Form 30, Correction to Statutory Evidence, was developed to allow clients to correct evidence that is insufficient, missing or incorrect. Form 30 can be submitted by lawyers, lenders, utility companies, governments and government agencies and similar bodies.
Form 30 can be used to correct:
- The content of affidavits and statutory declarations. This includes affidavits of lost or destroyed duplicate titles, affidavits of witness, and purchasers’ and sellers’ declarations required under The Condominium Act.
- Evidence under The Homesteads Act.
- Fair market value and tax exemption evidence under The Tax Administration and Miscellaneous Taxes Act. This could include providing tax exemption evidence that has been missed by a transferee.
- Evidence under The Farm Lands Ownership Act.
Form 30 cannot be used to:
- Provide missing signatures, either of parties or of witnesses.
- Fix a form lacking the conveyancing clause (I hereby mortgage…/I hereby transfer…)
Form 30. - Must be signed by the person with personal knowledge (the person required to provide the evidence that is in need of correction).
- Is not to be signed by a person’s solicitor and agent (their lawyer).
- Is not to be witnessed.
- Is to be used in all situations where, in the past, a schedule would have been obtained to provide evidence.
- Is to be used with both prescribed forms (paper forms and smart eForms) and non-prescribed forms (condominium declarations, debentures, easement agreements and declarations, etc.).
Letter required
Form 30 is to be accompanied by a letter from the party submitting it, identifying the document that it pertains to and the evidence that is being amended or corrected.