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Do I need my neighbor to sign anything to close?

In almost every Saskatoon sale you do not need your neighbour to sign anything to close, since the transaction is between you, the buyer and your two lawyers, with title transferred through Information Services Corporation. The exception is a shared boundary issue, an encroachment or a fence built on the property line.

Your lawyer's title search through Information Services Corporation will flag any registered easement, right-of-way or boundary agreement already on file, and that search is part of the $800 to $1,500 legal fee range most Saskatoon closings run. If nothing is flagged, your neighbour has no role in your closing at all.

A genuinely new issue, discovering a fence or a shed is actually over the property line, for example, is uncommon but does happen, and it is exactly the kind of thing a title search and a home inspection are meant to catch before you close rather than after.

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