(LPDP)Serve the documents

Serve the documents

By ordinary service

Serve documents by one of these methods:

  • dropping off the document at the person's address for service, 
  • mailing the document by regular mail to the person's address for service, 
  • mailing the document by registered mail to the person's address for service, 
  • emailing the document to the person's email address for service, or 
  • faxing the document to the person's fax number for service.
Don't send or deliver the documents to an address, email address, or fax number that the person hasn't provided as their address for service.
If you're serving documents on the Director of Maintenance Enforcement, mail them to:
Director of Maintenance Enforcement
203 – 865 Hornby Street
Vancouver, BC  V6Z 2G3

By personal service

Give the process server (a professional service) or your friend or relative:

  • two copies of all documents and attachments â€” one to give to the other person and one attached to the Certificate of Service;
  • the other person's address at home and at work;
  • the other person's telephone number (so the process server can call to arrange a time for service); and
  • if the process server doesn't know the person being served, a recent and accurate photograph of them.

If you don't have a photograph, give the process server a written physical description of the other person. Include height, hair colour, eye colour, and any other characteristics that might help the process server identify the other person.

If you're using a friend or relative to give the other person the documents, you or the person serving can email or text the person to arrange a time to meet.

The person serving the documents must:

  • compare the two copies of the documents to make sure they're the same;
  • give one set of copies to the other person;
  • ask the other person for photo ID;
  • record the number of the photo ID provided by the person being served;
  • make a note of the date, time, and place where the documents were served; and
  • complete the Certificate of Service (Form 7) and attach it to the other copy of the documents.

If the person serving the documents knows the person they're serving, they don't have to take a photo with them or ask for ID.

Updated on 17 May 2021