General Information
- Can I search official land titles records in Manitoba?
- How do I pay for registrations or searches?
- I need the copy of the document right away. Do you have a rush service?
- Can you help me complete my forms?
- If I am dealing with a piece of property outside of Winnipeg, which land titles office should I deal with?
- Can I register documents by mailing them into the office?
Title Information
- What information do I need to search the title to a property?
- What is the difference between a Status of Title and a Record of Title?
- What is the difference between a duplicate title and the original title?
- How do I correct or update my name on my title?
- Do I have to send in my title when registering a transfer at land titles?
- Why do I need to provide an address for service?
Builders’ Liens, Judgments, and Caveats
- I believe that someone has registered or will be registering a lien/judgment against my land. How can I find out if this has happened?
- I just received a notice in the mail telling me that a caveat has been registered on my title. What is a caveat?
- How can I get an invalid or expired caveat off my title? I am unable to get a discharge from the person who registered it.
- A judgment is registered against the title to my property. I do not believe that the judgment is validly registered. I am unable to get a discharge from the person who has the judgment. How can I get it off my title?
- The thirty day notice process
- A person owes me money. Can I register a lien on their land?
Changes in Ownership
- How can I add or remove a name on my title? Does it make any difference if this person is my spouse, parent, child or sibling?
- My spouse has passed away. How do I get our land into my name alone?
- Can you help me calculate the assessed value or fair market value of my land?
- What is land transfer tax, and how is it calculated?
- I have paid land transfer tax in error on a transfer already processed by land titles. How can I get these monies refunded?
- Who can give the evidence that a transfer document is not subject to land transfer tax?
Condominiums
Corporations
- My corporation is acquiring land in the province of Manitoba. My corporation was incorporated in Manitoba. What do you require from me?
- My corporation is transferring (or mortgaging) land in the province of Manitoba. Title is already in the name of the corporation. What do you require from me?
- My corporation is acquiring a mortgage on lands in Manitoba. My corporation was incorporated in the province of Manitoba. What do you require from me?
- My corporation is acquiring a mortgage on lands in the province of Manitoba, but it was not incorporated in the province of Manitoba. What do you require from me?
- My corporation owns land in Manitoba (or has a mortgage on lands in Manitoba). The corporation has changed its name by virtue of amendment (or amalgamation). What does land titles require for the corporation to be able to deal with the land (mortgage)?
Forms
- What is a smart form and how do I use it?
- What is the difference between a content page and a signature page?
- Can I include content pages with different security images? Can I substitute pages?
- Does the correction policy apply to the smart forms?
- Can I print a smart form before locking the content pages?
- What happens if I lock the content pages and then need to make a change to them?
Mortgages
- I have paid off my mortgage. What do I have to do to get it off my title?
- Can my lender charge me a fee for preparing a discharge of my mortgage? If so, how much can they charge?
- I paid off my mortgage some time ago, but it is still on my title. What can I do?
- I paid off my mortgage years ago, but I do not know if the mortgage has been removed from my title. How can I find this out?
Subdivision, Planning, and Land Surveying
- How can I get a copy of a survey plan?
- How can I get a copy of a plan deposit?
- Can you give me a copy of the survey certificate for a particular property?
- I wish to subdivide my property. Under what circumstances may I subdivide without having a plan prepared?
- I have been told that to subdivide my property I must have a plan prepared. Why is this?
- I have been told that to subdivide my land I need a survey plan. Can I use my staking and/or building location certificate?
COVID-19 Process
- Will video witnessing be a temporary measure?
- For clients not falling under the eRegistration mandate, and requiring assistance with registrations such as survivorship requests, is it possible to have documents mailed to them?
- The current samples of language for remote witnessing certificates both indicate that the documents were forwarded via regular mail. Can other means be used?
- Can consents and releases under The Homesteads Act be witnessed via video?
- Is video witnessing within the lawyer’s discretion?
- Will land titles accept signatures on accompanying documents in lieu of signatures on mylars for plan series?