Personal property liens – Find a registration

How to find a registration

Step 1. Download and fill out a search form

Individual debtor name

Search for the legal name of an individual debtor.

Search Request form

Business debtor name

Search for a legal name of a business debtor

Search Request form

Serial number

Search for the serial number of a:

• motor vehicle
• trailer
• mobile home
• designated manufactured mobile home
• aircraft
• boat
• outboard motor for a boat
• farm vehicle (tractor/combine)

Search Request form

Registration number

Search for a specific registration number

Search Request form

Distribution seizure

Search the legal name of one or more individual or business debtors.

Search Request form

Certificate of expired/discharged registration

Search for an expired or discharged registration number

Search Request form

Step 2. Submit the request at a registry agent

You can search through any registry agent office in Alberta.

Step 3. After you submit the request

A search result will be one of the following:

• exact match
• inexact match
• no match
• both exact and inexact matches

If any inexact matches are shown they may need to be checked further. The customer should either do another search on the inexact name or a registration number search for that specific registration.

Any questions about a search result should be directed to the party that is responsible for registering the interest.

Contact

Hours: 8:15 am to 4:30 pm (open Monday to Friday, closed statutory holidays)
Phone: 780-427-7013