Legal Resources

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.

A list of the tribunals in BC. Tribunals administer rules for everyday things like employment, housing, health, and industry.

This site explains how to get an interpreter for the deaf or hard of hearing. The site also explains the situations where the courts will provide an English language interpreter and offers resources for when they don’t provide one.

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.

Part of the online step-by-step guide for those appealing a civil or family case in the Court of Appeal of BC. Step 2 is preparing your documents, starting with the first form called “Notice of Appeal.”