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What documents you can/cannot fax

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.)

Supreme Court of British Columbia
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 setting down an application under Supreme Court Rule 51A

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

Chambers Record

X

Trial Record

X

Proof of Marriage from a foreign jurisdiction

X

Certificate of Judgment

X

Certificate of Pending Litigation

X

Form 89 Financial Statement

X

Affidavit of service when applying for a default order

Supreme Court Trial Division
You may transmit documents by fax to the Supreme Court Trial Division only with the prior approval of the Trial Coordinator for that registry. (You can reach the Trial Coordinator through the registry's main telephone number. See the list of pilot locations' telephone numbers.) Without the prior approval of the Trial Coordinator you may not fax Supreme Court Trial Division documents. (Trial Division documents include: Trial Certificates; Notices of Trial; Applications for a Trial Date; Requests for Trial Date; Requests for Pre-trial Conference Date; Praecipes to reset a hearing or trial; and Praecipes requesting a Judicial Case Conference.)

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

Director's order under section 22(8) of the Residential Tenancy Act

X

Decision or order of an arbitrator or the director under section 57(5) of the Residential Tenancy Act

X

Restitution order under section 741 of the Criminal Code

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