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When completing a registration, legislation requirements that govern each registration must be followed. For complex registrations, it is advisable to consult a lawyer prior to registration to determine requirements and priorities. A secured party has the obligation to ensure there are sufficient grounds for registration and that the registration is made in good faith. It is your responsibility to make sure that all information on the form submitted
to New Urban Registry is accurate. A registration may be invalidated or its effect impaired by an error or omission that is considered to be seriously misleading. Seriously misleading information could mean that the registration would not be disclosed in a search result. Particular attention should be made in completing the description of debtor names and serial numbers. Personal Property Registry (“PPR”) captures, through an electronic registration process, information about the existence of security interest and summary information about the
persons and personal property affected by them. Documents, such as security agreements, support the registration but must remain with the secured parties.

PPR is not the place to register an interest in land. In Alberta, interests in land are registered at the Land Titles Office (LTO) located at 710 4 Ave. S.W. Calgary, Alberta.

Types of Registrations

  • Security agreement: A security interest under the Personal Property Security Act, including leases for a term
    of more than one year, transfers of accounts or chattel paper and consignments.
  • Sale of Goods or Factor Act: A buyer’s interest in goods left in the possession of the seller
  • Writ of Enforcement: Document filed with the Clerk of the Court of Queen’s Bench and then registered with
    the Personal Property Registry to enforce a creditor’s interest.
  • Writ of Seizure and Sale (Federal Writ): Federal Judgments registered with the Personal Property Registry to enforce a creditor’s interest
  • Garage Keeper’s Lien Act: A Garage Keeper registers a lien against an owner’s vehicle for repairs, parts or storage for which he has not been paid
  • Matrimonial Property Order: An interest of a spouse given exclusive possession by a Court of a mobile home or household goods under the Matrimonial Property Act
  • Crown Charge: A lien, charge or other interest of the Crown created by any law in force in Canada
  • Land Charge: An interest in real property of a corporation that secures payment or performance of an
    obligation under section 59.2 of the Law of Property Act
  • Maintenance Order: An order or interim order of a court in Alberta, maintenance means maintenance, support
    or alimony
  • Court Orders: An order authorized by a court or statute that directs registration in PPR
  • Attachment Order: An order granted by the court prior to judgment, to attach to property in order to protect
    an interest
  • Receiver’s Report: A notice of a financial statement or final account of the receiver’s administration
  • Civil Enforcement Registrations: 
    • Attachment Order – an order granted by the court prior to judgment, to attach to
      property in order to protect an interest
    • Report of Seizure – a registration under the Civil Enforcement Act authorizing taking possession of personal property
    • Sale of Seized Property – a registration under the Civil Enforcement Act authorizing
      sale of seized property
    • Sale Proceeds Distribution – a registration under the Civil Enforcement Act
      authorizing the distribution of monies received as a result of enforcement proceedings

    Note:

    These registrations can only be registered by Civil Enforcement Agents. For more information on these interests, contact your local Civil Enforcement Agents.

How to Register your Interest

Most interests are registered by completing a financing statement and submitting it to us. We, then, register it in Alberta Personal Property Registry Electronic System.

We will check over the information that you submit. If the information is complete and acceptable for entry, it will be updated onto the Alberta Personal Property Registry Electronic System (APPRES) at which time a registration number will be generated and given to you.

It is your responsibility to make sure that the information on any forms you submit is accurate. Particular attention should be made in completing the description of debtor names and serial numbers.

When your interest is registered on APPRES, we will provide you with a verification statement confirming the registration information as it was recorded on APPRES. Check your verification statement carefully to make sure all information has been recorded accurately. The verification statement can be used to renew or discharge your
registration.

For registrations outside Alberta, please give us a call and we’ll provide you with the forms and prices as it varies from province to province.

Alberta Health Care Requirements

Legal Entitlement Proof of Alberta Residency Proof of ID
Canadian Birth Certificate/ Passport/ citizenship card/certificate Alberta drivers licence / ID Card Valid Driver’s Licence/ ID Card / School ID
Work Permit (Must State Alberta or Open) / Study Permit Provincial assistance programs (Current Income Support/Current AISH card Federal ID (Department of National Defence/ Royal Canadian Mounted Police/ First Nations / Inuit)
Permanent Resident card/ PR Confirmation Current bills for Alberta residence within 6 months (Gas/ Phone/Utility/Cable PR Card
Refugee Claimant (Notice of Decision/ Single Journey Documents/ Work Permit Current Alberta documents (Property Tax/Land Title/Mortgage/Lease agreement/Rental Insurance/Vehicle Registration) Canadian Passport (Expired PP is acceptable)
Indian Status Card/ Treaty Card Non- Canadian Passport
Federal ID (Department of National Defence/ Royal Canadian Mounted Police/ First Nations / Inuit )