How to notice cross-examination under section 40 (Form 13) — and autofill cla-13 with my-id.ca
Schedule section 40 cross-examination without retyping party and project details
Parties serving Form 13 under section 40 of the Construction Act repeat examining party identity, lien claimant or trustee names, and project address on every cross-examination notice. This guide is an example of storing them once in my-id.ca.
Official form and source
Start from the official source and always use the current version — form numbers and links can change:
- Service page: Construction Act — ontario.ca
- Form (Central Forms Repository): Form 13 - Notice of Cross-Examination Under Section 40 of the Act Construction Lien Act — cla-13
What this form is about
Form cla-13 is Form 13 — Notice of Cross-Examination Under Section 40 of the Construction Act, notifying a lien claimant, agent, assignee, or workers' trust fund trustee that they will be cross-examined — confirm timing on ontario.ca.
Before you start: what to gather
- Examining party's legal name and address.
- Lien claimant, agent, or trustee name and address.
- Project or premises address tied to the lien.
- Proposed examination date, time, and location.
Confirm the current process on ontario.ca.
How my-id.ca makes it faster
- Save it once. Store your examining party and claimant names, addresses, and project location in your my-id.ca profile.
- Keep documents ready. Upload supporting documents to my-id.ca Files so you are not searching at form time.
- Autofill the form. Use the my-id.ca Chrome extension on a web form, or fill a PDF from your saved profile inside my-id.ca.
- Review and submit yourself through the official channel.
Why do it in my-id.ca
Related Ontario forms repeat the same personal details. Captured once in my-id.ca — stored in Canada, with AI on its own servers — every form starts mostly complete.
Frequently asked questions
- How is cla-13 different from cla-12?
- Confirm which prescribed notice applies to your proceeding on ontario.ca.
- How does my-id.ca help?
- It autofills business names and addresses across Construction Act dispute forms.
- Who may be cross-examined?
- The lien claimant, agent, assignee, or applicable workers' trust trustee — confirm on ontario.ca.
Fill it once. Reuse it everywhere.
Save your information in my-id.ca once, then autofill this form and the next one — web forms with the Chrome extension, PDFs right in the app. Your data is stored in Canada and AI runs on my-id.ca's own servers, never sent to third-party AI providers.