of course, the paralegal’s fee may vary. In most cases, paralegals charge a so-called flat fee for the entire case. In some rare cases, there may be an hourly rate.
To this end, read more about how paralegals may calculate their fees here.

Apart from expenses for legal representation, there is an application fee any landlord must pay.
This fee is set at $201 for filing an eviction application by fax or over the counter.
The application fee is $186.00 for filing online.
However, if the landlord is successful in her/his application, the Board will order the tenant to compensate all filing fees.
In conclusion, find the full list of the Landlord and tenant filing fees is here.

As always, contact us to assess your eviction cost.

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