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Transfers we complete
The common files: adding or removing a spouse after a marriage or separation, transfers between family members, gifts of property to children, transfers out of estates, and transfers between people and their companies. Each has its own formalities, from dower consents and affidavits to lender approval where a mortgage stays on title.
Alberta has no land transfer tax, which keeps family transfers inexpensive to register. A transfer can still be a taxable event for income tax, though. If a gift or a corporate transfer raises capital gains or GST questions, we flag it and bring your accountant in before anything gets signed. The registration is the easy part. Getting the order of operations right is where we earn our fee.
What this desk handles
- Spousal transfers for marriage, separation, and divorce
- Gifts and family transfers
- Estate transmissions and executor transfers
- Transfers to and from companies and trusts
- Dower Act consents and acknowledgments
- Lender consent and mortgage coordination
- Survivorship applications on joint tenancy
Where we act
Our lawyers handle title transfers files across Alberta from our Calgary office, including Calgary, Airdrie, Cochrane, Okotoks, Chestermere, Edmonton, and everywhere between. Alberta has one Land Titles system, so the closing works the same wherever the property sits. Signing happens at our office, by video where permitted, or with a local commissioner near you.
