Justice Education Society of British Columbia

Self-representing litigants can use Accessing Court Documents Online to access court records using Court Services Online (CSO).

The government of BC created CSO to provide online court services to the public, allowing people to search court files, view daily court lists and file court documents.
The videos provide general information. They do not provide legal advice. Only a lawyer can provide legal advice.

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1. Overview of Court Services Online

7:32 min; 16.89 MB (Flash)
Print Version - 14 pages; 265KB (PDF)

2. Using E-Search to find Court Records

• a. Introduction to Using E-search and the Court Services Online Front Page
• b. Searching for Civil Court Info
• c. Making Payments and Searching for Results by Party Name
• d. Viewing the Case Basics and the Parties Involved
• e. Viewing Details of Documents Filed, The Terms of Order, and Hearings and Results
• f. Getting File Summary Reports, Purchasing Documents Online, Finding out about Legal Terms and Where to get more Assistance

3. How to search a PDF document