What is a Form A in a BC strata transaction?

Direct answer

Form A is the document that actually moves ownership from seller to buyer, registered at the Land Title and Survey Authority (LTSA) on completion day. The buyer's lawyer or notary files it alongside the Property Transfer Tax Return, and until it is registered the buyer is not the owner of record, whatever the contract says. Then there is the Form B problem, and it is worth getting straight before anyone emails you about one, because BC uses the name twice for two unrelated documents. In the land title series Form B is a MORTGAGE. In strata it is the Information Certificate, the document your lawyer pulls from the strata corporation before completion to confirm the fees, special levies, lawsuits and other facts about your unit. A strata purchase usually involves both: the strata Form B beforehand, the land title Form A on the day. Say which Form B you mean in any conveyancing email; this is the single most common mix-up in a BC strata closing. The rest of the lettered series is less contested. Form C is the general instrument used to register or release a charge, Form D carries signatures that will not fit on the main form, and Form E is a schedule, a continuation sheet for anything too long for the body of the document. Caveats sit outside the series entirely on Form 38, filed electronically under a Form 17.