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156 Attestation outside Alberta

Current to 2025-01-31 · Official PDF

Subject to section 159, every instrument executed outside the
limits of Alberta and that may be registered under this Act, shall be
witnessed by one person, who shall sign the person's name to the
instrument as a witness and who shall appear before one of the
following persons and make an affidavit in the prescribed form:
(a) if made in any province or territory of Canada, before a
judge of any court of record, a commissioner authorized to
take affidavits in the province or territory for use in any
court of record in Alberta, or before a notary public under
the notary public's official seal;
(b) if made in Great Britain or Northern Ireland, before a judge
of the Supreme Court of Judicature in England or Northern
Ireland, or of the Court of Session or of the Judiciary Court
in Scotland, or a judge of any of the county courts within the
judge's county, or the mayor of a city or incorporated town,
under the common seal of the city or town, or before any
commissioner in Great Britain or Northern Ireland,
authorized to take affidavits in Great Britain or Northern
Ireland, for use in any court of record in Alberta, or a notary
public under the notary public's official seal;
(c) if made in any British Dominion, colony or possession
outside Canada, before a judge of any court of record, the
mayor of a city or incorporated town, under the common
seal of the city or town, or a notary public under the notary
public's official seal;
(d) if made in any foreign country, before the mayor of any ci ty
or incorporated town, under the common seal of the city or
town, or before the Canadian or British consul, vice-consul
or consular agent residing in the foreign country or before a
judge of any court of record or a notary public under the
notary public's official seal.
RSA 1980 cL-5 s152;1983 c46 s2;1985 c48 s2(40)
RSA 2000