PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT |  COMPLIANCE

A Compliance Certificate or Statement Respecting Compliance is confirmation from the municipality on whether or not development on a property complies with the requirements of the municipality’s Land Use Bylaw. This compliance review of a property is based on a real property report of the property.

A Compliance Certificate is usually a condition placed on the seller by either the purchaser or their lending institution in order to protect their clients' investments. Standard real estate purchase contracts often require the seller to obtain a Compliance Certificate.

A request for a Compliance Certificate must be accompanied by at least two original copies of the real property report of the subject parcel, prepared by an Alberta Land Surveyor. If the date of the real property report is not current with the date of the compliance request, the municipality will only verify whether or not the development shown, as of the date of the real property report, complies with the requirements of the Land Use Bylaw.