How to make an offer to settle (Form 49A) — and autofill rcp-49a with my-id.ca
Deliver a Rule 49 offer to settle without retyping party and counsel details
Parties making an offer to settle under Rule 49 repeat offering and receiving party identities, counsel contacts, and court file references on every Form 49A. 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: Ontario Superior Court of Justice — ontariocourts.ca
- Form (Central Forms Repository): FORM 49A - Court of Justice Act. Offer to Settle — rcp-49a
What this form is about
Form rcp-49a is Form 49A — Offer to Settle under the Courts of Justice Act and Rules of Civil Procedure — confirm costs consequences with counsel on ontariocourts.ca.
Before you start: what to gather
- Offering party legal name and address.
- Receiving party name and address.
- Offering counsel name, firm, address, and contacts.
- Court file number and offer terms — prepare amount and conditions with counsel.
Confirm the current process on ontario.ca.
How my-id.ca makes it faster
- Save it once. Store your party and counsel identity details 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 should I use Form 49A?
- When making a formal offer to settle under Rule 49 — confirm strategy with counsel.
- How does my-id.ca help?
- It autofills party and counsel names and addresses; offer terms are entered separately.
- What if the offer is withdrawn?
- Form rcp-49b is the notice of withdrawal of offer.
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.