15 Official Seal

• 15 (1) Each land title office must have an official seal bearing the impression of the corporate seal of the Land Title and Survey Authority and inscribed with the words “The Land Title Office” and with the name of the land title office.
• (2) A print of the official seal, stamped on a document requiring an official seal of a land title office, other than an indefeasible title not stored by electronic means or a certificate of charge, is for all purposes deemed to be an impression of the official seal of the land title office.
• (3) An indefeasible title not stored by electronic means, certificate of charge, certificate, notice or instrument issued by the registrar must be signed by the registrar and sealed with the official seal, and is admissible in evidence without proof of the seal or the signature of the registrar.
• (4) If the signature of the registrar is required

• (a) to an endorsement made on an instrument or record, or
• (b) to an instrument or document of an official nature to be sealed with the official seal, except an indefeasible title not stored by electronic means or a certificate of charge,

• the endorsement, instrument or document may be signed by an employee acting under the general directions of the registrar.
• (5) A duplicate indefeasible title is deemed to have been signed by the registrar if the registrar’s name is written on it by a person duly appointed by the registrar to perform that function.

1979-219-15; 1982-60-2, proclaimed effective August 1, 1983; 1990-34-5, effective September 17, 1990 (B.C. Reg. 349/90); 2004-66-75, effective January 20, 2005 (B.C. Reg. 16/2005).