Ontario. Property Law Branch (1972-1976)

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Property Law Branch (1972-1976)

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Property Law Division (1972-1976)

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1972-1976

      History

      The Property Law Branch was established in 1972 within the Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations. The Branch was headed by a Director who acted as the Director of Titles and who reported to the Executive Director of the Property Rights Division. Prior to 1972 these functions were under the Dept. of Justice, Administration of Justice Division.

      In 1976, the Branch merged with the Legal Surveys branch to form the Legal and Surveys Standards Branch, and the Personal Property legal function was split off from this to the Personal Property Registration Branch.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Property Law Branch provided legal advice and support to the Property Rights Division concerning legislation, regulations and other legal issues relating to land ownership and transfer, and security registration of personal property in Ontario. It also provided audit reviews of land registry office practices and was responsible for the administration of statutes relating to real and personal property, including the Registry Act, the Land Titles Act, the Certification of Titles Act, the Condominum Act, the Boundaries Act, the Bills of Sale Act, and the Personal Property Security Act.

      Address

      Internal structures/genealogy

      General context

      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. Property Law Branch (1972-1976)

      Dates of relationship

      1972-1976

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Legal and Survey Standards Branch (1976-1985)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA1312

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Legal and Survey Standards Branch is the successor of Ontario. Property Law Branch (1972-1976)

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA1311

      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

      Language(s)

        Script(s)

          Sources

          Government of Ontario Telephone Directories, 1972-1976; KWIC Index to Government Services

          Maintenance notes

          Not in Canadiana authorities 24-12-1996

          Archivist(s):
          DIRKS