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*files that are three to seven years old may be in on-site storage, and there <span class="noglossary">will</span> be a delay of a few hours before the court can get the file for you, and
*files older than seven or so years are usually stored off-site, and there <span class="noglossary">will</span> be a delay of a few days while the file is retrieved.
Also note that court files older than 15 years are generally destroyed, with the exception of certain materials like court orders which are sent to BC Archives. For information about archived court documents read the handy online information page from Courthouse Libraries BC's ''Our Legal Knowledge Base'': [https://www.courthouselibrary.ca/how-we-can-help/our-legal-knowledge-base/court-documents-provincial-archives Court Documents at the Provincial Archives]
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