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These forms guide you through the process of making and responding to civil claims, or applying for a restraining order against someone in the District Court.
Use these forms to make or respond to a civil claim in the District Court. However, if the claim is in defamation, is a proceeding in admiralty, or is an action to enforce an arbitral award, then you should make the claim using the statement of claim and notice of proceeding forms. Please email civil@justice.govt.nz for word template versions of these forms and for further information.
If you need help with filling in the forms or want to know more about the claims process, you can also talk to your lawyer, a community law centre, legal aid or a citizens advice bureau.
Instructions
Forms 2 to 6CCA can be filled in on your computer. The changes cannot be saved unless you have Adobe Acrobat Professional installed on your computer. If you do not have this programme, you will need to print them out.
If you do not already have Adobe Acrobat Reader, you can download it for free from the Adobe website.
For a non-PDF version of a form, please email civil@justice.govt.nz
- Claims
- Counterclaims
- Examples of completed civil claim forms
- Related civil claims forms
- Restraining orders
Claims
Starting a claim
Please note that we have translated the warnings on this form so that people who have English as a second language are not disadvantaged.
Making a claim
- Form 4 – Plaintiff's information capsule (PDF, 601Kb)
- Form 6 – Notice of pursuit of claim (PDF, 562Kb)
- Form 6A – Application for judgment (PDF, 574Kb)
Responding to a claim
Counterclaims
Starting a counterclaim
Making a counterclaim
- Form 4CC – Defendant's information capsule (for counterclaim) (PDF, 759Kb)
- Form 6CC – Notice of pursuit of counterclaim (PDF, 677Kb)
- Form 6CCA – Application for judgment (for counterclaim) (PDF, 680Kb)
Responding to a counterclaim
- Form 3CC – Response by plaintiff (for counterclaim) (PDF, 811Kb)
- Form 5CC – Plaintiff's information capsule (for counterclaim) (PDF, 807Kb)
Examples of completed civil claims forms
- Example of Form 2 - Notice of claim (PDF, 567Kb)
- Example of Form 3 - Response by defendant (PDF, 897Kb)
- Example of Form 4 - Plaintiff's information capsule (PDF, 820Kb)
- Example of Form 6 - Notice of pursuit of claim (PDF, 381Kb)
- Example of Form 5 - Defendant's information capsule (PDF, 688Kb)
Related civil claims forms
If one party lives overseas
- Form G6 – Notice to defendant served overseas (PDF, 31Kb)
- Form G7 – Appearance under protest to jurisdiction (PDF, 26Kb)
