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29 Cards in this Set
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Meridian runs from and between |
North to South between poles |
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Ranges Columns in to the meridians
Townships columns in |
Parallel
Perpendicular |
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Both ranges and townships start at |
Southeast corner of AB |
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Each township and range is a |
square 6 miles by 6 miles |
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Township
towship |
One of 126 rows running from east to west across AB
The 6 square mile area |
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Each square contains
Each of it is square and contains acres |
36 sections
1 mile 640 |
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Each section is further divided into |
4 quarter sections |
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Shorthand of legal description of property |
Q-S-T-R-W#M |
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Shorthand for south half of Section 13
East half and northwest quarter of Section 22 |
E1/2 and N/W 1/4-22 |
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Some properties in AB are not described in this survey system |
mainly rivers lots that were settled before the survey system was in place. |
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Rather than being divided into quarter sections, land can be divided into
There are of them in each Section of land |
Legal subdivisions
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Farmland mainly described as
Mines and minerals often divided into |
Quarter or Half Sections
Legal Subdivisions |
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Shorthand for Legal Subdivision 5 in Section 36, Township 24, Range 36, West of the 5th Meridian |
LSD5-36-24-36-W5M |
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Cannot subdivide a parcel of land into a smaller portion without
The Registra at the Land Titles Office is prohibited from |
Obtaining subdivision approval from the municipality
accepting any subdivision documents for registration without municipal approval |
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If an owner of a Quarter Section wishes to change the registration of the land into smaller portions, the owner must comply with
The owner will need to register a with, usually prepared by a |
provincial and municipal law
Plan of Subdivision
Land Titles Office
Surveyor |
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The plan of subdivision must clearly show and then show the
Before registering the Plan, a must be sent to for
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Original boundaries of the Quarter Section
Proposed subdivision of that parcel of land
draft the municipality for approval |
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Approval for Subdivision will only be granted if the proposed division is consistent with and complies with |
the municipality's long-range plans for the area
the local municipal bylaws |
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Once approved, a will sign the plan and it will be
Upon registration, the plan is given a
First two digits
Third digit |
municipal officer
submitted to the land titles Office for registration 7 digit number
the year the plan was registered 1 for Calgary 2 for Edmonton |
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Most residential property in AB is described in terms of
The subversions parcels are then divided into |
Plan Block Lot
Blocks |
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The grid system is called |
The Third System of Township Surveys |
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all land in Alberta is designated as being ______. Meridians are _____ You are probably aware that the “prime” meridian runs through _____ |
west of either the fourth meridian, the fifth meridian, or the sixth meridian
lines of longitude that run north and south between the north and south poles.
Greenwich, England |
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Sometimes sections of land are not divided into their four Quarters, but rather into what are known as _____. There are _____ in each Section of land numbered, again, from the southeast corner. |
Legal Subdivisions 16 Legal Subdivisions
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It is uncommon, although not unheard of, for _____ to be described in terms of Legal Subdivisions. It is more common for ____ to be described as _____, and so on. However, it is fairly common for mines and mineral titles to be divided into ____. |
farmland Quarter Sections or Half Sections Legal Subdivisions |
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now almost all jurisdictions have legislation permitting ______within a building
In AB, this legislation is called |
separate ownership of space
Condominium Property Act |
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The Condominium Property Act gives a landowner the right to _____(e.g., Lot 2, Block 12, Plan 9812345) into ______, not all of which will be _______. The owner registers with Land Titles Office a ____ (Appendix 2.2 found under Module 2 in D2L) and again must obtain the same sort of ______. |
subdivide a parcel of land separate units on the surface of the land Condominium plan municipal approval as for a subdivision plan |
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Upon municipal approval and upon registration at Land Titles Office, ______ (Lot 2 in Block 12) is cancelled, and ________for each of the condominium units. A Condominium Plan almost always contains a series of units, each capable of _______. |
the current title to the parcel new titles will be issued for
individual ownership and common property. |
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The characteristics of condominium ownership are as follows: |
1. Absolute ownership of each individual unit;2. Ownership as tenants in common with all of the unit holders of the common property;and3. The right to participate in the management of the condominium project and the obligationto maintain the common property usually through the payment of condominium fees |
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The common property is always divided into _____no matter how many units there may be in a condominium. Each condominium holder will _____. Accordingly, a condominium title will refer to its appropriate _______ |
10,000 shares
own a portion of the 10,000 shares in the common property
Unit number, the condominium plan number, and the number of shares in the common property owned by each unit holder |
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Common property is that ____.
It includes such things as ______.
Because of common property, on any transaction involving a condominium, it is necessary to ensure that _____.
______obtained from the condominium management company will show ______. |
Common property is that part of a Condominium Plan that is not comprised of individual units
hallways, elevators, the structure of the buildings, and quite often balconies and parking spots
condominium fees are paid and that the property is insured.
An Estoppel Certificate and Insurance Certificate
the status of the condominium fees, and it will show the appropriate insurance to be in place
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