Document Registration Guide, 28th Edition, 2026 + E-Book

Document Registration Guide, 28th Edition, 2026 by Rose H. McConnell and Raymond H. Mikkola is the most practical and comprehensive guide for completing and preparing real estate documents in Ontario.

An indispensable tool for real estate practitioners, this updated edition provides you with a concise and convenient overview of real estate law in Ontario. This resource covers topics that are essential for real estate lawyers and law clerks in a professional real estate law practice.

What's New in the 28th Edition
The 28th Edition of the Guide has been revised throughout, including:

• Chapter 7 contains enhanced commentary on Land Transfer Tax including the definition of value of consideration, statutory exemptions to provincial Land Transfer Tax and refund for first-time homebuyers. New commentary has been added that discusses the Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) and the recently announced HST Rebate
• Chapter 10 has been reorganized and updated to highlight caselaw under Remedies After Default, including Repudiation, Damages and Specific Performance
• Chapter 24 has been updated to include the impact of Bill 72 on the implementation of proposed amendments to the Condominium Act, 1998 by the Protecting Condominium Owners Act, 2015
• Chapter 27 has been updated to include new registration requirements for new home buyers

Raymond H. Mikkola, a partner at the law firm Pallett Valo LLP, has added new content to Chapter 1 (Introduction) which examines the searching of title and the issuing of a title opinion when dealing with the dissolution of a corporate owner of the subject land, and the issue of forfeiture of that land to the Crown. Mr. Mikkola has added new content to Chapter 10 (Practical Matters and Vesting Orders) that discusses the decision of the Supreme Court of Canada in Kosicki v. Toronto (City) regarding adverse possession of municipally owned parkland. New content has been added by Mr. Mikkola to Chapter 15 (Notices) wherein he explains DOT Bulletins 2025-08 and 2025-10 and the salient aspects of these bulletins in relation to the registration of Notices. Finally, Mr. Mikkola has added new content to Chapter 26 (Electronic Registration) that details the enhancements to the OnLand Submission Request Form for Change/Correction Requests introduced by DOT Bulletin 2025-13.

New case annotations have been added to the commentary throughout the Guide, including to the sections that discuss mortgages, powers of attorney, corporations and agreements of purchase and sale, adverse possession, rescission, damages after default, caveat emptor, specific performance, the Planning Act, environmental warnings and restrictions, restrictive covenants, certificates of pending litigation, power of sale, condominiums, ONHWP, and plans and surveys.