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Bulletin information:

Issue Date: February 23, 1984
Legislation: The Registry Act, Subsection 18(6) & 20(2) & 3 and Ontario Regulation 898 as amended by O. Reg 351/82

Bulletin content:

Subsection 18(6) of the Registry Act provides that wills, letters probate and letters of administration must be registered as general registrations and, except as otherwise provided in the Act, must not be entered in the abstract index. However, subsection 22(2) of the Act provides that a registered instrument may be further recorded in the abstract index upon the registration of a declaration in the prescribed form made by any of the persons mentioned in clause (1)(e) of subsection 22(1). Therefore, wills, letters probate and letters of administration may be entered in the abstract index provided the instrument has securely attached to it a declaration in Form 15 of Reg. 896 made by the heirs, executors or administrators or by their solicitor stating the instrument affects land within the registry division and containing a local description. The request to further record a will, letters of probate or letters of administration may be at the time of registration in the General Register or at any later date. The fee for registration is $15 plus $2 for the extra entry, if registered initially, or $15 (for the first “parcel”) if the declaration is registered as a separate instrument.

Original signed by:

Z.O. Bury, Deputy Director of Titles