Probate Forms (BC)
There are a number of province-specific forms you may need when going through the probate process.
This page lists common BC forms and offers help in locating others. While you are welcome to browse these forms, note that the Tasks Tab will guide you through the use of relevant forms at the appropriate times.
General BC Forms
In British Columbia, the Supreme Court of BC handles probate and estate administration (see Supreme Court registry locations).
Below you will find links that allow you to download and use some of the more common BC probate forms (you may want to check with your local court for form preferences):
- Notice of Proposed Application (Form P1) - Inform everyone inheriting under a will and heirs-at-law you will apply for probate
- Submission for Grant (Form P2) - Apply to the court to get the process started (>21 days after notice!)
- Affidavit for Applicant for Grant (Form P3) - Attach to Grant Submission if there is a will
- Affidavit for Applicant for Grant without Will (Form P5) - Attach to Grant Submission if there is not a will
- Affidavit of Delivery (Form P9) - Affirm you made the P1 notices
- Notice of Renunciation (Form P17) - Attach from anyone with equal or higher priority to serve as executor
- Affidavit of Deemed Renunciation (Form P34)> - Use if above Notice of Renunciation not available
- Authorization to Obtain Estate Information (Form P18) - If needed to determine estate inventory
- Affidavit of Assets and Liabilities (Form P10) - Estate inventory
- Statement of Account Affidavit (Form P40) - Consider attaching EstateExec Final Accounting Report
Note that the above forms do not normally work in a browser: you must download them to your computer and use a local PDF viewer such as Adobe Acrobat.
See BC Probate Forms for a more complete list of forms that may be required in certain situations. You may have to right-click the link for the form you want, and select Open Link in New Tab, for it to then download the form to your computer.
See also People's Law School: Filling Out Your Probate Forms.
Small BC Estate Forms
Small estates sometimes need only 1 specialized form or affidavit: see Small BC Estates.
Resealing
If the estate needs to probate real estate in another province, you may be able to reseal the original grant of probate rather than start from scratch in the secondary province: see Ancillary Probate & Resealing.
Using BC Probate Forms
If you are using a licensed EstateExec estate, information about finding your court will appear here.
As mentioned above, if you are using EstateExec,
the tasks on the estate's Tasks Tab
will list a series of steps that help you understand which form to use when.
You may also want to see
How to Become Executor for
Additional Information
In case you're interested, probate forms for other provinces can be found here: