How to post a financial guarantee bond (Form 23) — and autofill cla-23 with my-id.ca
Post a subsection 78(10) financial guarantee without retyping party and surety details
Parties posting a financial guarantee bond under subsection 78(10) of the Construction Act repeat obligor and beneficiary names, addresses, project location, and bond particulars on every Form 23 bond. 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 23 - Financial Guarantee Bond Under Subsection 78 (10) of the Act Construction Lien Act — cla-23
What this form is about
Form cla-23 is Form 23 — Financial Guarantee Bond under subsection 78(10) of the Construction Act, securing obligations related to a lien dispute — confirm bond requirements on ontario.ca.
Before you start: what to gather
- Obligor legal name and address.
- Beneficiary or opposing party names and addresses.
- Premises or project address subject to the lien.
- Bond amount and surety details — prepare with counsel and insurer.
Confirm the current process on ontario.ca.
How my-id.ca makes it faster
- Save it once. Store your party 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
- When is a financial guarantee bond required?
- Under subsection 78(10) in prescribed lien disputes — confirm with counsel.
- How is cla-23 different from cla-15-1?
- Form 15.1 is a guarantee bond under a different subsection — use the form matching your order.
- How does my-id.ca help?
- It autofills business names and addresses; bond underwriting stays with your surety.
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.