A brief history of Court Running and Law Firm Agents in Edmonton

 Published by:
KVP Registration Serv ices Ltd.
www.kvpreg.com
L ic e n s e d t o p le as e .
June/July 2002
W elcome to the new loo k!
A brief history of Court Running and Law Firm
Agents in Edmonton
Court Running started in
Edmonton over 35 years ago
when a few individuals acting
as Agents for Law Firms
began liaising documents to
and from the Court House.
The Agent charged a fee to
provide the service of acting
as a runner, but also provided
additional services such as
date stamping and truing-up of
court documents. The service
also included related areas in
government such as Land
Titles, Central Registry, and
Corporate Registry.
When privatization occurred in
1993, service delivery of
products such as Motor
Vehicles, Personal Property,
and Land Title searches began
to be offered by the private
sector. Service and turnaround
t i me s we r e im p r ov e d.
A l be rt ans c ou l d o bt ai n
Our new
newsl etter, The
Runner, will be published ever y
two months. We welcome your
feedbac k, and l ook for ward to
communicating regularly with
you, our valued clients.
R e g i s t r y
services
from
Registry Agents
located in many
c om m unit i es
throughout the
province.
Contacts for KVP
Departments
Dial 702-1300 and select autoattendant option:
In 1993, KVP
was the only
Court Runner/
Edmonton Court H ous e circa 1914
Agent in the
province to be
granted a Registry Agent services, effectively providing
license. We are also still the them to you with free delivery.
only company in Alberta to This also means that our
directly provide both Runner clients’ requests pass through
services and Registry serv ices.
f e we r h a nd s e ns u ri n g
What is the benef it to you, our
client?
Because KVP is both your Agent
and also a Registry Agent for the
Province of Alberta, we have the
choice to not charge any runner
fees for priv atized Registry
conf identiality
service.
and
quicker
For further info, please contact
Bruce or Paul.
Saskatch ewan L AND Project
Remaining holiday hours
for KVP in 2002
Court / LTO
Registr y
July 1
Closed
Closed
August 5
Closed
OPEN 10am— 3pm
September 2
Closed
Closed
October 14
Closed
Closed
November 11
Closed
Closed
December 25, 26
Closed
Closed
December 27
Closed
OPEN 8am—5:30pm
Active titl e information in Sas katchewan is
being converted to el ectronic form.
Conversion began with the Moos e J aw
District in June, 2001, and will continue
until all remaini ng offices i n Sas katc hewan
are on the new s ystem.
Remai ning district offices:
June 24, 2002 - Prince Albert
Summer 2002 - Yor kton
Summer 2002 - Swift Current
Please have patience when requesting
services in thes e remaining districts as
there is a c onversion proc ess i nvol ved wit h
each request.
NOTE:
This new proc ess inv olves the scanni ng of
all land regis tration docum ents in
Saskatc hew an. Therefore a rubber stamp
seal is required wher e any Corporate seal
is necessary, bec aus e crimping seals are
not readable by a scanner.
Head Office ~ Court Running Office 10019 103A Ave NW Edmonton, AB T5J
1. Motor Vehicle
& Vital Statistics
(Roxanne, Cheri, Tina);
2. Registry, Titles, PPR and
Out-of-provi nce s ervic es
(Kelly, Linda, Sandra);
3. Court and Land R unni ng
(Ben, C arol, David, Liz);
4. Corporate Registry
(Ching, Bruce);
5. Accounting
(Tammy, Vi vian)
Municipal Services
Municipal Servic es are now
offered by Edmonton Registry
Agents, which i nclude payments
for City of Edmonton property
taxes, pet licenses and bylaw
tickets. Overdue bylaw tic kets or
notices , pet licenses over 45
days old and new pet licens e
applications must c onti nue to be
processed thr ough the City.
Call us at the Registry for more
information.
From the Queen ’s Printer
The R evised Statutes of Alberta
are in force as of January 1,
2002. RSA 2000 Acts as of
Dec ember 31, 2000 and
changes pass ed in 2001, are
posted. C hanges i nclude the
renaming of the Garageman’s
Li en Act to the Garag e
Keeper’s Lien Act . You can
visit the Queen’s Printer website
at:
ww w.q p .g o v.a b .ca
THANK YOU!
for choosing KVP
Registry ~ Oliver Square West 11648 104 Ave NW Edmonton, AB T5K 2T7