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→Policy, legislative, and privacy restrictions on access to court records
There is no central registry for court records and documents. To get a copy of a court document you must go to the particular court that dealt with your proceeding, since that's the court registry that <span class="noglossary">will</span> have your file. The BC Government has an [https://bit.ly/3QSrp7y online directory of courthouse locations with contact information].
==Policy, legislative, and privacy restrictions Restrictions on access to court recordsaccessing family law files==
Overall, the Chief Judge of the Provincial Court and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court have the primary responsibility for establishing policies on access to court records for their respective courts. The Court Services Branch of the Ministry of Attorney General, which runs the registries, is responsible for maintaining court records and following these policies. In general, these court records access policies aim to strike a balance between sometimes conflicting objectives: