(LPDD)Serve the documents

You can serve a document by mailing a copy of it to the other party's address for service. You can send it by regular mail, but you must pay full postage.

A document mailed in a Provincial Court case is considered to be served 14 days after the day you mailed it, unless that day was a Saturday, Sunday, or holiday (in which case, the document is considered to be served on the next day). Mail isn't a good option if your instructions are, for example, to deliver the document within two days, or by noon the next day.

You can serve a document by dropping a copy of it off at the other party's address for service. This could be a work or home address.

If the other party put an email address in their address for service, you can serve the document by email. Email the document as an attachment to the email address provided. It’s a good idea to ask the person to email you back to confirm they received your email and the documents. Print the email you sent and any response you receive.

Even if you know the email address of the other party (or their lawyer), you can't serve documents by email unless the other party included their email address in the address for service on their court documents.

If the other party included a fax number in their address for service, you can serve the document by fax.

1. Fill in a Fax Cover Page (Form 10). You can either fill this document out online or print it and fill it out by hand (print neatly using dark-coloured ink).
2. Fax the cover page and your document to the fax number provided in the other party's address for service.