Small claims application (SJ-870E online) — help preparing your answers

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

Help preparing the official form: the tool prepares your answers, line by line, and links the official form. You check each line, transfer it onto the official form, sign it and handle any oath, notification and filing yourself. The tool guarantees no outcome.

Official form

SJ-870E (formulaire en ligne); SJ-840, SJ-838 (SJ-840 (2023-06); SJ-838 (2015-11)) ↗

The SJ-870E is an online form behind authentication (its screens were not read) and Québec government content may not be reproduced without prior authorization (quebec.ca “Droit d’auteur”, read on 2026-10-21). You enter the prepared answers yourself.

What the provisions read require

• C.C.P., art. 544 — French text: the application states “les faits sur lesquels elle est fondée, la nature de la créance, le montant de celle-ci et des intérêts, ainsi que les conclusions recherchées et elle contient la liste des pièces”, and “l’intérêt ou non du demandeur à participer à une médiation”. (LégisQuébec — Code de procédure civile, C-25.01, read on 2026-10-21)
• C.C.P., arts. 536-538 — A claim of no more than $15,000, without interest (art. 536), not divided (art. 538); claims “résultant du bail d’un logement” go to the TAL (art. 537) — 13-02. (LégisQuébec — Code de procédure civile, C-25.01, read on 2026-10-21)
• C.C.P., art. 543 — French text: the clerk may help complete the form, “mais il ne peut leur donner un avis juridique”. (LégisQuébec — Code de procédure civile, C-25.01, read on 2026-10-21)
• C.C.P., art. 545 — Exhibits are filed within 10 days of filing the application (13-02). (LégisQuébec — Code de procédure civile, C-25.01, read on 2026-10-21)
• Québec.ca, SJ-870E page — Online form behind authentication; the legal filing occurs when the office receives the form and the fees are paid; warning that the court file is public (13-02). (Gouvernement du Québec — Formulaire SJ-870E (demande aux petites créances), read on 2026-10-21)
• Québec.ca, Médiation aux petites créances (updated 22 April 2026) — Mediation mandatory up to $5,000 and voluntary above (13-02). (Gouvernement du Québec — Médiation aux petites créances, read on 2026-10-21)
• C.C.Q., art. 2925 — General prescription period of three years (13-02 summary). (LégisQuébec — Code civil du Québec, read on 2026-10-21)

Time limits read

• Exhibits within 10 days of filing (art. 545). The prescription period (generally three years, art. 2925 C.C.Q.) is not computed by the tool.

Exhibits and documents

• Exhibits P-1, P-2… and their list (SJ-840).
• Formal notice and its proof of delivery, if any.
• Mandate SJ-838 if a relative represents you.

To verify (not read or not settled)

• Screens of the online SJ-870E: NOT READ (authentication); to re-read before relying on this list.
• Court costs and the regulation fixing the $5,000 mediation threshold: NOT READ.

Help preparing the official online form (category B). Art. 544 C.C.P. is quoted as read by research 13-02 (LégisQuébec, current to 12 August 2026); the Québec.ca pages were read on 2026-10-15 and answered HTTP 200 on 2026-10-21. The clerk may help you but gives no legal advice (art. 543). 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.

Preuve en main is a preparation and legal-information tool. It gives no legal advice, replaces neither a lawyer nor the official form, and guarantees no outcome.