Most people have middle names. Some hate them, some love them,
some even use them instead of their first names. However, despite
where you stand on your middle name, it is always recommended that
you use your full name on legal documents and registrations,
especially when you are doing a land transaction.
I often get questions as to why I need someone's middle name
for registration on title and the answer is relatively simple. To
avoid getting tagged with the issues of someone else with a similar
name.
In Saskatchewan, our land titles registry and our judgment
registry "talk" to each other, with the judgment registry
constantly reviewing the land registry for any new registrations
that might come in with a name matching a name that appears on the
land registry. In many cases, when someone is listed on the
judgment registry, the registrant will register both a full name
(i.e. "John Henry Doe") as well as the shortened version
(i.e. "John Doe") to try to make sure
