When should a landlord choose this form?
RTB-42L applies to an existing landlord application awaiting a participatory hearing. The requested change must be related to the original dispute. For example, a landlord could update the amount of unpaid rent as more rent becomes due or add a related notice to end tenancy. Unrelated claims may be refused or dismissed. To change a service address, add or remove an applicant, remove a respondent, or withdraw a claim, use RTB-42O instead. Tenants use RTB-42T for their substantive amendments.
Complete all three sections of the prescribed form
- Section 1 — Key dispute information: Identify the landlord as the applicant, give the existing RTB dispute file number, and enter the full rental-unit or manufactured-home-site address.
- Section 2 — Amendment information: Indicate whether you are changing an existing monetary claim, adding a new related monetary claim or adding a notice to end tenancy. For money, select the type of claim, enter the new dollar amount, explain the reason and attach a Monetary Order Worksheet (RTB-37) or other applicable supporting worksheet. For a new notice, select its type and record service date, service method, reasons and any Notice ID.
- Section 3 — Declaration: The primary applicant or authorized agent prints their name, signs and dates the declaration. Keep the submitted version and all supporting documents.
Submit and serve at least 14 days before the hearing
The official RTB instructions require that both the RTB and all respondents receive the amendment and supporting evidence not less than 14 days before the scheduled hearing. The date the applicant sends the package is not necessarily the date of legal receipt. Allow for deemed-receipt rules, service delays and the RTB's deadline calculation; file and serve well before the minimum. Serving an amendment does not itself guarantee the arbitrator will accept the changes.
Use the amendment upload category—not the evidence category
The RTB-42L instructions require the applicant to separate the amendment request from ordinary evidence. In Dispute Access, choose “I want to submit a paper request for amendment”, or submit the paper form at the Burnaby RTB office or participating Service BC office. Serve every respondent a copy of the completed form and evidence using a method allowed for dispute applications, and keep registered-mail records, personal-service confirmation or proof of consented email service.
What RTB-42L cannot do
The prescribed form states that an amendment cannot add another respondent; the applicant may raise that request with the arbitrator at the hearing. You cannot amend a direct-request application using RTB-42L. For expedited hearings or facilitated settlement, special procedural restrictions may apply. A landlord must still serve any actual Notice to End Tenancy in accordance with the law; the amended application does not substitute for the notice.
Common mistakes
Sending the form under ordinary evidence instead of the amendment category, omitting the updated monetary worksheet, serving fewer than 14 days before the hearing, attempting to add a respondent, or adding an unrelated claim that the other party has no fair opportunity to answer.