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Anne Rupcich · Partner · Real Estate · Calgary
707 5 Street SW, Suite 500, Calgary, AB T2P 1V8
Partner in the firm's downtown office who now practises only family law — separation, parenting, support and property division — after starting in litigation. The firm also covers personal injury, employee rights, residential real estate, and wills, trusts and estates.
Jeffrey Kahane, K.C. · Founder; Real Estate, Wills & Estates Lawyer · Real Estate · Calgary
7309 Flint Road SE, Calgary, AB T2H 1G3
Founded Kahane Law Office in 2004 and practises real estate law and wills and estates; he has been appointed King's Counsel. The firm also covers family law, immigration, employment law for employees and employers, and personal injury.
Buying and selling homes and condos, mortgages, title problems, and landlord and tenant matters. In Alberta, ownership changes when the transfer is registered at the Land Titles Office, and the buyer pays registration fees based on the property's value and the size of the mortgage.
Alberta's Land Titles Office charges $50 plus $5 for every $5,000 of the property's value to register the transfer, and $50 plus $5 for every $5,000 of the amount borrowed to register a mortgage. On a $500,000 home with a $400,000 mortgage that is $550 and $450. Your lawyer's fees are separate.
When the transfer of land is registered at the Land Titles Office. Alberta has Land Titles offices in Edmonton and Calgary, and your lawyer normally submits the documents for you.
The Residential Tenancy Dispute Resolution Service (RTDRS) is a tribunal for disputes between residential landlords and tenants. It can deal with claims up to $100,000. Disputes can also go to court.
To practise law in Alberta a lawyer must be a member of the Law Society of Alberta. You can look up any lawyer in the Law Society's public Lawyer Directory, which shows whether they are currently practising and any discipline history back to 1 January 2015. Each lawyer on these pages was checked in that directory before being listed, but people move firms, so check again before you hire. Complaints about a lawyer go to the Law Society.
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