Introduction
Most Supreme Court documents can be served by ordinary service. This means the document can be:
- dropped off at a business or residential address,
- sent by regular mail,
- faxed with a Fax Cover Sheet (Form F95), or
- emailed.
The method you use will depend on the type of information the other person included as their address for service on their own court documents (for example, their Response to Family Claim (Form F4)). You can only serve a document to an address they've listed.
If you don't have their address for service, you must mail it to their last known address.You can't serve a document by fax or email if the person hasn't provided an email address or fax number as an address for service.
What if this guide isn't for you
If the other person lives outside BC or outside Canada, see Serve documents outside BC by personal service.
If you can't serve the documents (for example, if you don't know where the other party lives or the other party is avoiding service), see Arrange for alternative (substitutional) service.