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- One section contains 640 acres. A section can be further divided into quarters (NE, NW, SE, SW) of 160 acres each or into 16 legal subdivisions (LSDs).
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The Land Titles Office, comprised of the Document Examination and Surveys Sections, is part of the Registry Services Division of Service Alberta. The Assistant Deputy Minister is the official Registrar for the Land Titles Office, but day to day operations are managed within the Land Titles Office by the Executive Director and Directors. Alberta h...
The word “land”, is usually used to refer to the surface of the earth. In a legal sense, however, it refers to that which extends from the centre of the earth to the outer edge of the atmosphere. This is commonly referred to as the “heaven to hell” concept. Someone who owns surface rights to land owns not only the surface but also the space above...
Land law in Alberta is based on the laws of England prior to Confederation. Since then, it has been modified by legislation passed by the governments of Canada and Alberta. Further changes have resulted from judicial rulings in court cases in Alberta, other provinces and even other countries. There are a great many federal, provincial and munici...
Most countries use one of three basic systems for land tenure (ownership) and transfer. These are: Private Conveyancing – The ownership of land must be proved by long complicated instruments (documents), which are kept by the owner. Any person buying the land, therefore, will require the seller to provide these documents going back over as many y...
A person wishing to have land-related documents and/or plans registered at the Land Titles Office must complete a Document Registration Request form (DRR). This DRR is a type of “cover sheet” that must be submitted with the documents and/or plans to ensure that all of the documents and/or plans remain together and are dealt with in accordance with...
The primary purpose of the name search facility is to enable creditors and other parties with statutory rights, to determine what interests in land are owned by the person affected by instruments that previously would have been registered in the General Register prior to its abolishment. Access to the name search facility is limited to those indiv...
Scanning has a dual function at the Land Titles Offices; it provides security and permits rapid searching of documents and other records. After documents are registered they are scanned, an electronic image of a registered document is then available for searching by the public thru SPIN2 www.spin.gov.ab.ca/.
Land ownership is highly prized in our society. It is natural that people dealing in land should want their transactions processed quickly and accurately. It is also reasonable for them to expect searches of land records to be provided to them in a timely manner. Land registration in the Alberta Land Titles Office has a long history of reliable,...
Assignment - The right or privilege of approach to land over other land. person appointed by the court to administer the estate of a deceased person. written statement signed and sworn before a person having authority to administer an oath. transfer to a trustee for the benefit of creditors. Assurance Fund - A fund to compensate any person for loss...
The person having the beneficial enjoyment of property of which another person, usually an executor, administrator or trustee, has the legal title or possession. Bona Fide Purchaser for Value - A purchaser who in good faith has purchased an interest in land for good and valuable consideration. Builders’ Lien – Caveat -
A claim created by statute for the purpose of securing priority of payment of monies due for work done or materials supplied in respect to an improvement. From the Latin word meaning “Let him beware.” It is a registrable document containing a warning or caution that there are persons, other than the registered owner, claiming an interest in the la...
Conveyance - The amount actually paid for something (not necessarily the same as its value). A document which transfers property from one person to another.
A company registered under the Alberta Companies Act or Business Corporations Act.
A spouse’s life estate and other rights in a homestead (see homestead).
A right acquired by one person from another, permitting use of the other’s land for a purpose such as a right-of-way across it.
Any charge on land created or effected according to law for any purpose inclusive of mortgage, encumbrance or builders’ lien.
The nature of the interest of an owner with regard to his land, which may be fee simple or a leasehold or life estate.
The signing, sealing and delivery of documents by the parties as their own acts and deeds, usually in the presence of witnesses.
The person named in someone’s will to carry out the provisions of the will, including the disposition of property.
An action in Court taken after a breach of the conditions of the mortgage, usually the failure to repay the mortgage debt. The mortgagor must redeem the pledges in the mortgage or the Court must extinguish the mortgagor’s right to redeem (called the equity of redemption) and offer the property for sale under process of law.
Conveyance or transfer of ownership of land, usually from the Crown.
parcel of land on which the dwelling house occupied by the owner of the parcel as his residence is situated, and Indefeasible - Instrument - Interest in Land - Joint Tenancy - Judgement -
b) that consists of not more than four adjoining lots in one block in city, town or village as shown on a plan duly registered in the proper Land Titles Office, or not more than one quarter section of land other than land in a city, town or village. That which cannot be lost or taken except by operation of law. Document, such as a transfer, mortgag...
Memorandum - The description of land that for unsubdivided land gives number of section, township, range and meridian and that for subdivided land gives lot, block and plan number or unit and plan number. Municipal addresses quoting streets or avenues are not legal descriptions. An estate during a person’s life, ending on that person’s death. Land...
The joining of two or more estates or interests when the same person acquires both a greater and a lesser interest without an intervening interest and that person indicates that the lesser interest should be extinguished by being merged in the greater interest. Metes and Bounds -
description of land by measurements, distances, bearings and boundaries. document executed between a borrower of money (mortgagor) and a lender (mortgagee) in which the borrower’s land is pledged as security for the loan.
The interest of a tenant in common. – An instrument, issued by the Clerk of the Court, which is a charge on land owned or acquired by the enforcement debtor. Writs bind the land at the time of endorsement on a certificate of title and are in effect for the duration of the judgement once it is attached to a title.
The interest of a tenant in common. – An instrument, issued by the Clerk of the Court, which is a charge on land owned or acquired by the enforcement debtor. Writs bind the land at the time of endorsement on a certificate of title and are in effect for the duration of the judgement once it is attached to a title.
The interest of a tenant in common. – An instrument, issued by the Clerk of the Court, which is a charge on land owned or acquired by the enforcement debtor. Writs bind the land at the time of endorsement on a certificate of title and are in effect for the duration of the judgement once it is attached to a title.
The interest of a tenant in common. – An instrument, issued by the Clerk of the Court, which is a charge on land owned or acquired by the enforcement debtor. Writs bind the land at the time of endorsement on a certificate of title and are in effect for the duration of the judgement once it is attached to a title.
The interest of a tenant in common. – An instrument, issued by the Clerk of the Court, which is a charge on land owned or acquired by the enforcement debtor. Writs bind the land at the time of endorsement on a certificate of title and are in effect for the duration of the judgement once it is attached to a title.
The interest of a tenant in common. – An instrument, issued by the Clerk of the Court, which is a charge on land owned or acquired by the enforcement debtor. Writs bind the land at the time of endorsement on a certificate of title and are in effect for the duration of the judgement once it is attached to a title.
The interest of a tenant in common. – An instrument, issued by the Clerk of the Court, which is a charge on land owned or acquired by the enforcement debtor. Writs bind the land at the time of endorsement on a certificate of title and are in effect for the duration of the judgement once it is attached to a title.
The interest of a tenant in common. – An instrument, issued by the Clerk of the Court, which is a charge on land owned or acquired by the enforcement debtor. Writs bind the land at the time of endorsement on a certificate of title and are in effect for the duration of the judgement once it is attached to a title.
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Each section is one mile on a side, or 80 Chains square (approximately), containing 640 acres. A Third System township therefore measures approximately 486 Chains east-west and 483 Chains north-south. Road allowances provide public access to each quarter- section.
One section contains 640 acres. A section can be further divided into quarters (NE, NW, SE, SW) of 160 acres each or into 16 legal subdivisions (LSDs). Legal land descriptions are written as in the following example:
Apr 6, 2011 · A section is divided into 16 LSD’s. LSD’s are approximately ¼ by ¼ miles in area (approximately 400 by 400 meters, or 40 acres). The surface and bottom coordinates of a well are not referenced to LSD boundaries, but rather to section boundaries. However, the LSD is part of the well name and UWID.
TermShortDimensionBaseline~every 24 milesFirst baseline is the 49º North latitude.Correction lineevery 4 range lines (24.15 miles)The numbering of range lines is re-set at ...Legal Sub-DivisionLSD~¼x¼mi=~40 acresMeridianMevery 4º of longitudeSep 12, 2024 · Sections, Quarters, and Legal Subdivisions: Each township is further divided into 36 sections, each one square mile. These sections can be divided into quarters (NE, NW, SE, SW) or into 16 legal subdivisions (LSDs), providing even more precise land descriptions. How to Find Your Legal Land Description.
The Dominion Land Survey system was proposed in 1869 by John Stoughton Dennis. The initial plan, though based on the square townships of the American Public Lands Survey System, involved 9-mile townships divided into sixty-four 800-acre sections consisting of four 200-acre lots each.
