Skip to main content

18 Procedure To File A Claim Of Lien Under The Mineral Tenure Act

In This Volume

  • 18 (1) In order to file a claim of lien in respect of a mineral title held under the Mineral Tenure Act other than a Crown granted mineral claim, the lien claimant must
  • (a) file in the office of the gold commissioner in which the mineral title is recorded a claim of lien in the prescribed form, and
  • (b) if the property that is the subject of a mineral title is registered in a land title office, also file in the land title office a copy of the claim of lien.
  • (2) On the filing of the claim of lien under subsection (1), the gold commissioner must endorse a memorandum of the filing on the record of the mineral title in the gold commissioner’s office.
  • (3) If the property that is the subject of a mineral title described in the claim of lien is registered in a land title office, the registrar must endorse a memorandum of the filing on the register of title to the land or against the estate or interest in the land or mineral title described in the claim of lien.

1997-45-18, effective February 1, 1998 (B.C. Reg. 1/98).

PRACTICE

Filing Requirements

Applications for a Claim of Builders Lien for a mineral title should be submitted in hardcopy at a land title office.