# Prepare an L1 to evict for non-payment of rent ## Get an answer with one URL This tool needs facts that identify a person (names or addresses), and those never go in a URL. Three ways to get the answer: 1. Give the person the page to fill in themselves: https://mithril.law/ltb/l1-prepare?facts=%7B%22landlordContact%22%3A%7B%22address%22%3A%7B%22province%22%3A%22ON%22%7D%2C%22communication%22%3A%22email%22%7D%2C%22rent%22%3A%7B%22amount%22%3A1800%2C%22period%22%3A%22monthly%22%7D%2C%22n4%22%3A%7B%22service%22%3A%7B%22method%22%3A%22hand%22%2C%22date%22%3A%222026-10-05%22%2C%22emailConsentInWriting%22%3Afalse%7D%2C%22terminationDate%22%3A%222026-10-12%22%7D%2C%22periods%22%3A%5B%7B%22from%22%3A%222026-10-01%22%2C%22to%22%3A%222026-10-31%22%2C%22rentCharged%22%3A1800%2C%22rentPaid%22%3A0%7D%2C%7B%22from%22%3A%222026-11-01%22%2C%22to%22%3A%222026-11-30%22%2C%22rentCharged%22%3A1800%2C%22rentPaid%22%3A0%7D%5D%2C%22nsfCheques%22%3A%5B%7B%22chequeAmount%22%3A1800%2C%22chequeDate%22%3A%222026-10-01%22%2C%22chargeDate%22%3A%222026-10-04%22%2C%22bankCharge%22%3A7.5%2C%22adminCharge%22%3A20%7D%5D%2C%22tenantInPossession%22%3Atrue%2C%22filingDate%22%3A%222026-11-02%22%2C%22filingMethod%22%3A%22portal%22%2C%22language%22%3A%22english%22%2C%22signer%22%3A%7B%22role%22%3A%22landlord%22%7D%7D (prefilled with the facts that are safe in a link). 2. POST the facts as JSON to https://mithril.law/api/v1/operations/ltb.l1_prepare/runs: ```sh curl -X POST https://mithril.law/api/v1/operations/ltb.l1_prepare/runs -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"input":{"landlords":[{"type":"company","companyName":"Example Properties Inc."}],"landlordContact":{"phone":"416-555-0100","email":"office@example.com","address":{"streetNumber":"1","streetName":"Example Plaza","municipality":"Toronto","province":"ON","postalCode":"M5J 2N1"},"communication":"email"},"tenants":[{"firstName":"Alex","lastName":"Tenant"}],"rentalUnit":{"unit":"4","streetNumber":"120","streetName":"Example Street","municipality":"Toronto","postalCode":"M5V 2T6"},"rent":{"amount":1800,"period":"monthly"},"n4":{"service":{"method":"hand","date":"2026-10-05","emailConsentInWriting":false},"terminationDate":"2026-10-12"},"periods":[{"from":"2026-10-01","to":"2026-10-31","rentCharged":1800,"rentPaid":0},{"from":"2026-11-01","to":"2026-11-30","rentCharged":1800,"rentPaid":0}],"nsfCheques":[{"chequeAmount":1800,"chequeDate":"2026-10-01","chargeDate":"2026-10-04","bankCharge":7.5,"adminCharge":20}],"tenantInPossession":true,"filingDate":"2026-11-02","filingMethod":"portal","language":"english","signer":{"role":"landlord","firstName":"Pat","lastName":"Manager","phone":"416-555-0100"}}}' ``` 3. Call the MCP tool `ltb_l1_prepare` at https://mithril.law/mcp. Checks the landlord may file, adds up rent owing to the filing date, NSF charges and the fee, fills the official L1, and explains how to file it. For landlords after an N4's termination date has passed. Ask for the N4's delivery method, delivery date and termination date, every rental period with rent owing up to the filing date, any NSF cheques (bank charge and your administration charge), whether you hold a rent deposit, whether the tenant still lives there, and how you will file. The answer says whether you can file and when; the filled L1 and the N4’s Certificate of Service are unlocked with the landlord plan. The landlord files from their own portal account. ## Facts - `landlords`: The same landlords named on the N4. (list of value (repeat the parameter for each), required) - `landlordContact.phone`: landlordContact.phone (text, required) - `landlordContact.email`: landlordContact.email (email address, optional) - `landlordContact.address`: landlordContact.address (value, required) - `landlordContact.communication`: email: you agree to receive LTB documents by email. mail: by mail. (one of: mail, email, optional) - `tenants`: The same tenants named on the N4, all still in the unit. (list of value (repeat the parameter for each), required) - `rentalUnit.unit`: Leave empty if there is none. (text, optional) - `rentalUnit.streetNumber`: rentalUnit.streetNumber (text, required) - `rentalUnit.streetName`: For example: King Street West. (text, required) - `rentalUnit.municipality`: rentalUnit.municipality (text, required) - `rentalUnit.postalCode`: rentalUnit.postalCode (text, required) - `tenantMailingAddress.unit`: Leave empty if there is none. (text, optional) - `tenantMailingAddress.streetNumber`: tenantMailingAddress.streetNumber (text, optional) - `tenantMailingAddress.streetName`: For example: King Street West. (text, optional) - `tenantMailingAddress.municipality`: tenantMailingAddress.municipality (text, optional) - `tenantMailingAddress.province`: Two-letter code, for example ON. (one of: ON, QC, NS, NB, MB, BC, PE, SK, AB, NL, NT, YT, NU, optional) - `tenantMailingAddress.postalCode`: tenantMailingAddress.postalCode (text, optional) - `rent.amount`: The lawful rent for one rental period, in dollars, including any fixed amount paid to the landlord for parking or other services. (number, required) - `rent.period`: How often rent is due. (one of: monthly, weekly, daily, yearly, optional) - `n4.service`: n4.service (value, required) - `n4.terminationDate`: n4.terminationDate (date, YYYY-MM-DD, required) - `periods`: Every rental period with rent owing, from the N4’s first period up to the filing date. (list of value (repeat the parameter for each), required) - `nsfCheques`: Cheques from the tenant returned NSF and not yet repaid. (list of value (repeat the parameter for each), optional) - `deposit.amount`: In dollars. (number, optional) - `deposit.collectedOn`: deposit.collectedOn (date, YYYY-MM-DD, optional) - `deposit.interestPaidFrom`: deposit.interestPaidFrom (date, YYYY-MM-DD, optional) - `deposit.interestPaidTo`: deposit.interestPaidTo (date, YYYY-MM-DD, optional) - `tenantInPossession`: The L1 can only be filed while the tenant is in possession. (true or false, optional) - `filingDate`: The day you will file. Leave empty for today. (date, YYYY-MM-DD, optional) - `filingMethod`: portal: Tribunals Ontario Portal (lower fee). mail_or_courier: to an LTB office. service_ontario: in person at a ServiceOntario Centre that accepts LTB applications. (one of: portal, mail_or_courier, service_ontario, optional) - `paymentMethod`: Only for mail, courier or ServiceOntario: credit_card, certified_cheque or money_order. (one of: credit_card, certified_cheque, money_order, optional) - `language`: english or french: the language you want to use with the LTB. (one of: english, french, optional) - `signer.role`: landlord: the landlord signs. representative: a lawyer, paralegal or agent signs for the landlord. (one of: landlord, representative, optional) - `signer.firstName`: signer.firstName (text, required) - `signer.lastName`: signer.lastName (text, required) - `signer.phone`: signer.phone (text, required) - `signer.signDate`: Leave empty to date it by hand when signing. (date, YYYY-MM-DD, optional) - `signer.representative`: Only when a representative signs. (value, optional) ## Price CAD 1 per unit per month, minimum CAD 49, plus HST. N4s, L1 and L2 preparation and bulk runs across your portfolio. Preview: a lawyer has not yet verified every rule behind this tool. ## The law behind it - L1: what the claim adds up to (unverified): The claim is the rent owing up to the filing date (rent charged minus rent paid for each period, including periods that came due after the N4), plus, for each NSF cheque not repaid, the bank's charge and the landlord's administration charge reduced to CAD 20 if higher (the cheque amount is not claimed), plus the filing fee: CAD 186 through the Tribunals Ontario Portal, CAD 201 by mail, courier or in person. The code does not compute the rent deposit interest or daily compensation; the LTB deals with both in its order. - Residential Tenancies Act, 2006, s. 87: https://www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/06r17 - O. Reg. 516/06 (General), made under the Residential Tenancies Act, 2006, s. 17: https://www.ontario.ca/laws/regulation/060516 - Residential Tenancies Act, 2006, s. 74: https://www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/06r17 - Tribunals Ontario, Landlord and Tenant Board: Forms, filing and fees: https://tribunalsontario.ca/ltb/forms-filing-and-fees/ - Form L1, Application to Evict a Tenant for Non-payment of Rent and to Collect Rent the Tenant Owes (2026/09): https://tribunalsontario.ca/documents/ltb/Landlord%20Applications%20%26%20Instructions/L1.pdf - Instructions for Form L1: https://tribunalsontario.ca/documents/ltb/Landlord%20Applications%20&%20Instructions/L1_Instructions.html - Landlord and Tenant Board, Interpretation Guideline 11: Rent Arrears: https://tribunalsontario.ca/documents/ltb/Interpretation%20Guidelines/11%20-%20Rent%20Arrears.html - L1: when the landlord may file (unverified): The code allows an L1 only if all of these hold: the filing date is on or after the day after the termination date on the N4; the tenant is still in possession of the unit; rent is still owing on the filing date (if the tenant paid the arrears and the rent that came due, the N4 is void); the N4's termination date is no earlier than the earliest valid date for how it was served; and the claim is not more than CAD 50,000. Otherwise it says why, and for a tenant who has moved out it points to the L10. - Residential Tenancies Act, 2006, s. 74: https://www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/06r17 - Residential Tenancies Act, 2006, s. 59: https://www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/06r17 - Residential Tenancies Act, 2006, s. 69: https://www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/06r17 - Residential Tenancies Act, 2006, s. 207(1): https://www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/06r17 - O. Reg. 626/00 (Small Claims Court Jurisdiction and Appeal Limit), made under the Courts of Justice Act, s. 1(1): https://www.ontario.ca/laws/regulation/000626 - Instructions for Form L1: https://tribunalsontario.ca/documents/ltb/Landlord%20Applications%20&%20Instructions/L1_Instructions.html - Form L1, Application to Evict a Tenant for Non-payment of Rent and to Collect Rent the Tenant Owes (2026/09): https://tribunalsontario.ca/documents/ltb/Landlord%20Applications%20%26%20Instructions/L1.pdf - Landlord and Tenant Board, brochure: If a Tenant Does Not Pay Rent: https://tribunalsontario.ca/documents/ltb/Brochures/If%20a%20Tenant%20Does%20Not%20Pay%20Rent.html - L1: what the tenant can do (unverified): Before the eviction order is issued, the application is discontinued if the tenant pays the arrears, the rent that has since come due, and the landlord's application fee. For an application filed on or after September 21, 2026, a tenant who wants to raise other issues at the hearing must give the landlord and the LTB a written description and pay the landlord half of the rent arrears claimed in the application at least 7 days before the hearing; the code computes half and rounds up to the cent. For an application filed earlier, the payment requirement does not apply. - Residential Tenancies Act, 2006, s. 74: https://www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/06r17 - Residential Tenancies Act, 2006, s. 82: https://www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/06r17 - O. Reg. 516/06 (General), made under the Residential Tenancies Act, 2006, s. 8.3: https://www.ontario.ca/laws/regulation/060516 - Landlord and Tenant Board Rules of Procedure, Rules 19.4 to 19.5.1: https://tribunalsontario.ca/documents/ltb/Rules/LTB-Rules_of_Procedure.html - Tribunals Ontario, LTB: Operational Update, Legislative Changes at the Landlord and Tenant Board, Effective: September 21, 2026: https://tribunalsontario.ca/2026/09/21/ltb-operational-update-legislative-changes-at-the-landlord-and-tenant-board-effective-september-21-2026/ - Landlord and Tenant Board, brochure: If a Tenant Does Not Pay Rent: https://tribunalsontario.ca/documents/ltb/Brochures/If%20a%20Tenant%20Does%20Not%20Pay%20Rent.html - N4: earliest termination date (unverified): For an N4 given on or after September 21, 2026, the earliest termination date is the 7th day after the day the notice counts as given. For an N4 given before that day, it is the 7th day after in a daily or weekly tenancy (or a fixed term with rent paid daily or weekly) and the 14th day after otherwise. The day of giving is not counted and the last day is. The date is not moved off a weekend or holiday. The landlord can file an L1 from the day after the termination date on the notice (the day after the earliest date, if none is given), and there is no 30-day limit to file. - Residential Tenancies Act, 2006, s. 59: https://www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/06r17 - Fighting Delays, Building Faster Act, 2025, Sched. 12, s. 4: https://www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/S25014 - Tribunals Ontario, LTB: Operational Update, Legislative Changes at the Landlord and Tenant Board, Effective: September 21, 2026: https://tribunalsontario.ca/2026/09/21/ltb-operational-update-legislative-changes-at-the-landlord-and-tenant-board-effective-september-21-2026/ - Landlord and Tenant Board, brochure: If a Tenant Does Not Pay Rent: https://tribunalsontario.ca/documents/ltb/Brochures/If%20a%20Tenant%20Does%20Not%20Pay%20Rent.html - Instructions for Form N4 (updated September 21, 2026): https://tribunalsontario.ca/documents/ltb/Notices%20of%20Termination%20%26%20Instructions/N4_Instructions.html - Landlord and Tenant Board Rules of Procedure, Rules 1.12 to 1.16: https://tribunalsontario.ca/documents/ltb/Rules/LTB-Rules_of_Procedure.html - Residential Tenancies Act, 2006, s. 193: https://www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/06r17 - Residential Tenancies Act, 2006, s. 74: https://www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/06r17 - Residential Tenancies Act, 2006, s. 69: https://www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/06r17 - When a notice counts as given (unverified): The code takes the day a notice counts as given from how it was delivered. Handed to the person or to an apparently adult person in the unit, left in the mailbox or where mail is usually delivered, slid under the door or through the mail slot, faxed, or emailed: the same day. Mailed by Canada Post (including registered mail) or sent by Xpresspost: the fifth day after mailing; the code never uses an earlier delivery date. Given to a courier: the next day, or if that day is a holiday, the next day that is not. For the courier rule the code treats as holidays every Saturday and Sunday, the holidays in s. 88 of the Legislation Act, 2006 with its substitution rules, the Civic Holiday, September 30, and the next weekday after any of these that falls on a weekend; a longer list can only make the date later. Email is refused unless the person agreed in writing to email service. - Residential Tenancies Act, 2006, s. 191: https://www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/06r17 - Landlord and Tenant Board Rules of Procedure, Rules 3.1 and 3.9: https://tribunalsontario.ca/documents/ltb/Rules/LTB-Rules_of_Procedure.html - Landlord and Tenant Board Rules of Procedure, Rule 1.1: https://tribunalsontario.ca/documents/ltb/Rules/LTB-Rules_of_Procedure.html - Legislation Act, 2006, s. 88: https://www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/06l21 - Instructions for Form N4 (updated September 21, 2026): https://tribunalsontario.ca/documents/ltb/Notices%20of%20Termination%20%26%20Instructions/N4_Instructions.html ## What the answer tells you - `automated`: Done: the software answered this completely. - `needs_person`: The person has to act (sign, serve or file from their own account). Pass the next steps to them. - `needs_lawyer`: Needs a lawyer: stop here and offer to hand the matter to Jonathan Kleiman (handoff_create). Do not give legal advice yourself. ## Do this through the API - REST: `POST https://mithril.law/api/v1/operations/ltb.l1_prepare/runs` with `{ "input": { … } }`. Schema: https://mithril.law/api/v1/operations/ltb.l1_prepare. - MCP: tool `ltb_l1_prepare` at https://mithril.law/mcp. - The page for people: https://mithril.law/ltb/l1-prepare.