Publications
Alberta Dower Act Consultation Summary
This document summarizes the results of consultations ALRI conducted for the it’s law reform project on the Alberta Dower Act. ALRI ran two online surveys. Both surveys were open from 3 December 2021 to 7 March 2022. One survey was aimed at the general public – the general survey. Another survey was aimed at professionals who use the Dower Act in their work, including lawyers, real estate brokers and agents, landmen, and estate planners or administrators […]
| AREA OF LAW | Wills and Succession Family Law Property Real Property |
| TAGS | homeowner, trailer, bank, occupant, landmen, homeless, adult interdependent partner, estate plan, condo, life estate, home, homestead, house, husband, wife, disposition, real estate, partner, common law, consent, death, dower, lease, loss, mobile home, mortgage, owner, spouse, tenant |
| FORMAT | Publications |
| FILE | Dower_consultation_summary.pdf |
September 9, 2022
Section 195 of the Land Titles Act, Final Report 63
This report recommends that section 195 of the Land Titles Act be amended so that purchasers may rely on the Land Titles Office register. The amended section should make it clear that actual or constructive notice of an off-register interest does not affect a non-fraudulent purchaser who acquires an interest from the registered or caveated owner of the interest. This report contains a draft of an amended section 195. Section 195 protects the purchaser against finding that […]
| AREA OF LAW | Property Real Property |
| TAGS | Torrens, certificate, interest, Land, owner, Property, real, registration, title |
| FORMAT | Publications |
| FILE | fr063.pdf |
February 1, 1993
The Builders’ Lien Act: Certain Specific Problems, Final Report 30
This report recommends several amendments to the Builders’ Lien Act and also briefly discusses whether a Builders’ Lien Act is necessary or should be repealed. A draft Builders’ Lien Amendment Act is attached. This report recommends that the period of time that the holdback or lien fund must be retained by the owner is 35 days after abandonment or substantial performance of the contract. The report recommends that the Act provide that an owner or […]
| AREA OF LAW | Property |
| TAGS | builders lien, Builders Lien Act, contractor, materialman, owner, sub-contractor |
| FORMAT | Publications |
| FILE | fr030.pdf |
| ENACTMENT |
Builders’ Lien Amendment Act, 1985, SA 1985, c 14 (now Builders’ Lien Act, RSA 2000, c B-7). |
March 1, 1979
Rights of Occupation of a Non-Owning Spouse in the Matrimonial Home
| AREA OF LAW | Family Law Marriage & Divorce Property Real Property |
| TAGS | home, house, wife, divorce, family, matrimonial, owner, spouse |
| FORMAT | Publications |
| FILE | urp-73_16-Rights-of-Non-Owning-Spouse_Barclay.pdf |
January 1, 1973