Lawyers´ Insurance Association of Nova Scotia

2.2 Parcel Identification

Before the Land Registration Act comes into force in a registration district, a lawyer preparing an opinion of title or preparing an instrument affecting title to a parcel in the registration district, should

1. examine the information relating to the parcel found on Property Online¹; and
2. annotate on the legal description of each parcel its apparent Property Identification Number (PID) and Assessment Account Number (AAN),

to further the integrity of the information contained in Property Online.

The annotation should be clearly worded to show that it is not an operative part of the instrument and that it is given as reference information only.

A lawyer identifying any apparent or possible errors in the Property Online mapping should bring the information to the attention of Property Online to further improve the accuracy of parcel mapping and integrity of parcel information.

Note:

1. “Property Online” means the internet-delivered application that provides subscribers with web based access to the Nova Scotia land registration information system.

Additional Resource:

• Reasonable steps be taken by the PDCA submitter: Property Online license agreement