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Declarations of Partnership and Declarations of Dissolution of Partnership from Cranbrook (1905-1909) and from Fort Steele (1905).

This series contains criminal case files from Cranbrook Supreme Court.

This series consists of probate cause books from the Supreme court of Cranbrook and the County Court of Cranbrook, 1925-1977.

This series contains probate/estate case files from Cranbrook County Court.

This series consists of plaint and procedure books from the Cranbrook County Court for cases between 1913-1968. Plaint and procedure books are the basic record book for actions at the County Court level. They provide the skeletal framework for County Court civil action proceedings and may include the names of parties, the dates when proceedings occurred, and can be used to determine a volume and folio number for locating final orders.

The records are arranged by case number, which can be found by using the indexes included in some of the plaint and procedure books or in series GR-2512 for 1913-1945. The records were scheduled for retention under Court Services ORCS (schedule 100152) 53200-20.

This series contains civil case files with the exception of probate/estate files (GR-1618), divorce and matrimonial files (GR-2336) and adoption files (GR-2337) which have been removed from this series and are filed separately.

Series consists of civil case files created by the Cranbrook County Court between 1942 and 1948. Civil case files may possibly contain a notice of claim, notice of petition, writs, affidavits, orders, and/or a final judgment.

By-laws (nos. 1-800) from the Corporation of the City of Cranbrook.

A sample of youth community case files. These are case files opened by a probation officer (youth worker) for young offenders (between the ages of 12 and 17 years) who are completing their dispositions in the community. The file documents the supervision of a sentenced young offender on terminal temporary absence, probation or diversion. (55 files).

This series consists of timber tenures from the Rocky Mountain Forest District for the years 1946-2008. This series may also include records created by the Cranbrook, Invermere and Kootenay Lake Forest Districts, as well as the Nelson and Southern Interior Forest Regions. Note that the names and boundaries of districts and regions varied over the years.

Timber tenures include replaceable forest licences, licences to cut, replaceable timber sale licences, non-replaceable timber sale licences, woodlot licences, special use permits and Christmas tree permits. There are also records regarding tree farm licence (TFL) 13, TFL 14, TFL 26, TFL 36 and TFL 37.

Files contain cutting permits, legal documents, operations information, charts, applications, development plans, annual reports, management plans, an “A” number bid deposit register, correspondence, maps, reports, amendments, logging inspection reports, logging plans, licences, policy, procedures, and a variety of other documents.

The series also includes some records related to silviculture. These include silviculture openings, obligations, as well as silviculture experiment (SX) files regard trials completed under the jurisdiction of the silviculture program. Includes records detailing silviculture trials conducted, working plans, results, evaluations, reports, models, maps and data. Silviculture obligations may relate to major licensees, woodlot licences or the small business program.

The ministries responsible for the Forest and Range Districts, and the years that they were responsible, are:
British Columbia. Dept. of Lands and Forests (1945-1962)
British Columbia. Dept. of Lands, Forests and Water (1962-1975)
British Columbia. Dept. of Forests (1975-1976)
British Columbia. Ministry of Forests (1976-1986)
British Columbia. Ministry of Forests and Lands (1986-1988)
British Columbia. Ministry of Forests (1988-2005)
British Columbia. Ministry of Forests and Range (2005-2010)

Records in this series are classified under ORCS numbers 18750-20, 18765-20, 18765-25, 18765-30, 18990-20, 19440-25, 19500-20, 19500-45, 19500-60, 19540-25, 19570-25, 19600-30, 19600-45, 19620-25, 19620-45, 19680-20, 19700-25, 19700-45, 19700-60, 19710-20, 19710-30, 19720-20 and 19720-45 of the Ministry of Forests schedule (881261).

Minute book, 1921-1928 (Vol. 1) and 1928-1944 (Vol. 2). Includes mixed cases, criminal and civil from County and Supreme Court levels. The volumes include model language for oaths, including a witness oath to be administered in French.

Indexes to County Court of East Kootenay plaint and procedure books, 1897-1900 (Donald); 1905-1945 (Cranbrook). The plaint and procedure books are found in GR-1832.

Adoption case files.

Naturalization register.

This series contains Conditional sales agreements for Cranbrook and Fort Steele

Letters of administration from Fort Steele, 1900-1905 (with 2 entries from the Supreme Court) and from Cranbrook, 1906-1924.

Probate/estate files maintained by the Official Administrator.

This series contains naturalization applications from Cranbrook County Court.

This series contains criminal files, including cases conducted under the Speedy Trials Act.

Letters of administration handled by the Official Administrator: 30/1946-96/1973.

Minute books, 1906-1909, 1912; includes civil and criminal cases and cases lists at the end of the volume.

This series contains probate/estate files.

The file number refers to the number assigned by the court registry rather than to the file's physical order in the box. Each year, the numbering system restarted from 1 and ascended chronologically. Thus, it is possible to have multiple files with the same number in a box, as they date from different years.

Series consists of civil case files created by the Cranbrook County Court between 1905 and 1941. Civil case files may possibly contain a notice of claim, notice of petition, writs, affidavits, orders, and/or a final judgment.

The series consists of Cranbrook divorce case files from 1909 to 1949.

Series consists of original decrees nisi, decrees absolute, divorce orders, and judgements created between 1972 and 1979 by the Cranbrook Supreme Court. Also includes 1969-1975 monthly lists of returned certified copies of decrees from the Cranbrook Court Registry and acknowledgements of the returns by Vital Statistics. Between 1968 and 1985, a judgement by way of decree nisi required a three-month waiting period before a judgement by way of decree absolute could be applied for. During this time, a divorce was not legally in effect without a decree absolute.

Initially, orders, decrees nisi, and decrees absolute are filed together and arranged by case file number, not by volume and folio or by date. This means that records of varying dates are interfiled. Beginning 1 October 1975, records were separated and arranged by volume and folio numbers. As such, cases started but not completed before 30 September 1975 may be found under a case file number, volume and folio numbers, or by both. The records were scheduled for full retention under Court Services ORCS (schedule 100152) 51440-25.

Firm index book.

This series contains Cranbrook court registry correspondence with the Dept. of the Attorney-General. It includes some Magistrate's and Police court records.

Registrar's record books for civil and criminal proceedings in both County and Supreme courts. Volume 1 is indexed, lists 15 constables active in 1911 for South East Kootenay Police District, gives a newspaper clipping describing the naturalization procedure and contains the following oaths: the King's Oath or Chicken Oath (used by Chinese), the Oath of Interpreter, Affirmation, Oath of Foreman in Civil Jury trials, Oath of Jurors, Oath of Stenographer, Japanese Oath, and the witnesses' oath in French and English. Volume 2 lists 14 constables active in 1916 in the South East Kootenay Police District and the oaths.

The series consists of letters of administration and letters probate from Fort Steele, 1906-1909 and from the Supreme Court of Cranbrook, 1906-1978. It includes Form A, Form B, and Form C, each arranged by date of filing. Form A are grants of letters probate in which the deceased individual named the executor of their estate in their will. Form B are grants of letters of administration in which the deceased left a will but named no executor, or the executor was unable to fill the role, so another individual is named. Form C are grants of letters of administration in which the deceased left no will (died intestate), so an individual is named as executor.

This series consists of cause books from Fort Steele Supreme Court, 1900-1908 and from Cranbrook Supreme Court, 1908-1956. Attached to the covers of volume 1 is a list of trust companies registered in 1914; instructions regarding estates of alien enemies, 1915; and British Columbia Gazette excerpts regarding Workmen's Compensation, 1902 and 1904. The books contain primarily civil matters.