You may fax any Supreme Court or Provincial Court civil documents except those listed below. (The documents that may be faxed is a much larger list, so only the documents that may not be faxed are listed.)
You may send any document for filing in the Supreme Court of B.C. via fax except the following:
X Document concerning a probate matter
X Document concerning an adoption matter
X Document concerning reciprocal enforcement of orders under the Court Order Enforcement Act
X Certified copies of documents that are filed for enforcement purposes; e.g., under the Court Order Enforcement Act, Section 29
X An application record or petition record
X Chambers record
X Trial record
X Proof of marriage from a foreign jurisdiction
X Certificate of judgment
X Certificate of pending litigation
X Affidavit of service when applying for a default order
- a trial certificate;
- a notice of trial;
- a requisition to reset a hearing or trial;
- a notice of case planning conference in form 19;
- a requisition requesting a judicial case conference;
- a document that , with the fax cover sheet, exceeds 30 pages in length, unless its submission by fax is authorized by a registrar.
Supreme Court Trial Division
You may transmit documents by fax to the Supreme Court Trial Division only with the prior approval of the Supreme Court scheduler for that registry. (You can reach the Supreme Court scheduler through the registry's main telephone number. See the list of locations' telephone numbers.) Without the prior approval of the Supreme Court scheduler, you may not fax Supreme Court Trial Division documents.
Provincial Court of British Columbia
You may send any document by fax for filing in the Provincial Court of B.C. except the following:
Under Rule 5.1 of the Provincial Court (family) Rules:
X An application for an order under Rule 2(1) or (2) if the application is filed in a family justice registry or the court file for the proceedings is transferred under Rule 19 to a family justice registry [see Rule 5(1)]
X Statement of Finances (Family Maintenance Enforcement Act)
Under Rule 17.1 of the small claims rules:
X Certificate of service respecting an application for a default order
X Certificate of judgment under Section 88 of the Court Order Enforcement Act
X Order under Section 76 of the Offence Act
X Restitution order under section 741 of the Criminal Code
