We Notarize Consent Letter For Travel

Conveyancing process implies the legal transfer of a property from an owner to another. While the Real Estate Agents are normally the professionals initially involved in in a Conveyance process, the actual legal work of preparing the conveyancing documents, sending them to the land titles office for approval, and then perform the transfer of the legal title from one party to the other must be performed by a real estate Notary Public or a Lawyer. That’s why a Notary or a Lawyer who practices real estate conveyancing it is also called a Conveyancer.

Property Transfer Tax (PTT) is a levy that is paid each time when someone purchases or gains an interest in a real estate property that is registered at the Land Title Office (unless that person qualifies for an exemption). While the municipal Property Tax is paid annually, this Property Transfer Tax, is paid only when the ownership of the property is transferred to another person. (Besides the Transfers in Fee simple, the PTT is also applicable on other conveyancing transactions, such as the Agreements for Sale, Life Estates, Foreclosures, Leases, etc.)

Our legal fees for our real estate services are “value-based”, which means that they depend on (a) the amount of time spent on that particular service, (b) the amount of documents needing to prepare and/or sign, and (c) the amount or liability that we’re getting ourselves exposed to by doing that particular transaction or signing those particular documents for real estate services.

Our notarial status most often is verified for any notarized international documents to be used abroad. Although international documents have to go through a “cycle of authentications” in order to be legalized/authenticated and be accepted outside Canada, the first level of verification is normally the Society of Notaries Public of British Columbia (“SNPBC”), which is the regulatory body of BC Notaries. The SNPBC can verify our status and confirm us being in “good standing”. Society of Notaries Public of BC: #8221

Depending on your type of appointment, you may need to bring with you:

• Two pieces of government-issued identification,
  a. one of which must be a picture ID. (e.g., BC Driver’s License, Canadian passport, Firearms License, NEXUS, etc.) and
  b. 2nd piece of ID, such as your SIN card, credit card signed on the back, birth certificate, BC services card, etc.
• a personalized VOID cheque (for Purchases & Refinances), which would show the bank account where the new mortgage will be drawn out from monthly. (If you don’t have an actual VOID cheque, please bring us stamped & signed Bank document, which can prove your bank account details. We would then submit your mortgage loan documents for approval).
• The Balance Required to Complete (mostly for Purchases & Refinances) in a form of a Bank Draft or Certified cheque. (Since we cannot calculate this amount way in advance and most likely will be able to give you the exact amount only a couple days before your appointment, please arrange for those funds to be available to you on a 12-hour notice by your financial institution.)
• your SIN card (If you don’t have it, you could bring us a copy of your T4 or NOA as proof of your social insurance number.)