Oneoff?

[Hopperbin]

Since your quite involved with rm issues I have a supposedly simple question. In our area we have been accostomed to drainage projects but there is still bits to be done. Now with all these new investors coming online how does one go about finding the new land investor that has bought land in the area to try to go ahead with a drainage project. There must be some way to find out the owner of farm land. Saskfarmer3 has met his but in our area most are trying their best to be secret from public.

[Hopperbin]

There is more here than meets the eye some of these investors that we think are from China are actually our next door neighour. Some nieghbours will not sell to another neighbour so they sell through the realestate company and it is still the neighbour that is the purchaser.

[Hopperbin]

Yet it seems of utmost importance that no one knows who owns what.

[Hopperbin]

In your opinion if you wish to go ahead and spearhead a drainage project, how do you find the owner of the land?

[Hopperbin]

In your opinion if you wish to go ahead and spearhead a drainage project, how do you find the owner of the land?

[Hopperbin]

In your opinion if you wish to go ahead and spearhead a drainage project, how do you find the owner of the land?

[Hopperbin]

In your opinion if you wish to go ahead and spearhead a drainage project, how do you find the owner of the land?

[Hopperbin]

As far as I am concerned if the owner does not want to come forward the neighbours can and will dump over 300 acres of water and it will not drain out if we do not let it. Not meaning any bad will really but is the way it is. We are used to talkig and working with neighbours but if they are not there does anything really matter?

[oneoff]

I now digress back to telling practically everything I remember to anyone who asks half nicely. Its all in how people are stroked.

With land ownership I woud start with the "Land Title" office in your province. In Sask that is Information Services Corp. www.isc-online.ca Get a new client free registration from that site and record your user name, password and especially client number generated. Make sure your free registration contains only the most bogus information you can dream up and be sure to decline any option to provide any credit card information that would be needed for paid services. There is lots of free info to keep you amused for days. That includes the registered owner; what the fair market value was; and search option for previous owners at any specific time in the past. Even a list of every parcel of land in Sask that that person or corp has their name on. Start with your own name to gain some experience.
To start with you need to know the legal land description which can best be gotten from any old RM map. While acquiring the map; why not just quiz the administrator for the same info as you could get from some legwork with ISC. It is public information afterall; and any councillor who tells you it is "none of your business who owns the land and what he sold it for " is a person who doesn't even know what a question is. But it is most easy for that person to pass the bylaws; resolutions; policies and regulations that they can see are enforced on ratepayers. Couldn't resist that comment.

If the administrator has not already provided all you need; log in to the www.isc-online.ca web site. Do it on a real computer and you will then have access to your printer; and can save various data easily.
Go to Quick search------Land description and enter at least the quarter section, township, range and meredian. You can narrow it down to just parcel surface land title or mineral titles or both; and can get returns for whole sections if desired; up to a maximum of about 300 possible titles per query.
Then click on the various entries until you get the info you desire. There is no worry about being charged. And you should worry about generating a shocking bill if you have provided a credit card and don't initially know how to navigate this multi-multi million dollar database.
Anyway; they are very helpful at the tollfree number and of course there are some tutorials for those who wish to learn more
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You won't get access to the caveats attached to titles;; except by paying a fee. Maybe your RM administrator can be helpful; but I don't think they are automatically notified with that info either. Worth a try though. They are public documents and actual Land Title copy can be had for $10.00 and another $3.00 for each caveat attached.

Once you get a name for your new neighbors company or personal name on one parcel you can go back to Quick Search and do additional searches for "Client Names" etc etc and use the very powerful detective features that will fill out your suspicians.

As for the drainage questions; I just happen to probably qualify as an expert in Sask. This information was gained from hard experiennce; and includes having the Sask Watershed defending their decision all the way to the Water Appeal Board.
As the applicant; or the one in potential trouble from lodged complaints you will find yourself growing old before your time. But some of those battles must be fought to prevent tyrants, hypocrites and oppressors from enjoying an easy victory.
Perhaps a consulting fee would be appropriate; or at least maybe some support or comments on general topics that affect members of a potential democracy or maybe just a little buttering up.

[oneoff]

I will say that drainage projects can go ahead without unanimious consent. There is a proper processes; and it requires setting up through the proper channels. As I understand it; fees are levied on the land involved; and it is a "public improvement"; designed for general benefit.

[oneoff]

A corporate search will reveal who is behind any company. That info is going to cost someone a relatively few dollars. Any corporation or company wishing to do business in a province has to first register with the Corporations Branch. Its accessible from the same ISC site.
Then good old Google can usually be used to track down the history of individuals and companies.

You can run, but its hard to hide.

[oneoff]

Everyone is required to keep their mailing address current with ISC. If you don't; you won't get notices unless somehow it gets forwarded to your new address.
Just a thought; but one could try to place some sort of caveat on the land (and owner) that you might not especially appreciate. I don't know where that might lead; but you'd probably get some closer conversation with the persons and land owners you wish to communicate with.

[Hopperbin]

Thanks a lot so far. Come up with the names Ye Hui, 101176596 saskatchewan Ltd., and Coville Properties Ltd. Now how do I go about finding a phone number and address?

[Hopperbin]

No one has a complaint against these owners, just want to discuss a drainage project.

[oneoff]

As said before; get the client address from ISC (Information Services Corp). The mailing address is there for free; as already mentioned.
Sure it takes some tme to become familiar and learn how to do things for yourself.
An even bigger issue is doing things in return for those who willingly point people to paths that the quetioner may then consider whether they wish to travel upon.