When is the deadline for obtaining an execution order from the prothonotary?
The catalogue records a 5 years period from Date of the judgment. This draft page remains free only until its source, worked example and limits are reviewed.
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- Rule 79.05(2): a judge may permit a person to make a motion to the prothonotary for an initial execution order more than five years after the date of the judgment. Rule 79.05(4): the motion for permission may be made ex parte. Rule 79.05(3): a prothonotary may require fresh permission from a person who obtains permission and then delays making the motion. Never compute an extension.
- ADDED ON VERIFICATION. The enforcement counterpart of a limitation period, and easily missed because it runs from the judgment rather than from any step in the enforcement process. Expressed in years, so counted as calendar years and not under r 94.02(1). Verified against the Official Consolidated Civil Procedure Rules, consolidation of 19 June 2026, published by the Courts of Nova Scotia.