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Title, Mapping and Support Services: 

Led by Title Managers, Barbara Goetz and Lynn Hall, the title team provides complete title searching services in both the Land Registry and Land Titles systems including:
 

  • Forty-Year Searches of Title and Title Sub-Searching:
    • On individual parcels for rights-of-way and easements or transfers
    • On entire township lots for wellsite locations
  • Abstracts:
    • Complete abstract of title building services from government patent to present
  • Title Curative Work

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  • Due Diligence

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  • Leasehold Take-Offs

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  • Drafting Legal Descriptions:
    • Metes and bounds descriptions
  • Registration of Documents:
    • Documents obtained by the Elexco Group / documents provided by the client
    • In-house electronic registration (where supported)
    • Obtaining pre-approval of documentation for registration
    • Proofing of documentation prior to registration
  • Plotting Diagrams

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  • Execution Searches

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  • Assessment Office Searches

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  • Court Office Searches

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  • Mapping:
    • Using CAD-based drafting systems coupled with our databases, we offer property and thematic mapping services
    • On-line document administration using the client's own database; or by providing client on-line access to our database; or by providing personnel within the client's office
    Adding value to client title work, The Elexco Group calls upon its In-House Legal Counsel to evaluate title and obtain title certification. We also offer a proprietary Land Scan© service to our Southwestern Ontario oil and gas clientele. This service provides data on competitive leasing/leaseholds and is provided at a nominal cost as part of a leasing contract.

    Title, Mapping and Support Services 
    Information Flow:

    Title, Mapping and Support Services Information Flow can be tailored to meet the unique needs of each individual client and client project.

    Title - Title, Mapping & Support
    Title - 40 Year Search

    Title Key Management Personnel:

    Our team of Professional Title Searchers is lead by our Title Managers, Barbara Goetz who has over 17 years experience in Canada, and Lynn Hall, who has over 17 years experience in the United States. 

    Title, Mapping and Support Projects and Experience:

    Our team has extensive knowledge of Registry Offices throughout Ontario and the United States, and are experienced with both the Registry and Land Titles Systems in Ontario, including both the old books and the new automated systems under development by Teranet.   The Elexco Group's Title Staff are able to provide complete title searching services, including:
     
    Title Curative:
    • Search of title completed on each individual document file that our office processes, totalling several hundred files annually
     
    40 Year Searches:
    • Perform searches on individual parcels for pipeline easements and rights-of-way and on entire Township Lots for wellsite locations or unit areas 
    • On average, performed over 50 searches annually for various clients over the past several years 
    • Responsible for the title searches on the 1,200 parcel Bell Fibre Optics project
     
    Abstracts of Title:
    • Completed over 500 Verbatim Abstracts of Title for both the Right-of-Way and Exploration industries
    • Abstracts can be ordered from government patent to present or any other time frame
     
    Notice of Claim:
    • Process Notices of Claim for Easements and Rights-of-Way, Leases and other documents that are approaching the expiry date of their statutory 40 year registered notice period. 
    • Since 1986, responsible for searching and registering over 1,200 Notice of Claim files
     
    Leasehold Take-Offs:
    • Search and map a land play of any size
     
    Land Titles Application Searches:
    • Searches performed to verify that the registered interest is acknowledged correctly when a parcel is transferred into the Land Titles System (excluding Teranet)
     
    Title Checks:
    • Performed for various reasons, such as verification of owners, checking for changes to ownership, updating information due to a query or inconsistency, obtaining P.I.N. information for documentation being processed, and for subsearch prior to registration
     
    Drafting Legal Descriptions:
    • Most often completed from existing documents on title to complete documents we are processing, however we can also prepare descriptions for new parcels such as meter sites, easements and rights-of-way
     
    Registrations / Searching or Filing / Execution and Sheriff Searches: 
    • Register hundreds of documents annually, from Petroleum and Natural Gas Leases, Gas Storage Leases, Easements and Rights-of-Way, Unit Agreements, mass Assignments and Surrenders, in addition to registering additional curative documents produced to clear title once a 40 year search has been completed
     
    Plotting Maps: 
    • Plot descriptions to scale for documents or client usage, as well as updating various information as necessary from our maps or client maps
     
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