When an Ontario tenant pays off an L1 application before the Landlord and Tenant Board (LTB) has issued an eviction order, the landlord files the Request for a Discontinuance Order Without a Hearing. A draft order is built into the same form; fill it in properly and a Member will normally sign it and close the file, with no hearing for anyone to attend. In the form's instructions it goes by a different name, the Request for Ex Parte Discontinuance Order.
At a glance
| Filed by | The landlord who brought the L1, or its legal representative |
| Timing | Once the tenant has paid everything RTA s. 74(2) requires, and before an eviction order issues |
| Deadline | None set. Move quickly, ideally ahead of the hearing |
| Filing route | Tribunals Ontario Portal (required for lawyers and paralegals) |
| Fee | No charge |
| What follows | Nothing further to file; the LTB sends all parties the discontinuance order |
Why the form exists
Under the Residential Tenancies Act, 2006 (RTA), s. 74(2), an L1 eviction application founded on an N4 shall be discontinued where, before the Board issues the eviction order, it is satisfied that the tenant paid the landlord or the Board all three of the following:
- the rent in arrears;
- the additional rent that would have come due up to the payment date had the notice of termination not been given; and
- the landlord's application fee.
From that point, that application can no longer lead to the tenant's eviction, even if the tenant later falls behind again. Your signed declaration on this form confirms the payment, which allows a Member to make the s. 74(2) order without holding a hearing.
There is one situation where you file nothing at all. If the tenant pays the money into the LTB, Rule 20.1 has the LTB pay you out and discontinue the application on its own.
Right form, wrong form
The form fits one situation: after the L1 was filed and before any order issued, the tenant paid the full s. 74(2) amount directly to you.
Look elsewhere if:
- Only part has been paid. A partial payment leaves the L1 alive. Bring the balance up to date for the hearing using the L1/L9 Information Update.
- There is already an eviction order. Payment at that stage may void the order under s. 74(4), which is a separate process with a different amount.
- Your case is an L2 or L9. This form serves L1s only. For other applications, the tool is the Request to Withdraw an Application.
Working out the discontinuance date
The form wants the date "ending on" which the tenant has paid all rent owing. The instructions tell you to enter the final day of the rental period in which the payment was made. Two examples:
- Rent due on the 1st of each month. The tenant pays on June 18, so you enter June 30.
- Periods that start mid-month, say the 10th of one month to the 9th of the next. A payment on August 3 falls in the July 10 to August 9 period, so you enter August 9.
A worked figure. Rent is $1,250 a month, May and June are unpaid, and the Portal filing fee was $186. On July 5 the tenant pays $3,936: $2,500 in arrears, $1,250 for July, and the $186 fee. That discontinues the application for the period ending July 31. (The official instructions include a similar illustration with their own numbers.)
Completing the form
The PDF is in two parts, and according to the instructions the fillable fields in each must be completed.
Part one: the Request
- Enter your name, confirm that the L1 was filed by you as landlord or by you as its legal representative, and give the L1 file number.
- Enter the date up to which the tenant's payment covers rent, which is the discontinuance date worked out above. This paragraph also states that the tenant paid every dollar of arrears, all new rent owing and the filing fee.
- Make the solemn declaration, confirming the information is true and acknowledging that it is an offence to give the Board false or misleading documents.
- Select Landlord or Landlord Representative, then the person declaring prints a name, signs, and dates it (dd/mm/yyyy).
Part two: the Order (s. 74(2))
- Fill in the file number, rental unit address, landlord's name and tenants' names, matching the L1 word for word.
- In paragraph 1, repeat the same "period ending on" date that appears in the request.
- Do not complete the "Date Issued" line or the "Member, Landlord and Tenant Board" line; the Member fills those in.
Sending it in
The Tribunals Ontario Portal is the filing route listed on the LTB's forms page. Lawyers and paralegals are required to file this form there, and the LTB will not process it from them by any other route. No fee applies. When the form is complete and accurate, the LTB will generally make the order with no hearing and copy every party.
Errors that cause refusal or delay
- Signing the declaration before the funds clear. A payment that bounces leaves you with a false declaration and a file you closed yourself, which is a hard position to argue your way out of later.
- Entering the wrong date. If you enter the day of payment instead of the period's last day, or a date the amounts do not support, the request no longer matches s. 74(2).
- Ignoring the order section, or completing the Member's lines. You are meant to fill in the order fields and leave Date Issued and the Member line untouched.
- Taking less than the full sum. If the fee or the current period's rent is missing, the application is not discontinued, and signing anyway gives up a file you could have continued.
- A wrong file number or names that do not match the L1. Your draft becomes the order, so any error ends up in it.
- Filing after an eviction order has issued. At that point the question is voiding under s. 74(4), not discontinuance.
After filing
Where everything checks out, the Member signs, nobody attends a hearing, and the file is closed. If arrears build up again, you will have to start over with a new N4.
Recent changes
Bill 60 did not amend s. 74(2). However, any N4 served from September 21, 2026 onward carries a 7-day notice period instead of 14 days, and the N4 and L1 were both updated on that date. The LTB stops accepting earlier L1 versions as of November 30, 2026. The N4 is not named in that cut-off in the LTB's update, so the practical step is just to use the current N4. The example in the form ("15 days after" an N4) was written before the change.
Frequently asked questions
How much must the tenant pay to end an L1?
Every dollar of rent arrears, the rent that would have fallen due up to the day of payment, and your application fee, paid to you or to the LTB before an eviction order is issued (RTA s. 74(2)).
Will there be a hearing on the discontinuance?
Normally no, provided the request is complete and accurate.
Must NSF charges be paid before the L1 is discontinued?
No. Section 74(2) names only the arrears, the rent owing to the date of payment and the fee. NSF charges come in when an order is being voided under s. 74(4).
The money went to the LTB instead of to me. Do I file this form?
No. Rule 20.1 has the LTB pay out the required amount to you and discontinue the application without any filing from you.