If you’re a land proprietor in British Columbia, you’ll have lately obtained a letter from the province’s Land Proprietor Transparency Registry (“LOTR”) indicating the necessity to file a transparency report by November 30, 2022.
Efficient November 30, 2020, the British Columbia Land Proprietor Transparency Act (“LOTA”) got here into pressure. LOTA is meant to extend land possession transparency in British Columbia by requiring sure firms, trustees of sure trusts, and companions of partnerships holding sure registered pursuits in land (together with registered possession of land and a registered lease with a remaining time period of greater than 10 years), to file disclosure of the identification and sure details about pure people who’re deemed by LOTA to carry a big useful or oblique curiosity in land. Please learn our earlier weblog submit for extra info concerning LOTA.
Current “reporting our bodies” that maintain an curiosity in land acquired previous to November 30, 2020, are required to file a transparency report with the LOTR by the November 30, 2022 deadline. “Reporting our bodies” are outlined underneath LOTA and embody most corporations, restricted partnerships and trusts. The transparency report should include sure prescribed details about the reporting physique, the curiosity holders, the land, and the person certifying the transparency report.
As talked about in our earlier weblog submit, “Land Proprietor Transparency Registry Submitting Deadline Prolonged to 2022,” LOTA and the Land Title and Survey Authority of British Columbia require reporting our bodies to finish and file their transparency report electronically. LOTA necessities differ from, and are along with, the transparency necessities established underneath the British Columbia Enterprise Companies Act. Penalties for not submitting with the registry might be substantial, with penalties as much as $25,000 for a person, or $50,000 for an organization, or 15% of the assessed worth of the property, whichever is larger.
We’re happy to help current shoppers in finishing their LOTA filings. Please contact your lawyer at Lawson Lundell or e mail [email protected] if you need our help.