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Legal document used to notify, through service, the owner of a property that a legal hypothec of construction has been filed on their property. This lien is established to ensure the payment of amounts owed to individuals who participated in the construction or renovation of the property (architect, engineer, material supplier, worker, contractor, or subcontractor). The notice of preservation designates the encumbered property and indicates the amount of the claim. It must be filed before the expiration of the stipulated period, within 30 days following the completion of the work.
29/05/2024
You move into your new condo. A few weeks later, a bailiff knocks on your door and serves upon you a notice of preservation of a legal hypothec of construction. He also served all your neighbors. Reading this document, you learn that a dispute remains unresolved between the developer and…...
03/12/2023
When you buy in a newly built divided co-ownership, a portion of the fractions of the building (apartment, parking or storage space, etc.), or even all, can be the subject of a notice of legal hypothec of construction. The Civil Code of Quebec introduced this hypothec in order to protect…...