Land Title

Land Title Service

When you or your business requires land title information, our qualified and knowledgeable staff at Accu-Search Registries Inc. provides accurate land title searches in Edmonton, Calgary, Alberta, and across Canada.

A land title simply shows the ownership of lands to a registered owner, and provides important information about a piece of property, such as a legal description of the parcel and any legal charges against the title.

Resuest Land Title Search

We offer online Corporate, Personal Property, and Land Titles searches.

We search the land titles database, municipal sources, and many other non-government databases for the following:

Searching by Address

Manual Search

Some municipalities require a manual search for a legal description, which is processed from 9 AM to 5:30 PM, Monday to Friday. You’ll be informed if it's manual up front, and no credit card info is needed initially.

Immediate Results

Most address searches provide instant results and you are charged $23.50 upon submission.

Land Title Search

We search for land titles using the legal land description or land title number. This information can be found on one of several documents you may have in your private or business records, including:

  • Taxation assessment
  • Mortgage
  • Previous land title

If you can’t find the land title number or information in your papers, we can search for it using the municipal address of the property. One piece of land may have more than one title, so it’s always a good idea to get a land title search completed before performing any sort of real estate transaction or transfer of ownership concerning land.

A land title is required to:

  • Formalize the transference of land ownership
  • Authorize a record of land ownership
  • Make land negotiations and resolve land disputes

You may be the sole owner of a parcel of land or a co-owner (or tenant) with one or more other persons. The different types of titles for private and commercial purposes include:

  • Freehold title: the land owner and beneficiaries own the property outright
  • Joint tenancy: individuals each own a certain percentage of a parcel of land; upon one person’s death, his or her percentage goes to the other owners
  • Tenancy-in-common: shared ownership where a person’s share goes to heirs, not the other owners, at death
  • Company-based ownership: legal ownership of property by a company instead of an individual or group of individuals
  • Trust-based ownership: a trust set up in estate planning becomes the title owner and offsets property tax liabilities

Why You Might Need a Land Title

You need a land title to document and outline the rights you and/or others hold in a piece of property. If a property title does not list your name, another party may legally own the property. Land titles are most commonly used to confirm ownership of the property, but also helps land owners and prospective buyers locate more information about the property, such as tax liens or natural resources rights.

If you want to identify potential problems before you buy a parcel of land in Edmonton, Calgary, Alberta, and across Canada, doing land title searches includes documentation of outstanding liens or other issues that can hold up the sale. What a title search can show you also includes information about:

Most Title Searches Done While You Wait

We are often able to perform searches while you wait, but some will require more time. To learn more about the process of obtaining a land title in Edmonton or Calgary.