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Searching and viewing provincial criminal and traffic court files on CSO is free. You are also able to search for civil cases and court of appeals files on CSO but it requires that you pay either a nominal fee ($6.00 as of 2022) per file you wish to view or have a subscription account with CSO. Civil files will often contain downloadable copies of notices of claim, counterclaims, orders etc. You can file documents for your civil case online through CSO for a nominal fee. | Searching and viewing provincial criminal and traffic court files on CSO is free. You are also able to search for civil cases and court of appeals files on CSO but it requires that you pay either a nominal fee ($6.00 as of 2022) per file you wish to view or have a subscription account with CSO. Civil files will often contain downloadable copies of notices of claim, counterclaims, orders etc. You can file documents for your civil case online through CSO for a nominal fee. | ||
=== 1. eSearch === | |||
Clients, legal representatives and the public at large can use the eSearch function on CSO to view provincial criminal and traffic court files in British Columbia. In order to find the file you are looking for you can search using the participant name or file number to locate a file. You can also add additional information to various search fields to narrow down results returned such as location, level and class. | |||
Once you have entered your search you will be presented with a list of returned results giving you an overview of each file that matches your search criteria and giving you information such as: court location, first and last name, date and time of the next/most recent court appearance, the result of the last one and the reason for the next. | |||
:'''NOTE''': The eSearch function has an option for an ‘Exactly’ or ‘Partial’ match. If you are not finding your client’s file, try switching from an exact match search to a partial match search. | |||
You can select what you think to be the file you are looking for by pressing ‘View’. The page for that court file will be headed by court file number and give you tabs for documents, participants, charges, appearances, sentences/dispositions, and releases. | |||
For LSLAP Students the charges, participants and appearances tabs will be especially helpful. The participants tab lists the birth year of the accused person which can be helpful in confirming that this is, in fact, you client, not merely someone with the same name. The charges tab lists all the charges your client has been charged with under this particular court file as well as the offense date and the city where the offense took place. It will list the provision of the criminal code or other legislation under which you client has been charged. | |||
The appearance tab lists all the appearance that have occurred in relation to this file as well as if there is one upcoming. It will list the date, times and location of any past and upcoming court dates. You can chart the progress of the file by looking at what each appearance was for and what result was reached. By hovering your cursor over the codes under ‘Reason’ and ‘Result’ an expanded meaning of the three letters will appear. For a guide to some of the most common codes used, see below. | |||
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