Ontario. Personal Property Security Registration Branch

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Personal Property Security Registration Branch

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Personal Property Security Registration Branch

    Other form(s) of name

    • Ontario. Personal Property Registration Branch

    Identifiers for corporate bodies

    Description area

    Dates of existence

    1972-2003

    History

    The Personal Property Security Registration Branch was created in April, 1972 within the Ontario Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations. Before 1972, these functions were assumed by the Land Registration Branch of the Department of Justice. Until 1976, the branch was known simply as the Personal Property Registration Branch.

    The branch formed part of the Property Rights Division of the Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations until 1985, and then was moved to the newly created Registration Division.

    In 2003 the Personal Property Registration Branch combined with the Companies Branch to form the Companies and Personal Property Security Branch.

    Places

    Legal status

    Functions, occupations and activities

    The Personal Property Registration Branch operates the Personal Property Security Registration System (P.P.S.R.), which allows a person who loans money and takes personal property (eg a motor vehicle) as collateral for the loan to file notes of the security agreement. Land Registry Offices located throughout Ontario provide registration and enquiry services related to this system.

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    Relationships area

    Related entity

    Ontario. Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations (1972-2001)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA18

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations controls Ontario. Personal Property Security Registration Branch

    Dates of relationship

    1972-2001

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario. Ministry of Consumer and Business Services (2001-2005)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA120

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Ministry of Consumer and Business Services controls Ontario. Personal Property Security Registration Branch

    Dates of relationship

    2001-2003

    Description of relationship

    Access points area

    Subject access points

    Place access points

    Epithet

    Control area

    Authority record identifier

    CA1215

    Institution identifier

    Rules and/or conventions used

    RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)

    Status

    Approved

    Level of detail

    Dates of creation, revision and deletion

    2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

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      Script(s)

        Sources

        KWIC Index to Services, 2000.

        Ontario Government Telephone Directories, 1974 to 2003.

        Maintenance notes

        Authorized in Canadiana Authorities as "Personal Property Registration Branch". The other name is preferred here.

        Archivist(s):
        Carol Radford-Grant