The article is devoted to the aspects of the implementation of the principles and the specifics of the appointment of forensic examination in civil proceedings. The system of normative legal acts on forensic examination in civil proceedings has been investigated. The relationship between the concepts of "expertise" and "forensic examination" have been determined and analyzed. The characteristic features of forensic examination have been studied: first, forensic examination is determined by a specific procedural form; secondly, it can be carried out on the basis of a court order; thirdly, forensic examination is carried out by a forensic expert; fourthly, a correctly drawn up expert opinion is a means of proof in civil proceedings; fifth, the results of the forensic examination are used by the court. Highlighted and analyzed are the principles of forensic examination in civil proceedings, provided for by Art. 3 of the Law of Ukraine "On Forensic Expertise", namely the legality, independence, objectivity and completeness of the study. Separately, the set of conditions for which, in accordance with Art. 103 of the Civil Procedure Code of Ukraine, the court appoints an examination of the case: firstly, to establish the circumstances that may be significant for the case, for the sake of which special knowledge is required in a field other than law, without which it is impossible to establish the relevant circumstances; secondly, in the case when the parties or the party did not present the expert's opinion on a specific issue or the expert's opinion raises doubts about its correctness. A list of specific actions that the court at the stage of deciding on the appointment of a forensic examination has the right to implement in accordance with the Resolution of the Plenum of the Supreme Court of Ukraine dated May 30, 1997 No. 8 "On forensic examination in criminal and civil cases" is provided. The aspects of the appointment and conduct of forensic examination in civil proceedings are analyzed. The facts are highlighted that should be taken into account when deciding on the advisability of appointing an examination in a civil case