How do I lodge the Dispute resolution request (Form 16) (Form 16)?

1. Pull the latest Dispute resolution request (Form 16) into your practice management system. Your matter details (property address, lot and plan, parties, and your firm details) populate the form automatically, on your own machine. 2. Confirm the populated fields are correct and complete any office-use or matter-specific fields the catalogue does not fill. 3. Open Residential Tenancies Authority (Queensland)'s online lodgement portal at https://www.rta.qld.gov.au/ and upload the completed form.

Is this the current Residential Tenancies Authority (Queensland) form?

The template is version-tracked. A change-monitoring pipeline watches the Residential Tenancies Authority (Queensland) source and refreshes the form when it changes, so you assemble against the version they expect. This template is still marked a draft: it has not yet been through our editorial review, so check it against the Residential Tenancies Authority (Queensland) form before you rely on it.

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The form maps to the published matter-field vocabulary - the parties, matter details, and your firm details fill automatically from your matter, on your own machine. Practice management systems can fetch and assemble it through the document assembly API.

Government agency · Residential Tenancies Authority (Queensland) · Queensland

Dispute resolution request (Form 16)

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Format: PDF
Category: Residential tenancy form
Form number: Form 16
Version: v7660fb5b
Last updated: 1 September 2026

Residential Tenancies and Rooming Accommodation Act 2008 (Qld)

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How to lodge - Online portal

https://www.rta.qld.gov.au/

1
Assemble the form
Pull the latest Dispute resolution request (Form 16) into your practice management system. Your matter details (property address, lot and plan, parties, and your firm details) populate the form automatically, on your own machine.
2
Review and check
Confirm the populated fields are correct and complete any office-use or matter-specific fields the catalogue does not fill.
3
Upload to the council portal
Open Residential Tenancies Authority (Queensland)'s online lodgement portal at https://www.rta.qld.gov.au/ and upload the completed form.

Lodgement notesForm number 16 confirmed on official index

This form maps to the published matter-field vocabulary, so your practice management system fills it from your matter data - on your own machine. Practice management systems can fetch and assemble it through the document assembly API.

View the official form on the Residential Tenancies Authority (Queensland) website

Dispute resolution request (Form 16)

How to lodge - Online portal

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