canada small-claims-court british-columbia enforcing-judgment court-order
How to have a provincial court order enforced? What are the pros/cons of the different ways?
<p>Follow up to <a href="https://law.stackexchange.com/questions/59836/how-does-someone-file-an-order-with-the-provincial-court-to-have-it-enforced">How does someone file an order with the Provincial Court to have it enforced?</a></p>
<p>If a plaintiff received a validated order from the <a href="https://civilresolutionbc.ca/faq/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Civil Resolution Tribunal</a>, then filed it with the <a href="https://www.provincialcourt.bc.ca/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">BC Supreme Court</a>, what happens next? What must the plaintiff do to get the money owed to him?</p>
<p>Assume the defendant (aka debtor after the order) is not willing to cooperate what so ever, and intends to ignore as much of the process as possible. After reading <a href="https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/justice/courthouse-services/small-claims/how-to-guides/getting-results#5" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Small Claims - Getting Results</a> it would seem the creditor has a choice</p>
<ol>
<li>File a Summons to a Payment Hearing form</li>
<li>Garnish the bank account of the debtor</li>
<li>Have a bailiff seize and sell goods</li>
</ol>
<p>What are the pros and cons of these options? To me it seems #2 is the obvious choice, why even consider the rest?</p>

<h3>They might not have enough money in their bank account.</h3>
<p>Sure, you could just garnish their bank account to receive the amount owed to you, but if they don't have any money in their account, you can't take money that they don't have. That's when you might need to have a bailiff confiscate their property or begin the process of summoning them to a payment hearing.</p>
