New Remote Witnessing & Commissioning Docs in RealtiWeb

Remote Signing Update

The Law Society of Alberta updated their guidance for video conference witnessing and commissioning of documents submitted to land titles for registration on April 8. As part of helping you with having a compliant video conference witnessing and commissioning session with your clients, we’re happy to say that the following are updated:

Dower Documents

Dower Documents require paragraph 1 of the Certificate to read as follows if Remote Signing applies:

“This document was acknowledged before me by <Name of Spouse>, by two way video conferencing on the basis of evidence provided to me that enabled me to verify their identity, and apart from her husband (or his wife).”

Dower – Consent of Spouse/Certificate of Acknowledgement – Mortgage
Dower – Consent of Spouse/Certificate of Acknowledgement - Transfer
Dower Act – Consent of Spouse/Certificate of Acknowledgement – Transfer Back
Dower Act – Consent of Spouse/Certificate of Acknowledgement – Transfer Refinance

We also added the video conferencing jurat to the following documents

Affidavits

Affidavit of Minor for Estates
Dower Affidavit of Executor or Administrator – Estates Transfer
Assignment of Rents – Affidavit of Execution
Dower Affidavit – Assignment of Rents

Read the Law Society of Alberta’s Guidance for Video Conference Witnessing and Commissioning of Documents Submitted to Land Titles for Registration

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