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Land Title Documents
When a title registration application is received at an LTSA Land Title Office, the full-text document relating to the registration accompanies the application. Common title-related documents that the LTSA receives and retains include:
- Mortgages
- Ownership transfers and other conveyances
- Claims of lien
- Agreements for sale
- Certificates of pending litigation
- Judgments
- Restrictive covenants
- Statutory rights of way
- Foreclosure orders
- Easements
- Crown forfeitures
- Statutory building schemes
- Leases
- Tax sale notices
- Releases of various interests
- Caveats
- Court orders
Land title documents are assigned a document reference number which when registered is recorded on the property's title in the LTSA's ALTOS system. The document number is the access point for its retrieval, when required.
Many of the LTSA's historic records are title-related paper documents which are securely stored in land title office vaults. All paper documents received by land title offices since 1994 have been scanned and stored in electronic format upon receipt. LTSA staff then proceed with the examination and registration of the documents in electronic form. Today, all documents registered since 1994 may be obtained in electronic form through BC OnLine, and some of those dating prior to this date will be accessible electronically in the future. As a result, the LTSA can provide convenient online access to over 10 million electronic title-related documents.
The LTSA's Electronic Filing System (EFS) enables professionals to submit documents via a secure online system, virtually eliminating the need to transport and physically process hundreds of thousands of hard-copy paper land title documents each year. This system provides time-saving efficiencies to both its customers and LTSA staff, and results in a very high quality digital image of registered land title documents.
Accessing Records
Types of Land Title and Survey Records
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