4(1)An action is commenced when a claimant files a claim (Form 1) and a copy for each defendant and each claimant, accompanied by the filing fee required under section 71, with the clerk
(a)
of the judicial district in which a defendant resides,
(b)
of the judicial district or one of the judicial districts in which the cause of action arose, or
(c)
of the judicial district in which the claimant resides, if no defendant resides within the Province.
4(2)For the purposes of subsection (1), a corporation, partnership or unincorporated association is deemed to reside at each place where it carries on business.
4(3)In a claim, a claimant shall set out
(a)
whether the claim is for money or for the recovery of possession of personal property or for both,
(b)
the amount that is claimed if the claim is for money only,
(c)
a description of the property and the estimated value of the property if the claim is for the recovery of possession of personal property only,
(d)
the amount of money that is claimed, a description of the property and the estimated value of the property if the claim is for both money and the recovery of possession of personal property,
(e)
the amount of money the claimant is abandoning if the amount claimed or the combined value of the amount claimed and the value of the personal property, as the case may be, exceeds $20,000,
(f)
the basis of the claim,
(g)
the mailing address, residential address and telephone number, and the e-mail address and fax number, if any, of each claimant,
(h)
the name, and if known, the mailing address, residential address, telephone number, e-mail address and fax number of each defendant, and
(i)
the language in which the claimant intends or the claimants intend, as the case may be, to proceed.
4(1)An action is commenced when a claimant files a claim (Form 1) and a copy for each defendant and each claimant, accompanied by the filing fee required under section 71, with the clerk
(a)
of the judicial district in which a defendant resides,
(b)
of the judicial district or one of the judicial districts in which the cause of action arose, or
(c)
of the judicial district in which the claimant resides, if no defendant resides within the Province.
4(2)For the purposes of subsection (1), a corporation, partnership or unincorporated association is deemed to reside at each place where it carries on business.
4(3)In a claim, a claimant shall set out
(a)
whether the claim is for money or for the recovery of possession of personal property or for both,
(b)
the amount that is claimed if the claim is for money only,
(c)
a description of the property and the estimated value of the property if the claim is for the recovery of possession of personal property only,
(d)
the amount of money that is claimed, a description of the property and the estimated value of the property if the claim is for both money and the recovery of possession of personal property,
(e)
the amount of money the claimant is abandoning if the amount claimed or the combined value of the amount claimed and the value of the personal property, as the case may be, exceeds $12,500,
(f)
the basis of the claim,
(g)
the mailing address, residential address and telephone number, and the e-mail address and fax number, if any, of each claimant,
(h)
the name, and if known, the mailing address, residential address, telephone number, e-mail address and fax number of each defendant, and
(i)
the language in which the claimant intends or the claimants intend, as the case may be, to proceed.
4(1)An action is commenced when a claimant files a claim (Form 1) and a copy for each defendant and each claimant, accompanied by the filing fee required under section 71, with the clerk
(a)
of the judicial district in which a defendant resides,
(b)
of the judicial district or one of the judicial districts in which the cause of action arose, or
(c)
of the judicial district in which the claimant resides, if no defendant resides within the Province.
4(2)For the purposes of subsection (1), a corporation, partnership or unincorporated association is deemed to reside at each place where it carries on business.
4(3)In a claim, a claimant shall set out
(a)
whether the claim is for money or for the recovery of possession of personal property or for both,
(b)
the amount that is claimed if the claim is for money only,
(c)
a description of the property and the estimated value of the property if the claim is for the recovery of possession of personal property only,
(d)
the amount of money that is claimed, a description of the property and the estimated value of the property if the claim is for both money and the recovery of possession of personal property,
(e)
the amount of money the claimant is abandoning if the amount claimed or the combined value of the amount claimed and the value of the personal property, as the case may be, exceeds $12,500,
(f)
the basis of the claim,
(g)
the mailing address, residential address and telephone number, and the e-mail address and fax number, if any, of each claimant,
(h)
the name, and if known, the mailing address, residential address, telephone number, e-mail address and fax number of each defendant, and
(i)
the language in which the claimant intends or the claimants intend, as the case may be, to proceed.