Where the mortgagor is a corporation, the district registrar will require the evidence of corporate status. See Transfers for an explanation of the type of evidence required.
Where the mortgagee is a corporation, evidence may be required as to corporate status. If the mortgagee is a Manitoba company in good standing no further evidence needs to be provided – our staff will search the Companies Office database. If the mortgagee is extra-provincially registered, a certificate of status (or equivalent) from the foreign jurisdiction must be provided. This document can be no more than two years old.
There are certain exceptions to these requirements, and in those cases the district registrar will require such evidence as to corporate status as the situation warrants (e.g. insurance companies, religious societies, charter banks, and statutorily created organisations). This evidence can either be uploaded as a supporting document with the mortgage in the eRegistration portal or registered on its own for deposit into the land titles deposit index. If this evidence is placed in the deposit index it can be referred to in future transactions.