The legal property descriptions are written as in the following example: Now you will see at the bottom middle: the parcel, block and plan number of the property. In this case, it is a plan: `4390NY` and block `C` (no lot number in this case as the building occupies the entire property). If you just need the legal description, you`re done. If you want to know the track number or the LINC number, you can visit another website. (Click here for my next tutorial How to Find the LINC Number of a Title Title Number) to learn how to find the LINC Number or Land Title Number based on the Legal Description) I thought I`d do a short tutorial on how to get a legal description on a property. It`s pretty simple and the best part is that it doesn`t cost anything. This tutorial is for people who live in Edmonton, but your community may have a searchable property tax database that should serve the same purpose. Our law firms in Edmonton and Calgary will do this research when you need it. If you need a land title search or a document registered in the title, please send us an email. This is the fastest way for us to offer this service. Please send us your legal description by email. If you don`t know, let us know and we`ll let you know the cost of the additional research required to order the title. We will then arrange the payment and take care of the service for you.
Finally, please email us here for any title search for a property in Alberta. We accept payments via electronic bank transfer or credit card authorization, so you never have to leave the comfort of your home or digital device for this service. We will then send you the title by email. Since all registrations with the Alberta Land Titles Office are public records, anyone is allowed to conduct a land title search on someone else`s property. Just for the search for land titles, we charge 75 US dollars. For this, we need the legal description. If we require a tax certificate, the cost will vary depending on the municipality where the property is located. For example, these range from $20 to $45. You can always contact a registrar if you want information about a property, or a real estate agent can help you too. Here is a list of registration agents in Alberta if you need assistance. If you need information about real estate in Edmonton, please contact me here and I can help you.
• Step 2 – Enter the address in the fields on the left side of the website. The house number and street name are usually sufficient, but don`t forget the unit number if it`s a suite or apartment. Note: If the site displays a red warning that the address was not found, autofill sometimes brings up this note first, but that`s okay. Click on “Find Address” and the map should show the property There are several ways to find your legal description for a land title search. The easiest way is to have an old copy of your title. It is located at the top left of the title. See the image on this page for an example. Alternatively, if you have your tax bill from your city or another municipality. This document contains your legal description.
Other documents that contain your legal description include, for example, a real estate report, a copy of your mortgage and documents from the purchase of your property. The Land Titles Act provides the legal framework for the Land Registration Department, which creates and removes legal property rights. The land registration system used in Alberta is based on the Torrens Land Registration System and is subject to the legislative authority of the Land Titles Act. Under this system, the government has custody of all original titles, documents and plans, and has legal responsibility for the validity and security of all registered land title information. You can also find your legal description by visiting a land registry in your city, checking the title deed, or contacting a legal department to help you. • First you need the address of the property. Take Edmonton City Hall at 1 Sir Winston Churchill Place. The legal description of the land follows a fixed sequence of quarter section, municipality, zone and meridian: For example, designation NW 27-9-25 W2 means the northwest quarter of section 27 in township 9 range 25 west of the second meridian. In the original survey, marker pins were placed on the quarter sections, and these survey piles contained the identification of the land incised in Roman numerals. From the top, an Alberta land title includes a Land Identification Number (LINC) code, a short short short legal description and a title number. Each parcel is assigned a unique CLIC, while the short legal description of the land usually includes the meridian, area, community and neighbourhood of the land. The title number is self-explanatory.
“Township” also describes the six-mile by six-mile square that is created when the chain and township lines intersect. These townships are divided into 36 sections, each measuring one mile by one square mile. One section contains 640 hectares. A section can be divided into districts (NE, NW, SE, SW) of 160 acres each, or into 16 legal subdivisions (LSD). The easiest way for you to do a country title search is to send us an email. If you want to save money, send us the legal description of the property. The legal description is “Plan, Block, Lot”. It is a set of three digits or a combination of numbers and letters.
For a condominium, we need the condominium plan number as well as the legal unit (no, the municipality number at the front door) of the apartment. Without these figures, there is a slight increase in costs, because then we have to order a tax certificate with the legal description. Next, a land title in Alberta lists the legal description of a parcel, which is an extension of the brief legal description (meridian, zone, municipality, section) as well as a description of what the property contains. In some cases, a land title may include an “Exempt” section that identifies features not controlled by the title, such as roads and public infrastructure. In addition, most Albertans do not have surface rights to their lands and their titles often include the phrase “Except all mines and minerals.” These sections are divided into neighborhoods, and sometimes the sections may have been divided into legal subdivisions and neighborhoods of legal subdivisions. The wards consisted of approximately 160 acres (about 65 ha), and the legal subdivisions were sixteen per section, or forty acres (16 ha) each. Townships, ranks, sections and legal subdivisions are numbered, while quarter sections and quarters of legal subdivisions are identified by their location by compass, i.e. southwest, southeast, northwest and northeast wards within a section.
Townships are numbered consecutively from the U.S. border to the north, and mountain ranges are numbered westward from each meridian. There are zone lines at the prime meridian west of Winnipeg and thereafter at each meridian. The second line is at 102 degrees west longitude, then the four degrees west longitude. This makes it possible to identify the plots if the legal description of the land is known and understood. The following section describes the type of land ownership. With the exception of the Crown, land in Canada can never be fully owned. The highest form of land ownership in Canada is fief-simple, with owners free to do whatever they want with the land, subject to government restrictions such as expropriation of land for road or infrastructure purposes.