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Ontario Small Claims Court · After judgment · rule 20.04

Form 20P: Affidavit for Enforcement Request

Form 20P is the Affidavit for Enforcement Request, the sworn statement the creditor files with every enforcement request in the Ontario Small Claims Court (rule 20.04; rule 20.06; rule 20.07; rule 20.08; rule 20.10). It states the judgment, the payments received, the enforcement costs, and the balance owing (Form 20P). The clerk relies on it to issue a certificate of judgment, a writ, a notice of garnishment, or a notice of examination (rule 20.04; rule 20.06; rule 20.08; rule 20.10). You swear or affirm it before a commissioner (Form 20P).

Open the Collect screen The official PDF (ontariocourtforms.on.ca)

When you use it

  • • Use it to request a certificate of judgment (Form 20A) (rule 20.04).
  • • Use it to request a writ of seizure and sale of personal property (Form 20C) or of land (Form 20D) (rule 20.06; rule 20.07).
  • • Use it to request a notice of garnishment (Form 20E), with one debtor and one garnishee (rule 20.08).
  • • Use it to request a notice of examination (Form 20H) (rule 20.10).
  • • State the balance owing as of the date you swear it (Form 20P).

The facts

Rule
rule 20.04, O. Reg. 258/98
Court fee
No fee for the affidavit; the enforcement step it supports carries its own fee (O. Reg. 332/16, as stored 2026-01-06)
Official revision
Jan 2021
Who files it
After judgment

How this site fills it

The Collect screen fills Form 20P from the case record: the judgment total, the costs, payments received, enforcement costs, and the balance owing. It ticks the enforcement request you chose and leaves the jurat for the commissioner.

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How to complete and file Form 20P

  1. 01

    Gather the judgment, any costs order, and a record of every payment received.

  2. 02

    Calculate postjudgment interest from the judgment date at the rate in force (Courts of Justice Act s. 129).

  3. 03

    Add the enforcement costs you paid, such as filing fees (Form 20P).

  4. 04

    Tick the enforcement step you request on the affidavit (Form 20P).

  5. 05

    For garnishment, name one debtor and one garnishee (rule 20.08).

  6. 06

    Swear or affirm the affidavit before a commissioner for taking affidavits, in person or by video (O. Reg. 431/20).

  7. 07

    File it with the form it supports and the fee for that step (O. Reg. 332/16).

Questions people ask about Form 20P

Do I need a new Form 20P for each enforcement step?
Yes. Each request needs its own affidavit with the balance owing on that date: a certificate of judgment (rule 20.04), a writ (rule 20.06; rule 20.07), a garnishment (rule 20.08), or an examination (rule 20.10). A garnishment affidavit names one debtor and one garnishee, so 2 garnishees need 2 affidavits (rule 20.08). The Collect screen refills it from your case record each time.
Who can swear Form 20P?
The creditor, or the creditor's representative, swears it (Form 20P). Swear or affirm it before a commissioner for taking affidavits, in person or by video (O. Reg. 431/20); court staff at the court office can also commission it [VERIFY]. Sign it only in front of the commissioner. The affidavit has 3 jurat blocks for the different ways to swear it (Form 20P).
What goes in the balance owing?
Start with the judgment amount with prejudgment interest, plus the costs the court ordered (Form 20P). Add postjudgment interest from the judgment date (Courts of Justice Act s. 129) and the enforcement costs you paid (Form 20P). Subtract every payment received (Form 20P). Postjudgment interest for 2026 runs at 4.0% (Courts of Justice Act s. 129; rate for 2026 Q1 to Q3) [VERIFY the current quarter]. State the balance as of the date you swear the affidavit (Form 20P).
Where do I file Form 20P?
With the form it supports. A garnishment or an examination is requested in the court where the debtor lives or carries on business (rule 20.08; rule 20.10). A certificate of judgment is requested from the court that gave the judgment (rule 20.04). Outside Toronto, file through Submissions Online (rule 1.05.4). In Toronto, use the Ontario Courts Public Portal (rule 1.05.5). Form 20D is the exception: it is filed on paper [VERIFY].

Legal information, not legal advice. Rules are from the Rules of the Small Claims Court, O. Reg. 258/98; fees from O. Reg. 332/16 as stored 2026-01-06. Items marked [VERIFY] have not been checked against the current consolidation. Legal services provided by Mithril Law — Jonathan Kleiman, licensed Ontario lawyer.