Lexis Nexis Document Registration Guide, 26th Edition, 2025
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Product description
Document Registration Guide is the most practical and comprehensive guide for completing and preparing real estate documents in Ontario.
An indispensable tool for real estate practitioners, this updated edition provides you with a concise and convenient overview of real estate law in Ontario. This resource covers topics that are essential for real estate lawyers and law clerks in a professional real estate law practice.
What's New in the 26th Edition
The 26th Edition of the Guide has been revised throughout, including:
- Chapter 2, discussing single-name registration of various documents, including transfers, mortgages, and documents registered by document general
- Chapter 4, dealing with cessation of charges
- Chapter 7, discussing the Vacant Home Tax applicable in Toronto, Hamilton and Ottawa, and the Non-Resident Speculation Tax
- Chapter 10, dealing with the elimination of Notices of Security Interest (NOSIs) registered against title to residential properties, and the preparation of expropriation plans
- Chapter 16, dealing with the Subject to Writs designation
- Chapter 25, expanding the section on the Electronic Registration of Plans to include Remote Expedited Deposit of Reference Plans (RED) and direct electronic submission of plans (ePlans)
- Chapter 26, expanding on the discussion of combined charges
Raymond H. Mikkola, a partner at the law firm Pallett Valo LLP has added new content to Chapter 7 (Affidavits, Declarations and Recitals) that discusses whether the sale of a condominium unit constitutes an exempt sale of a residential complex under the Excise Tax Act. Mr. Mikkola has added new content to Chapter 10 (Practical Matters and Vesting Orders) regarding registration of court orders on title, including matters dealing with the wording and content of orders, and has updated the content in Chapter 15 (Notices) that discusses rights of first refusal. Mr. Mikkola has also added a case comment to Chapter 25 (Plans and Surveys) that notes the effect of the failure to bring forward a deregistration of a subdivision bylaw when property is converted from the Registry System to the Land Titles System.
New case annotations have been added to the commentary throughout the Guide, including to the sections that discuss remedies on default, easements, condominiums, power of sale, expropriation, adverse possession, the Ontario New Home Warranties Plan, and Planning Act compliance.
Table of contents
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Transfer/Deed of Land
Chapter 3: Charge/Mortgage of Land
Chapter 4: Discharge of Charge/Mortgage
Chapter 5: Document General/Applications
Chapter 6: Schedule
Chapter 7: Affidavits, Declarations and Recitals
Chapter 8: Powers of Attorney
Chapter 9: Execution of Documents
Chapter 10: Practical Matters Including Vesting Orders
Chapter 11: Easements
Chapter 12: Restrictive Covenants and CPLs
Chapter 13: Cautions
Chapter 14: Notices
Chapter 15: Writs of Seizure and Sale
Chapter 16: Construction Liens
Chapter 17: Change of Status
Chapter 18: Death of Registered Owner
Chapter 19: Bankruptcy
Chapter 20: Power of Sale
Chapter 21: Foreclosure and Judicial Sale
Chapter 22: Leases
Chapter 23: Condominiums
Chapter 24: Plans and Surveys
Chapter 25: Electronic Registration
Chapter 26: The Ontario New Home Warranties Plan Act
Topical Index
Table of Cases
