Northwest Territories Writs of Execution Numbering Change
21 June 2002

There has been a change in the numbering of writs of execution in the Northwest Territories. The new format is W0001Wyyyy###### where yyyy is the year the writ was issued (e.g. 2002) and ###### is a consecutive numbering scheme that starts with 000001 in each year. This new format is 16 characters in length, while the Sheriff's File Number field in the Personal Property Registry (PPR) is only 12 characters in length.

Until this change has been addressed in the Personal Property Security Regulations and the PPR, registrants are advised to enter the last 12 characters of the writ number in the Sheriff's File Number field.