Apply for an initial section 24 certificate without retyping party details

Repairers and storers enforcing liens under the Repair and Storage Liens Act repeat their name, business address, the debtor's details, and article particulars on every Application for Initial Certificate under section 24. 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: Suing someone in Small Claims Court — ontario.ca
• Form (Central Forms Repository): Application for Initial Certificate under Section 24 — 002-5226

What this form is about

Form 002-5226 is Form 3 — Application for Initial Certificate under section 24 of the Repair and Storage Liens Act — confirm service and filing rules on ontario.ca.

Before you start: what to gather

• Your legal or business name and address.
• Debtor name and address and article description.
• Amount claimed and date of default.
• Supporting invoices or storage records — confirm on ontario.ca.

Confirm the current process on ontario.ca.

How hivi makes it faster

1. Save it once. Store your name, address, and debtor contact 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.