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LGAP 1104: Conveyancing Procedures 1
Effective date
September 2013
Department
BC Campus - Office & Legal Adm
School
Hospitality, Food Studies and Applied Business
Description
This course introduces the student to the role and responsibilities of a Legal Administrative Assistant employed in the field of conveyancing in British Columbia. Subjects covered include knowledge and practical experience in topics such as systems of land registration, land title searches, contracts of purchase and sale, methods to convey interests in land, statements of adjustments, and the execution and registration of electronic documents filed in Land Title Offices. This course focuses on the purchaser's procedures for a simple conveyance not involving financing.
This course is part of the Legal Administrative Assistant (Online)Program.
Credits
2.0
Year of study
1st Year Post-secondary
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Describe duties, employment conditions, and employment forecasts in conveyancing
- Identify what tangible and intangible elements are included in the concept of "land
- Identify what interests must be protected when acting for the purchaser client
- Analyze transactions based on the transfers, encumbrances requiring discharges, encumbrances not requiring discharges, and new encumbrances involved
- Use the concepts and theories of conveyancing to analyze and solve problems independently and collaboratively
- Read a contract of purchase and sale
- Describe the stages of a sales completion model
- Translate an understanding of the information required in a transaction by creating correspondence and documentation relating to the gathering of information by the purchaser
- Translate an understanding of transferring title by creating electronic Land Title Office documents relating to registration
- Calculate the amounts involved to create statements of adjustments, trust reconciliation, and statements of account for a cash conveyance
- Translate an understanding of the process required in completing a transaction on the completion date by creating correspondence and documentation relating to the exchange and execution of documents and funds and the registration of executed documents
- Observe professional standards in the maintenance and use of checklists
Prior Learning Assessment & Recognition (PLAR)
None
Hours
Practicum, Self-Paced, Individual Learning: 60
Total Hours: 60
Total Hours: 60
Instructional Strategies
Assigned readings and reinforcement activities assigned by your instructor are your principal learning activities. It is expected that you will communicate online regularly with your instructor and classmates using the course email, discussion, and chat utilities.
Grading System
Letter Grade (A-F)
Passing grade
Evaluation Plan
|
Type |
Percentage |
Assessment activity |
|
Participation |
10 |
Participation |
|
Assignments |
15 |
Assignments |
|
Other |
20 |
Simulation cash conveyance/acting for purchaser |
|
Quizzes/Tests |
25 |
Quiz 1 - 10%, Quiz 2 - 15% |
|
Final Exam |
30 |
Final Exam |
Course topics
- Employment as a conveyancer
- Understanding land and sale of land
- Sales completion model
- Information gathering
- Preparing documents required for completion
- Statement of adjustments and trust reconciliation for a cash only purchase
- Procedures on completion date
Notes:
- Course contents and descriptions, offerings and schedules are subject to change without notice.
- Students are required to follow all College policies including ones that govern their educational experience at VCC. Policies are available on the VCC website at:
https://www.vcc.ca/about/governance--policies/policies/. - To find out if there are existing transfer agreements for this course, visit the BC Transfer Guide at https://www.bctransferguide.ca.