Registration of claimant as owner
52(1)A person who claims to be entitled to be registered as the owner of any registered land or the owner of an estate or interest therein
(a)
pursuant to a judgment or order of the court;
(b)
pursuant to an enactment of Canada or the Province or an order-in-council;
(c)
through the purchase of the land by a person at a judicial sale from someone other than the registered owner;
(d)
under a mortgage that is in default; or
(e)
Repealed: 2007, c.52, s.4
(f)
pursuant to any other instrument or proceeding,
shall, where no other provision of this Act provides for the registration of that person as owner of the land, interest or estate therein, file the judgment or appropriate documents evidencing his right to be registered as owner thereof with the registrar who shall forthwith forward them to the Registrar General.
52(2)Where a document forwarded to the Registrar General is
(a)
a judgment or order referred to in paragraph (1)(
a), and the appeal period has expired, no notice of appeal has been given to the Registrar General and the Registrar General is satisfied that the land and owner are properly identified; or
(b)
a document referred to in paragraph (1)(
b), (
c), (
d) or (
f), and the Registrar General is satisfied that the claimant is by law entitled to be registered as the owner of land or the owner of an interest or estate therein,
the Registrar General shall make an order directing the registrar to register the claimant as the owner of the land or as the owner of an estate or interest therein, as the case may be.
1983, c.45, s.18; 1986, c.4, s.30; 1987, c.6, s.50; 2000, c.11, s.16; 2007, c.52, s.4