Legal Resources

Explains you must make sure all your documents and court forms include all information needed before you submit (file) them. It provides links to finding a court registry to file in person, links to filing by fax and online, and links to organizations offering legal advice (some free).

Brief instructions on how to order a transcript of a court hearing or a trial.

Looking for the location and time of court proceedings happening today? Use the daily court lists to find the schedule for court proceedings happening across the province.

Court Services Online is British Columbia’s electronic court registry. This interactive page allows you to e-search civil and criminal court documents, e-file your documents, use the filing assistant to fill out forms, and view daily court lists. You can also view tutorials and demonstrations.

Need to file court documents or forms, request your divorce certificate, or pay a traffic ticket? To do this in person, you’ll need to visit a court registry. Registries are in 44 of BC’s 45 staffed court locations.

Some court documents can be submitted (also referred to as “filing”) by fax. But not all courthouses are set up to accept faxes, and certain documents can’t be sent by fax. See what locations accept fax filings and find information on how to file by fax.

Court orders issued in a civil proceeding can only be executed by court bailiffs who have a contract with the Ministry of Justice. Common examples of these court orders are a writ of possession, a writ of seizure and sale and an order of seizure and sale.

Court files contain many different documents about a legal matter. The Court of Appeal, BC Supreme Court, and BC Provincial Court have policies to determine the public’s access to court files (criminal, family, and civil court records).

An overview of the justice system in Canada and BC, with a chart of the various provincial and federal courts.

This manual has three main parts: “Areas of Law Pathfinders,” “The Guide to Civil Procedure at the Supreme Court of British Columbia,” and “Annotations of the BC Supreme Court Civil Rules and Court of Appeal Rules.” The publication is written for a wide audience.