Acts and Regulations

2014, c.103 - Change of Name Act

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Notation of change of registered name on public records
15(1)Subject to subsection (2) and to the Vital Statistics Act and without restricting the effect that a change of name may have at law, a person whose registered name has been changed under this Act is entitled to have a notation of the change of registered name made on any public record, certificate, instrument or document of the Province on doing the following:
(a) producing a certificate issued under paragraph 10(1)(d) or a duplicate certificate issued under subsection 14(1);
(b) producing satisfactory proof of identity; and
(c) paying any fee prescribed by or under any Act.
15(2)Except as provided in subsections (3) and (4), a person whose registered name has been changed under this Act is not entitled to have the change of registered name recorded in respect of a public record, certificate, instrument or document filed or registered under an Act of the Legislature with a registrar of deeds or a registrar of land titles.
15(3)A person whose registered name has been changed under this Act and who holds an interest in real property that is registered under the Land Titles Act with a registrar of land titles may provide the registrar of land titles with notice of the change of registered name on a form provided by the Registrar General, and the registrar of land titles shall note the change of registered name on the appropriate records.
15(4)A person whose registered name has been changed under this Act and who holds an interest in real or personal property registered or filed under an Act of the Legislature with a registrar of deeds may provide the registrar of deeds with notice of the change of registered name on a form provided by the Registrar General, and the registrar of deeds shall register or file the notice in the system in which the interest is registered or filed.
1987, c.C-2.001, s.15; 1994, c.77, s.11; 1995, c.11, s.6; 1996, c.74, s.4; 1998, c.18, s.13