Legislation - Real Property Research Guide - Subject research guides at Nova Scotia Barristers' Society

Federal Legislation

Dry Docks Subsidies Act, RSC 1985, c D-4.

Federal Real Property and Federal Immovables Act, SC 1991, c 50.

Seized Property Management Act, SC 1993, c 37.

Surplus Crown Assets Act, RSC 1985, c S-27.

Provincial Legislation

Assessment Act, RSNS 1989, c 23.

Assignments and Preferences Act, RSNS 1989, c 25.

Builders' Lien Act, RSNS 1989, c 277.

Condominium Act, RSNS 1989, c 85.

Conservation Easements Act, SNS 2001, c 28.

Conveyancing Act, RSNS 1989, c 97.

Crown Lands Act, RSNS 1989, c 114.

Environment Act, SNS 1994-95, c 1.

Expropriation Act, RSNS 1989, c 156.

Heritage Property Act, RSNS 1989, c 199.

Intestate Succession Act, RSNS 1989, c 236.

Land Registration Act, SNS 2001, c 6.

Land Surveyors Act, RSNS 1989, c 249.

Marketable Titles Act, SNS 1995-96, c 9.

Matrimonial Property Act, RSNS 1989, c 275.

Probate Act, SNS 2000, c 31.

Quieting Titles Act, RSNS 1989, c 382.

Real Property Act, RSNS 1989, c 385.

Real Property Transfer Validation Act, RSNS 1989, c 386.

Registry Act, RSNS 1989, c 392.

Vendors and Purchasers Act, RSNS 1989, c 487.

For a detailed list of property-related statutes in Nova Scotia, please see Charles W MacIntosh's "Minor League Real Estate Legislation" in Real Estate 1994 (Halifax, NS: Continuing Legal Education Society of Nova Scotia, 1994), as well as Garth C Gordon's "Property Related Statutes in Nova Scotia" in Real Estate 1995 (Halifax, NS: Continuing Legal Education Society of Nova Scotia, 1995).