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Bulletin information:

Issue Date: May 22, 1989
Legislation: Land Titles Act, Registry Act

Bulletin content:

  1. No seal is required on:
    1. a certificate attached to a certified copy of an instrument or deposit furnished under clause 16(4)(c) of the Registry Act or clause 164(4)(c) of the Land Titles Act (Form 5a, Regulation 896)
    2. a certificate in respect of writs of execution under subsection 137(7) of the Land Titles Act.

    In these cases, the seal is not required even if space is provided on the form.

  2. Land Registrar may use or authorize the use of the facsimile signature of the Land Registrar by a Deputy or other signing office authorized under the legislation on;
    1. a certificate attached to a certified copy of an instrument or deposit (subsection 6(8) and Form 5a, Regulation 895)
    2. a certificate of registration under clause 45(1)(a) of the Registry Act (subsection 23(2) and Form 22a, Regulation 896).
    3. a certificate of deposit under subsection 101(1a) of the Registry Act (section 28a and Form 30a, Regulation 896).
    4. a certificate of receipt on the registered original under the Land Titles Act (subsection 42a(3) and Form 21b, Ontario Regulation 75/82).
    5. an entry in the parcel register under the Land Titles Act (subsection 42a(3), Ontario Regulations 75/82).

Having regard to the above, Land Registrars should discontinue the use of seals and use facsimile signature wherever staff workload would be reduced.

Original signed by:

R. Logan, Director of Land Registrations
R. Blomsma, Director of Titles