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Chapter L-4 · Current to 2025-01-31 · Official PDF

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1 Definitions 2 Land Titles Office Land Titles Office 3 Officers 4 Officials 5 Deputy Registrar 6 Officials under control of Minister 7 Oath of office 8 Seal of office 9 Administration of oaths 10 Officials acting as agents, etc. 11 Business on premises 12 Office hours 13 Keeping of records 14 Daily record 14.1 Pending registration queue 15 Register 16 Record of names 17 Search 20 Substitute instrument or caveat 21 Court order re lost instrument 22 District boundaries 23 Copies of instruments and caveats 24 Registration Registration of grant 25 Memorandum on instrument 26 Land in one certificate 27 Instruments in favour of corporations 28 Statutory declaration required 29 Letters patent 30 Land in national parks 31 Statutory proceedings 32 Registration of estate 33 Registration of title to land already granted 34 Registration of owner arising out of tax recovery proceedings 35 Application for registration 36 Delivery of certificate of title when applicant is original grantee 37 Reference to judge 39 Adverse claims 40 Publication of application 41 Direction for registration 42 Granting certificate on transfer 43 Proof of age 43.1 Proof of identity 44 Post office address, signature, etc. 45 Names and addresses on documents 46 Transfer of ownership 47 Registration of trusts 48 Registration of restrictive covenant 49 Unit operation 50 Formalities in instrument 50.1 Refusal to register 51 Land identification number 52 Undivided fractional interest in minerals 53 Necessity of registration 54 Effect of registration 55 Expropriation 56 Priority of registration 56.1 Electronic Submission, Filing and Registration Definitions 56.11 Registration of documents in electronic format 56.12 Registrar's policies re documents in electronic format 56.13 Registrar's policies re subscribers and submission forms 56.14 Publication and interpretation of Registrar's policies 56.2 Requirements re digital signatures on electronic instruments, plans, caveats and other documents 56.21 Requirements re digital signatures on a submission form 56.31 Production of information 56.4 Evidentiary matters 56.41 Certification authority 56.5 Certification practice statement 56.51 Issuance of certificate re digital signature 56.6 Warranties of certification authority 56.61 Immunity 56.7 Offences re digital signatures 57 Effect of Registration Implied covenants 58 Implied covenants in transfer 59 Negation and modification of implied covenants 60 Obligation affecting land 61 Implied conditions 62 Certificate as evidence of title 63 Omission to send notice 64 Transfers Transfers 64.1 Transfer levy 64.2 Transitional 64.3 Transitional re certain exception 65 Registration of transfer affecting joint tenancy 66 Transfer of Crown land 67 Memorandum of easements on certificate 68 Grant of easement, etc. by owner to himself or herself 69 Utility right of way 70 Rights of way on closed roads 71 Party wall agreement 72 Encroachment agreement 73 Cancellation of certain encumbrances 74.1 Effect of former provision 75 Transfers New certificates re consolidations, etc. 76 Registration of instrument, etc. re Municipal Government Act 77 Illustration of plan of survey 78 Requirements re plan 79 Requirements for registration 80 Survey re transfer 81 Registration of plan of survey 82 Plan of survey re public works, etc. 83 Plan of survey re transfer, etc. 84 Plan of survey re subdivision 85 Signatures of encumbrancees 86 Strata space 87 Statutory plan 88 Registration of descriptive plans 89 Change in natural boundary 90 Actual area of land 91 Application to vary plan 92 Correction of registered plan 93 Change of legal description 94 Sale of subdivided land 95 Leases Requirements of lease 96 Covenants implied in lease 97 Implied powers of lessor 98 Re-entry 99 Short form of lease 100 Surrender of lease 101 Cancellation of expired lease 102 Mortgages and Encumbrances Mortgages and encumbrances 102.1 Mortgage levy 102.2 Transitional 102.3 Transitional re levy amount 103 Mortgage as security 104 Priority of mortgage 105 Mortgages affected by conditional sales agreement 106 Discharge of mortgage or encumbrance 107 Postponements 108 Memorandum in case of extinction of annuity, etc. 109 Priority of transfers of mortgages 110 Liability of transferee 111 Rights of transferee 112 Short form of mortgage 113 Standard form mortgage 114 Use of standard form mortgage 115 Powers of Attorney Power of attorney 116 Transmission Transmission of title on death 117 Transmission of estate or interest under will or in intestacy 118 Tenure of person registered in place of deceased owner 119 Transfer by personal representative to himself or herself 120 Conditions of registration of transfer, etc. 121 Joint tenancy 122 Enforcement Registration of instruments 123 Lapse of instrument 124 Transfer or postponement of writ 125 Discharge of writ 126 Changes of Name Change of name of married person or adult interdependent partner 127 Changes of name 128 Assignment for Benefit of Creditors Assignment for benefit of creditors 129 Amending Agreements Registration of amending agreement 130 Caveats Filing of caveat 131 Requirements of caveat 132 Address for service 133 Encumbrance registered by caveat 134 Duties of Registrar on receipt of caveat 135 Effect of caveat 136 Transfer of caveat 137 Withdrawal of caveat 138 Lapse of caveat 139 Caveat to protect restrictive covenant 140 Extension of time for proceeding on caveat 141 Application to discharge caveat 142 Order for security 143 Refusal to remove caveat 144 Compensation in case of caveat filed wrongfully 145 Number of caveats 146 Order re caveat 147 Priority of caveat 148 Registration of certificate of lis pendens 149 Compensation re certificate of lis pendens 150 Memorandum on withdrawal, etc., of caveat 151 Caveat for Crown or person under disability 152 Cancellation of certificate of lis pendens 153 Liens under the Prompt Payment and Construction Lien Act Construction liens 154 Assignments of Contracts of Sale Assignment of contract 155 Attestation of Instruments Attestation within Alberta 156 Attestation outside Alberta 157 Ineligibility to act as witness 158 Execution by interested commissioner for oaths or notary public 159 Exceptions to sections 155 and 156 160 Effect of failure to comply with attestation requirements 161 Execution of documents by corporation 162 Execution or proof of execution 163 Application of Dower Act 164 Assurance Fees Registration, levies and fees 165 Inspectors 166 Accounting for money received 167 Assurance fees 168 Actions against Registrar 169 Right of action of spouse 170 Protection of bona fide purchasers and mortgagees 171 Registrar as defendant 172 Final judgment against Registrar where co-defendant liable 173 Assignment of judgment to Crown 174 Notice of action to Registrar 175 Payment of judgment out of General Revenue Fund 176 Actions against Registrar in Registrar's name of office 177 Costs of action 178 Limitation of action against Registrar 179 Error in mines and minerals 180 Settlement of claim out of General Revenue Fund 181 Liability of General Revenue Fund 181.1 Transitional 182 Recovery of money paid out of General Revenue Fund 183 Remedial Proceedings Ejectment Protection against ejectment 184 Appeals and References to Judge Appeal to judge from acts of Registrar 185 Reference by Registrar to judge 186 Reservations in original grant from the Crown 187 Correction of instrument 188 Entry of correction 189 Questioning and orders by judge 190 Power of judge to cancel, correct, etc., duplicate certificate 191 Registration of judgment, order or certificate 192 Notice to interested parties 193 Inquiry 194 Appeal Appeal from judge's decision 195 Reference by judge to Court of Appeal 196 Payment of costs 197 Enforcement of orders of court 198 Tariff of costs 199 General Provisions Use of name of owner by beneficiary in action respecting land, etc. 200 Use of instrument as evidence of transfer, etc. 201 Reproduction of instrument or caveat 202 Minerals owned by Crown 203 Protection of person accepting transfer, etc. 204 Suit for specific performance 205 Transfers to trustees and joint owners 206 Notice of court order 207 Jurisdiction of courts 208 Land description in court order 209 Effect of death, etc., on proceedings under Act 210 Effect of irregularity in proceedings 211 Protection of officers, etc. 212 False statements 213 Regulations 214 Furnishing books, forms, etc. 215 Address for service of notice 216 Notice to Crown

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