Court of King's Bench of Alberta
The Court of King's Bench is the Superior Trial Court for the Province, hearing trials in civil and criminal matters and appeals from decisions of the Court of Justice. The Chief Justice and other Justices of the Court are also judges of Surrogate Matters, which has jurisdiction over probate and administration of estate matters.
An enhanced email filing system for court documents for all KB judicial centres is now available to Alberta lawyers.
Effective March 24, 2020, law firms and lawyers with existing fax filing accounts or law firms and lawyers wishing to open a fax filing account are now permitted to file documents in their local judicial centre. This will help limit the number of people coming into courthouses throughout the province and allow lawyers to better manage remote working arrangements.
Current Fax Filing Agreements will remain in effect but will be interpreted to allow for use of this email filing procedure.
Email addresses for each judicial centre are listed below.
You must still include the current fax filing request page with the documents that are being sent. A copy of the fax filing request page can be located at https://www.albertacourts.ca/qb/areas-of-law/civil/forms.
What can be filed by email:
All documents that are currently being fax filed can be filed via email utilizing your current fax filing account.
Email filing of criminal documents will now be allowed. Any criminal document where the Court does not require an original may be filed via email.
Please provide an email address for return of your documents.
Sending an email:
When sending your email, please ensure you are sending your document to the appropriate court location.
Please ensure the subject of each email conforms with the following naming convention:
AREA OF COURT (IN CAPS) – File Number (if known) - Type of Document
Possible Areas of Court:
CIVIL FILING
CRIMINAL FILING
SURROGATE FILING
BANKRUPTCY FILING
DIVORCE FILING
ADOPTION FILING
FAMILY FILING
ACCOUNTING FILING
EXHIBIT FILING
Example: CIVIL FILING – 2001-123456 – Statement of Defence
For Emergency Applications:
For Criminal Voir Dires in Writing:
Processing time and filed dates:
Your document will be electronically stamped with the date it is received, though processing times may vary depending on volume. If your document is received after 4:00 PM, it will be stamped for the following business day.
Payment of Fees:
Regular filing fees will apply. The fee for fax or email filings in respect of the $1 per page requirement between March 24, 2020 and May 1, 2020 will be capped at $20. Please note this capping of fees applies only to the per page charge of fax or email filing and does not apply to regular filing fees such as Statements of Claim, Statements of Defence.
Rejected Documents:
As in the normal course, you will be charged normal fax filing fees for documents that are rejected, with a $20 cap on the per page requirement from March 24, 2020 to May 1, 2020.
Judicial Centre Emails
Contacts for Setting up a Fax Filing Account
Contact emails are included below for those who do not have an existing Fax Filing Agreement, or any questions related to filing.
Information on Case Management in civil, family & criminal matters
Civil claims that exceed $50,000 must be heard in the Court of King’s Bench
The Commercial List was established to deal with commercial insolvency law
Criminal law involves investigating and prosecuting people who may have broken the law
Family law governs the legal aspects of relationships between family members
Information on Judicial Dispute Resolution at the Court of King's Bench
Information on the process for requesting a review of lawyers' bills or assessment of court costs.
Information on Wills, Estates, & Trusteeships that are handled at the Court of King's Bench
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