Description
This will search across all 49 enforcement offices of the Ministry of Attorney General Writs database. The report will only provide the writ number and identify the jurisdiction of the sheriff/enforcement office. A Writ Detail Report must be ordered by the writ number to obtain details of the writ (issue date, court type, judgment amount, etc.)
The Ontario Writ Locator search will not provide information on other existing, or previous court (litigation) cases that may be on file involving the name(s) searched. Litigation searches can be added for an additional search fee.
Technical Specs
Adobe PDF document.
The Ontario Writ Locator ‘OWL’ report will only provide the Execution file numbers and the jurisdiction of the enforcement office. A Writ Detail Report must be ordered for information on the writ which will provide the issue date, court type, judgement amount, etc.
| Personal Names - Surnames | If You Search | You Will Get |
Spaces are ignored when doing a
surname search. The entire last
name searched must match exactly.
If you type a surname that has an
internal space, or a hyphen or
multiple capital letters, the search
locates a range of matches. | WISE MANN, JOAN | WISE MANN, JOAN and
WISEMANN, JOAN and
WISE-MANN, JOAN |
| DAROSA, MARIA | Da Rosa, Maria and
Darosa, Maria and
DaRosa, Maria and
Da-Rosa, Maria |
|
| Personal Names - Given Names | If You Search | You Will Get |
If you type a given name that has
no internal space or hyphen, the
search only locates exact matches. | JONES, MARYANN | JONES, MARYANN |
If you type a given name that has
an internal hyphen, the search
locates exact matches for the
combined name and also each
portion of the name. | JONES, MARY-ANN | JONES, MARYANN and
JONES, ELIZABETH MARY and
JONES, MARY LYNN and
JONES, MARY ANN |
If you type a given name that has
an internal space, the search
locates exact matches for each
portion of the name. | JONES, MARY ANN | JONES, ELIZABETH MARY and
JONES, MARY LYNN and
JONES, MARY ANN |
The order in which given names are searched does not matter.
If multiple given names are entered, a hit will result even if only one given name matches.
When searching, single letter given names are ignored. |
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| Corporations | If You Search | You Will Get |
Leading symbols - The system will
provide matches whether or not
the symbol is there. | $EVERY PLACE or $ EVERY PLACE | EVERY PLACE and
$EVERY PLACE and
$ EVERY PLACE |
Numbered companies must have
the number in the same sequence
and location in the name to get
a match. | 001122 ONTARIO LTD | 001122 ONTARIO LTD |
Spaces and punctuation do not
affect search results and would
provide the following matches. | ACME CONSTRUCTION or
A C M E CONSTRUCTION or
A.C.M.E. CONSTRUCTION or
A. C. M. E. CONSTRUCTION | ACME CONSTRUCTION and
A C M E CONSTRUCTION and
A.C.M.E. CONSTRUCTION and
A. C. M. E. CONSTRUCTION |
When doing a company search, the following sets of words are treated equally:
(I) LTD=LTEE=LIMITED=LIMITEE
(ii) INC=INCORPORATED=INCORPOREE
(iii) CO=COMPANY=COMPAGNIE=CIE
(iv) CORP=CORPORATION
(v) AND=& but does not = ET
(vi) THE=LE=LA=LES are ignored when searching |
Processing Time
Reports will be emailed within 1 hour and will vary depending on the time of order and system availability.
