Compel witness attendance at an animal-welfare hearing without retyping details

Parties before the Animal Care Review Board who request a witness summons repeat witness identity, owner contacts, and tribunal file references on every Summons to a Witness. This guide is an example of storing them once in hivi.

Official form and source

Start from the official source and always use the current version — form numbers and links can change:

• Service page: Animal Care Review Board — appeals and hearing process — tribunalsontario.ca
• Form (Central Forms Repository): Summons to a Witness — 004-0424

What this form is about

Form 004-0424 is the Summons to a Witness used by a party before the Animal Care Review Board to request that a summons be issued — confirm tribunal rules on tribunalsontario.ca.

Before you start: what to gather

• Witness full legal name and service address.
• Requesting party name and contact details.
• ACRB file number and hearing date and location.
• Testimony or documents sought — prepare with counsel.

Confirm the current process on ontario.ca.

How hivi makes it faster

1. Save it once. Store your witness and party identity details in your hivi profile.
2. Keep documents ready. Upload supporting documents to hivi Files so you are not searching at form time.
3. Autofill the form. Use the hivi Chrome extension on a web form, or fill a PDF from your saved profile inside hivi.
4. Review and submit yourself through the official channel.

Why do it in hivi

Related Ontario forms repeat the same personal details. Captured once in hivi — stored in Canada, with AI on its own servers — every form starts mostly complete.