Proposals for a Land Recording and Registration Act for Alberta, Final Report 69 Volume 2

October 29, 1993

Proposals for a Land Recording and Registration Act for Alberta, Final Report 69 Volume 1

Volume 1 of this report recommends that a new Land Recording and Registration Act be enacted to provide a modern and more efficient system of land recording and registration for Alberta. The new Act would replace the Land Titles Act (Alberta). The report contains a draft of the proposed Act. Parts 1 to 8 of the draft Act establish a reformed system of recording and registering interests in land which preserves the beneficial aspects of the existing system of […]

Section 195 of the Land Titles Act, Final Report 63

This report recommends that section 195 of the Land Titles Act be amended so that purchasers may rely on the Land Titles Office register. The amended section should make it clear that actual or constructive notice of an off-register interest does not affect a non-fraudulent purchaser who acquires an interest from the registered or caveated owner of the interest. This report contains a draft of an amended section 195. Section 195 protects the purchaser against finding that […]

February 1, 1993

Report on Liens, Report for Discussion 13

A lien is an interest in property, similar to a security interest, which enables a creditor to retain (usually) or seize (occasionally) property belonging to a debtor. The rules governing liens in Alberta (at the time of publication) were widely varied, and controlled by a number of different statutes. This report suggests the creation of a unified Liens Act which would resolve problems such as the registration of liens, the priority of different interests on […]

September 2, 1992

Towards a New Alberta Land Titles Act, Report for Discussion 8

This Report for Discussion accompanies the report of the Joint Land Titles Committee entitled Renovating the Foundation: Proposals for a Model Land Recording and Registration Act for the Provinces and Territories of Canada. The core of the Joint Committee’s report is a Model Land Recording and Registration Act. In this Report for Discussion we discuss some existing Alberta law and make some comparisons between it and the Model Act. We do so only to illuminate […]

August 2, 1990

Expropriation, Final Report 12

This is an extensive report. In its examination of the procedures of expropriation, it recommends procedural fairness that is as expeditious as fairness permits. This requires notice to the owner of a proposed expropriation and provision for objections by the owner. If land is taken, there has to be the right to payment of a reasonable proportion of his compensation before owner is obliged to give up possession. The time from the inception of the […]

March 1, 1973