Summons (arts. 145 ff. C.C.P.) — information to transfer onto the Minister’s model

Category and limits

Help preparing the official form · category B · practice area : Civil litigation · offered in case files of type : Other (small claims, neighbours…), Business, Claim against a municipality, Civil litigation, Consumer & small claims

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Official form

Avis d’assignation — modèle du ministre (arrêté 5016 du 20 juin 2023, annexe I; C-25.01, r. 2, annexe 2) (2023-06-20) ↗

The official PDF has no fillable field (0) and Québec government content may not be reproduced without prior authorization (quebec.ca “Droit d’auteur”, updated 10 February 2025, read on 2026-10-21). Research 13-02 had proposed a literal reproduction (category A); it stays in B until that authorization is obtained.

What the provisions read require

• C.C.P., art. 145 — French text: “Le demandeur assigne le défendeur en justice au moyen d’un avis d’assignation joint à la demande, lequel comprend aussi l’indication des pièces au soutien de la demande.” The defendant answers within 15 days. (LégisQuébec — Code de procédure civile, C-25.01, read on 2026-10-21)
• C.C.P., art. 146 — French text: “L’avis d’assignation doit être conforme au modèle établi par le ministre de la Justice.” (LégisQuébec — Code de procédure civile, C-25.01, read on 2026-10-21)
• Minister’s model, order 5016 (20 June 2023) — Model read on 2026-10-21: answer within 15 days of service (30 days without domicile, residence or establishment in Québec); default judgment possible; simplified-rules variant (95 days, 110 days) or ordinary variant (protocol within 45 days, 3 months in family matters; conference within 20 days of the protocol). (Justice Québec — Avis d’assignation (articles 145 et suivants CPC), modèle du ministre, arrêté 5016 du 20 juin 2023, annexe I, read on 2026-10-21)

Time limits read

• Answer within 15 days of service, or 30 days outside Québec (model; C.C.P., art. 145).

Exhibits and documents

• Originating application and its list of exhibits (civ-demande-introductive-qc).

To verify (not read or not settled)

• Authorization to reproduce the Minister’s model: to request from the Government of Québec; it would allow category A.
• English version of the model: NOT READ.
• Each new version of C-25.01, r. 2 must be compared with this list of headings (13-02, P1-2).

Help preparing the official model (category B, downgraded from A for copyright reasons). The model (order 5016, 3 pages, no fillable field) was read on 2026-10-21; C.C.P. arts. 145-146 are quoted as read by reports 06 and 13-02. Québec statutes and most Québec sources linked here were read in French; English wording in this guide is an unofficial summary unless an official English text is linked.

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