Tariff of Fees Regulation, Alta. Reg. 120/2000

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(Consolidated up to 354/2003)
ALBERTA REGULATION 120/2000
Land Titles Act
TARIFF OF FEES REGULATION
Table of Contents
	1	Fees
	2	Services for the Crown
	3	Transfers and leasehold titles
	4	Mortgages and encumbrances
	5	Caveats
	6	Writs of enforcement
	7	Builders' liens
	8	Plans
	9	New descriptions
	10	Tax recovery services
	11	Other documents
	12	Extra titles
	13	Extra cancellations or endorsements
	14	Searches and other services
	15	Refunds
	16	Repeal
	17	Expiry
	18	Coming into force


Fees
1(1)  The fees prescribed by this Regulation are
	(a)	the fees for the performance of a duty by the Registrar, 
and
	(b)	the assurance fund fees.
(2)  For each fee, 90% of the total amount is payable as the fee for 
the performance of the duty specified and 10% of the total amount 
is payable as the assurance fund fee.
Services for the Crown
2   Registrations and searches for the Crown in right of Alberta, 
other than for
	(a)	an agent of the Crown in right of Alberta,
	(b)	a treasury branch,
	(c)	the Minister of Municipal Affairs  
pursuant to Part 10 of the Municipal  
Government Act, or
	(d)	the Public Trustee,
 
NIL
Transfers and leasehold titles
3(1)  A notification, transfer, vesting order or 
application for a leasehold certificate of title
 
$35 plus
for each $5000 or portion thereof of value of the 
land or interest in land
 
$1
(2)  A leasehold interest in land must be valued at

	(a)	the value of the land, including the value 
of any leasehold improvements that are 
intended to be made, or

	(b)	the amount determined by multiplying 5% 
of the value of the land as determined in 
clause (a) by the number of years or part 
thereof remaining in the term of the lease.

(3)   A transfer or an order correcting an error in a 
previous transaction or reversing an aborted sale 
transaction
 
 
$35 plus
for each $5000 or portion thereof of additional 
value, if any,
 
$1
Mortgages and encumbrances
4(1)  A mortgage or an encumbrance that is not 
otherwise specifically mentioned


$15 plus
for each $5000 or portion thereof of principal 
amount, if any,
 
$1
except if

	(a)	the value of the land or interest in land 
being mortgaged or encumbered in 
Alberta is less than the principal amount, 
the fee may be based on the value of the 
land or interest in land,

	(b)	the maximum amount of the encumbrance 
is not known or ascertainable, the fee must 
be based on the value of the land or 
interest in land being encumbered or on an 
amount declared by the encumbrancee to 
be a maximum amount in respect of which 
security will be claimed, or

	(c)	it is a mortgage or encumbrance in which 
the mortgagee or encumbrancee is the 
same party as the mortgagee, 
encumbrancee or transferee under a 
subsisting registered or caveated mortgage 
or encumbrance and it is established that 
the mortgage or encumbrance is

	(i)	supplemental or collateral to the 
registered or caveated mortgage or 
encumbrance,

	(ii)	a substitute for the registered or 
caveated mortgage or encumbrance, 
or

	(iii)	being registered against an individual 
parcel or condominium unit as a 
partial replacement for the registered 
mortgage which is a block mortgage 
applicable to several parcels or 
condominium units
 
 
 
 
 
$15 plus
	for each $5000 of additional principal 
amount, if any, or if the fees for the 
registered or caveated mortgage or 
encumbrance were originally calculated 
on the basis of land value, for each $5000 
of the value of additional land or interest 
in land
 
 
 
 
 
 
$1
(2)  The value of the land or interest in land for the 
purpose of subsection (1) and eligibility under 
subsection (1)(c) must be established by affidavit 
submitted at the time of registration or within 180 
days after registration if a reduction in the original 
fee charged is requested, and the value must include 
the value of any improvements that are intended to 
be made to form part of the security for the 
mortgage or encumbrance.

(3)  An encumbrance securing an annuity, rent 
charge, vendor's lien or purchaser's lien
 
$15
(4)  A mortgage or encumbrance that has been 
registered or that has been protected by registration 
of a caveat and for which full fees pursuant to 
subsection (1) have been paid
 
 
 
$15
(5)  An agreement that amends a mortgage or 
encumbrance by increasing the principal amount 
secured 
 
 
$15 plus
for each $5000 or portion thereof of the additional 
principal amount
 
$1
Caveats
5(1)  A caveat other than a caveat to which section 
133 of the Land Titles Act applies

 
$15
(2)  Lapse of a caveat 
$10
Writs of enforcement
6(1)  A writ of enforcement 

$15 plus
for each $5000 or portion thereof of the amount for 
which the writ was issued
 
$1
(2)  A writ of enforcement that has been registered 
against other land and for which full fees pursuant 
to subsection (1) have been paid
 
 
$15
Builders' liens
7(1)  A builders' lien other than a builders' lien by 
a labourer for wages


 
$15
(2)  A builders' lien by a labourer for wages or any 
document relating to such a lien, including a 
certificate of lis pendens and discharge and extra 
endorsements
 
 
 
NIL
(3)  Lapse of a builders' lien
$10
Plans
8(1)  A plan
$30 plus
	(a)	for each parcel created by a plan of 
subdivision or road plan, including the 
cancellation, issuance or amendment of 
certificates of title
 
 
 
$10
	(b)	for each parcel affected by a right of way 
plan 
 
$2
(2)  A document cancelling, varying or correcting a 
plan
 
$30
New descriptions
9   Approval of a new parcel description
$30
Tax recovery services
10(1)  A tax arrears list
$10
(2)  A tax notification endorsement 
$5
(3)  Mailing of a tax notice
$5
Other documents
11(1)  A notice of change of address - for the first 
endorsement


 
NIL plus
for each additional endorsement, whether or not the 
address change is included in one or more notices
 
$2
(2)  Merger of an estate or interest
$15
(3)  Issuance of a mineral certificate
$10
(4)  Any other document not specifically mentioned 
which results in a change or amendment of 
registered ownership or parcel description in a 
certificate of title
 
 
 
$15
(5)  Any discharging document not specifically 
mentioned
 
$5
(6)  Any other document not specifically mentioned
$10
Extra titles
12   Each certificate of title issued or affected by a 
change or amendment of registered ownership or 
parcel description pursuant to a registration, after 
the first certificate of title,


 
 
 
$10
Extra cancellations or endorsements
13   Each cancellation or endorsement pursuant to a 
registration, after the first cancellation or 
endorsement,


 
 
$5
Searches and other services
14(1)  In conjunction with a registration service, an 
electronically-generated certified copy of


 
$2
	(a)	a certificate of title,
$2
	(b)	a condominium additional plan sheet,
$2
	(c)	a non-patent record sheet,
$2
(2)  A copy of a cancelled certificate of title 
produced from microfilm or microfiche,
 
$2
(3)  A copy of a document
$5
but if provided through a registry agent,
$3
(4)  A copy of a plan,

	(a)	if it is a paper copy,
$3
	(b)	if it is a digital copy,
$2
	(c)	if it is a mylar copy,
$5 plus $2 
for each 
square foot 
in excess 
of 2 1/2 
square feet

	(d)	if it is requested to be delivered on 
diskette,
$1 plus the 
fee 
prescribed 
for each 
digital 
copy of a 
plan
	(e)	if it is requested to be delivered on a CD 
ROM,
$10 plus 
the fee 
prescribed 
for each 
digital 
copy of a 
plan
(5)  Certification of a cancelled certificate of title 
search or a copy of a plan or document,
 
$2
(6)  A search sent via manual facsimile 
transmission, the fee payable for the item searched 
plus
 
$1 for each 
item
(7)  A duplicate of a master roll (1000 documents) 
of microfilm 
 
$50
(8)  For a name search under section 17 of the Land 
Titles Act where the information provided is in 
respect of current owners, historical registered 
owners or current document parties

	(a)	a report indicating that no names were 
found
 
$2
	(b)	a summary list showing title or instrument 
particulars in respect of names found
 
$12
AR 120/2000 s14;251/2001;108/2003
Refunds
15   The Registrar may authorize the refund of the fee paid for a 
document that was registered in error or for a search or other 
service that was provided in error.
Repeal
16   The Tariff of Fees Regulation (AR 140/87) is repealed.
Expiry
17   For the purpose of ensuring that this Regulation is reviewed 
for ongoing relevancy and necessity, with the option that it may be 
repassed in its present or an amended form following a review, this 
Regulation expires on June 30, 2011.
AR 120/2000 s17;354/2003
Coming into force
18   This Regulation comes into force on July 2, 2000.
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