How do i file an application with the tribunal administratif du logement?
Short answer
In Quebec, an application to the Tribunal administratif du logement (TAL, Quebec's rental board) can be filed online, by mail or in person, with payment of the applicable fees; the application must then be notified to the other party and proof of notification sent to the tribunal.
In detail
Filing online saves you a trip: you fill out the form and pay through a secure platform. By mail, you have to print and sign the form and enclose a certified cheque or a money order made out to the Minister of Finance of Quebec. In person, payment can also be made in cash or by debit card.
Notifying the other party is a separate and essential step: without proof of notification filed with the tribunal, the file does not move forward.
The wait before a first hearing varies with the category of application. Once the case is taken under advisement, the decision must be rendered within three months.
What to document
The form you filed, proof of payment, proof of notification and its date, and the file number. Gather your documents in advance: dates, amounts, photos, notices received, written exchanges. A clear chronology is worth more than a pile of documents.
Put your facts in writing, free. Writing your version down early, keeping your documents dated and preparing your questions for a lawyer: the tool is there to document, never to advise.
Open the application Up to 3 files, no card · see the plans
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What this page is not
This is general legal information about the law of Quebec and Canada, dated and sourced. It is not legal advice, not a strategy, and not a prediction about the outcome of a case. In Quebec, only lawyers and notaries may give legal advice (Act respecting the Barreau du Québec, ss. 128 and 133). Laws and amounts change: the official source always prevails over us.