BarTalk February 2004
Volume 16, Number 1

A new Web-based system called MH Online is changing the way lawyers file documents for manufactured homes.

The Manufactured Home Registry has replaced three of its most frequently used paper forms (initial registration, transfer of ownership resulting from a sale, and residential exemption) with electronic filing transactions. After February 2004, the registry will no longer accept paper forms for these filings. Instead, qualified suppliers will file through B.C. OnLine.

Only lawyers, notaries, home manufacturers and parties approved by the Registrar of Manufactured Homes can become qualified suppliers. These restrictions are deemed necessary to maintain control over key manufactured home filings that affect registration of ownership.

A new Manufactured Home Act and Regulations came into force on December 8, 2003. Copies of the Act and Regulations can be purchased through Crown Publications at 250.386.4636.

For more information, visit www.fin.gov.bc.ca/registries/mhrpg.

This article was published in the February 2004 issue of BarTalk and is subject to the copyright by the British Columbia Branch of the Canadian Bar Association, 2004, all rights reserved.