Small Claims Court documents served in Windsor-Essex

What the Small Claims rules require

Ontario's Small Claims Court Rules say a plaintiff's claim or defendant's claim "shall be served personally as provided in rule 8.02 or by an alternative to personal service as provided in rule 8.03." There is a deadline too: "A claim shall be served within six months after the date it is issued, but the court may extend the time for service."

Proof matters as much as the serve. Service "may be proved by an affidavit of service (Form 8A) of the person who served it," and that is what we give you: a sworn Form 8A from the person who actually made the serve. See a sample Form 8A affidavit (PDF), with invented details.

Small Claims offices in Windsor and Leamington

• Windsor Small Claims Court, 245 Windsor Ave., Windsor N9A 1J2, phone 519-973-6620, email Windsor.SCC@ontario.ca (from the Superior Court of Justice Windsor location page); counter service Monday to Friday 9 to 11 a.m. and 2 to 4 p.m.
• Leamington courthouse, 7 Clark St. W., Leamington N8H 1E5. Ontario's court listing shows criminal, youth, family and small claims services here (small claims 519-973-6620, family 519-973-6670); call ahead for hours.

Need a document filed or a court record pulled at the Windsor counter? See court filing and retrieval.

What we need from you

• The issued claim (with the court's seal and file number) and any other documents to be served.
• The full name of each defendant and the address where they can be found.
• Anything that helps: a description, usual hours, a vehicle, a unit or buzzer number.

We do not draft claims, choose forms or give legal advice. For that, speak with a lawyer or licensed paralegal, or use the court's own guides.

Documents we serve

Small Claims Court documents we serve, named as the court's forms name them:

• Plaintiff's Claim (Form 7A)
• Defendant's Claim (Form 10A)
• Notice of Motion and Supporting Affidavit (Form 15A)
• Summons to Witness (Form 18A)
• Notice of Examination (Form 20H)
• Notice of Garnishment (Form 20E)

See the full list of documents we serve, grouped by court. Not on it? If it needs to be handed to someone in Windsor or Essex County, ask us.

Price

Prices are before HST; tax is shown at checkout.

Prices are set by driving distance from downtown Windsor; the order form shows the exact price for your address.

Rush is the standard rate plus $50. Same-day is a total price, not an add-on.

Outside Windsor city limits, standard service is $160 flat across most of Essex County, mileage included. The Kingsville and Leamington areas, and the rush and same-day prices for each area, are in the full price table. Each additional defendant at the same address, same visit, is +$40.

Source: Small Claims Court Rules, O. Reg. 258/98 (ontario.ca/laws/regulation/980258). Related reading: how long you have to serve a claim and what if the person cannot be found.

Questions

Where we serve

All of Windsor and Essex County: Windsor, LaSalle, Tecumseh, Amherstburg, Lakeshore, Essex, Kingsville, Leamington. Mileage is included everywhere, and the price table has them all.

General information, not legal advice. Rule quotations are from the Ontario regulations linked on this page; forms and rules change, so always check the current version for your court.