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This page provides access to various guides and publications for the LTSA's Electronic Filing System (EFS).

Land Title Division - EFS User Guides and Publications

• EFS User Guide updated April 2010
• Form 17 Help Guide updated April 2010
• EFS Preliminary Inspection Process
• EFS Scanning Requirements updated March 2008
• EFS System Requirements updated March 2009
• Digital Signature Setup updated October 2008
• Electronic Plan Application Help Guide updated April 2010
• Land Titles EFS Requirements for Land Title Plans - Table of Concordance
• Advice to Approving Authorities

Continuing Legal Education - Related Publications

• Land Title Practice Manual
• Land Title Forms Guidebook (aka 'Green Book')

Director of Land Titles - EFS Practice Bulletins

• Post Searches Prior to Advancing Funds
• Filing Executed Paper Copies of Electronic Forms (Bulletin 404 - V.1.1)
• Letter of Withdrawal Submitted by Fax (Bulletin 304)
• Land Title Act, Section 168.51 - Production of Evidence (Bulletin 306)
• Land Title Practice Notes and Bulletins

Law Society of BC and Society of Notaries Public of BC - Related Publications

• July 15, 2007 - Electronic Signatures on Land Title Documents
• March 12, 2007 - EFS and Retention of Documents
• June 6, 2006 - Insurance Issues: Risk Management and EFS

Crown Land Plan Submissions via EFS - User Guides and Publications

• Crown Land Plan Submissions via EFS - User Guide

Surveyor General - EFS Practice Bulletins

• Practice Bulletin No. 1 - Surveyor General's Requirements for a Certification Authority
• Practice Bulletin No. 2 - Surveyor General's Requirements for Electronic Filing

Information Brochures on EFS and EFS Logos

• Direction to Owners and Charge Holders (when consenting to electronic survey plan submission)
• Information for Approving Authorities (when consenting to electronic survey plan submission)
• Electronic Survey Plan Process
• EFS Logo Identity Guidelines
• Download the EFS logo for web use in JPG format or for printed documents in EPS format (right click on the logo and select 'save target as')
• Download the 'We Use EFS' logo for web use in JPG format or for printed documents in EPS format (right click on the logo and select 'save target as')