Alberta civil procedure
What is the maximum Alberta claim-service extension the Court may grant?
An extension may not exceed 3 calendar months. Obtain and obey the Court’s actual service-extension order. Rule 3.26(2) supplies a ceiling on a court-granted extension. It does not supply a universal new expiry three months after application or grant. The application must be filed before the original year expires.
- Period
- An extension may not exceed 3 calendar months
- Trigger
- The existing service period and a timely extension application
- Rule
- Alberta Rules of Court, Alta Reg 124/2010, r 3.26(2)
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Rule 3.26(2) supplies a ceiling on a court-granted extension. It does not supply a universal new expiry three months after application or grant. The application must be filed before the original year expires. The unresolved completion facts are the existing service period and a timely extension application and the source-qualified route to obtain and obey the Court’s actual service-extension order.
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What is the maximum Alberta claim-service extension the Court may grant?
An extension may not exceed 3 calendar months. Obtain and obey the Court’s actual service-extension order. Rule 3.26(2) supplies a ceiling on a court-granted extension. It does not supply a universal new expiry three months after application or grant. The application must be filed before the original year expires.
Responsible actor. The plaintiff seeking a claim-service extension.
The existing service period and a timely extension application.
Rule 3.26(2) supplies a ceiling on a court-granted extension. It does not supply a universal new expiry three months after application or grant. The application must be filed before the original year expires.
Rule 3.26(2) supplies a ceiling on a court-granted extension. It does not supply a universal new expiry three months after application or grant. The application must be filed before the original year expires.
Alberta Rules of Court, Alta Reg 124/2010, r 3.26(2)How does this provision count time?
- Identify the existing service period and a timely extension application.
- Obtain and obey the Court’s actual service-extension order.
- The an extension may not exceed 3 calendar months interval uses rule 13.4 calendar-month or year reckoning. It preserves corresponding dates and the source’s absent-date rule. The actual anchor is the existing service period and a timely extension application. Rule 3.26(2) supplies a ceiling on a court-granted extension. It does not supply a universal new expiry three months after application or grant. The application must be filed before the original year expires.
- The court extension maximum concerns obtain and obey the Court’s actual service-extension order. A registry being closed does not itself prove that availability, a ceiling, immunity or a service fact moves forward. Establish the precise statutory act and any applicable Interpretation Act section 22 holiday or office rule.
The an extension may not exceed 3 calendar months interval uses rule 13.4 calendar-month or year reckoning. It preserves corresponding dates and the source’s absent-date rule. The actual anchor is the existing service period and a timely extension application. Rule 3.26(2) supplies a ceiling on a court-granted extension. It does not supply a universal new expiry three months after application or grant. The application must be filed before the original year expires.
The court extension maximum concerns obtain and obey the Court’s actual service-extension order. A registry being closed does not itself prove that availability, a ceiling, immunity or a service fact moves forward. Establish the precise statutory act and any applicable Interpretation Act section 22 holiday or office rule.
Alberta Rules of Court, Alta Reg 124/2010, r 3.26(2)Which facts prevent one automatic date?
Rule 3.26(2) supplies a ceiling on a court-granted extension. It does not supply a universal new expiry three months after application or grant. The application must be filed before the original year expires. The unresolved completion facts are the existing service period and a timely extension application and the source-qualified route to obtain and obey the Court’s actual service-extension order.
The plaintiff seeking a claim-service extension establishes the existing service period and a timely extension application. Rule 3.26(2) supplies a ceiling on a court-granted extension. It does not supply a universal new expiry three months after application or grant. The application must be filed before the original year expires. An extension may not exceed 3 calendar months. Obtain and obey the Court’s actual service-extension order. This source scenario does not calculate a final date.
The proposed boundary for obtain and obey the Court’s actual service-extension order meets a holiday or closed office. The court extension maximum concerns obtain and obey the Court’s actual service-extension order. A registry being closed does not itself prove that availability, a ceiling, immunity or a service fact moves forward. Establish the precise statutory act and any applicable Interpretation Act section 22 holiday or office rule. Establish the precise court extension maximum and applicable closure facts. No moved final date is supplied.
The Court granted only one month. Treating the statutory maximum as the actual order gives the wrong service period. Rule 3.26(2) supplies a ceiling on a court-granted extension. It does not supply a universal new expiry three months after application or grant. The application must be filed before the original year expires. Review Alberta Rules of Court, Alta Reg 124/2010, r 3.26(2) with the changed facts. An extension may not exceed 3 calendar months cannot resolve this branch by itself.
Which conditions and exceptions apply?
- Actual source branch
- Rule 3.26(2) supplies a ceiling on a court-granted extension. It does not supply a universal new expiry three months after application or grant. The application must be filed before the original year expires.
- Source interval and calendar
- The an extension may not exceed 3 calendar months interval uses rule 13.4 calendar-month or year reckoning. It preserves corresponding dates and the source’s absent-date rule. The actual anchor is the existing service period and a timely extension application. Rule 3.26(2) supplies a ceiling on a court-granted extension. It does not supply a universal new expiry three months after application or grant. The application must be filed before the original year expires.
- Actor and completion
- The plaintiff seeking a claim-service extension. Obtain and obey the Court’s actual service-extension order.
- Rule 3.26(2) supplies a ceiling on a court-granted extension. It does not supply a universal new expiry three months after application or grant. The application must be filed before the original year expires.
- The actor is the plaintiff seeking a claim-service extension. The event is the existing service period and a timely extension application. The boundary is court extension maximum. Rule 3.26(2) supplies a ceiling on a court-granted extension. It does not supply a universal new expiry three months after application or grant. The application must be filed before the original year expires.
What must the responsible actor complete?
Questions about this procedure
What is the maximum Alberta claim-service extension the Court may grant?
Does the maximum itself grant extra service time?
No. Rule 3.26(2) limits an extension the Court grants.
Alberta Rules of Court, Alta Reg 124/2010, r 3.26(2)Can the order be shorter than three months?
Yes. The ceiling does not require the Court to grant the maximum.
Alberta Rules of Court, Alta Reg 124/2010, r 3.26(2)Can the application be filed after the original year?
Paragraph(1) requires filing the extension application before the ordinary period expires.
Alberta Rules of Court, Alta Reg 124/2010, r 3.26(2)Does the grant date automatically start the maximum?
Establish the order’s actual terms and operative extension boundary.
Alberta Rules of Court, Alta Reg 124/2010, r 3.26(2)Can rule 13.5 enlarge the extension?
Paragraph(3) expressly disapplies rule 13.5.
Alberta Rules of Court, Alta Reg 124/2010, r 3.26(2)Does the maximum resolve substantive claim limitation?
No. Claim-service validity and the underlying statutory limitation are distinct questions.
Alberta Rules of Court, Alta Reg 124/2010, r 3.26(2)Official sources and review
Provisions used (3)
| Provision | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Alberta Rules of Court, Alta Reg 124/2010, r 3.26(2) | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| Alberta Rules of Court, rules 13.2 to 13.5 | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| Alberta Interpretation Act, section 22 | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |