Quebec Register of Personal and Movable Real Rights (RDPRM)
The RDPRM is Quebec’s Register of Personal and Movable Real Rights, a computerized public register kept under the Civil Code of Québec. Publication of rights is effected by registration in it or in the land register, unless some other mode is expressly permitted by law. Éducaloi says hypothecs on cars, boats and equipment are published there and that it is always important to check it.
A buyer of Quebec business assets can search the RDPRM for rights registered against the seller or the assets. The Civil Code says the registers kept for publication purposes are public documents. For a worked walk-through, see what to check in the RDPRM when buying business assets.
How the register is built
The regulation says the register is kept on computer and composed of name files and descriptive files. Each file’s heading indicates, in particular, the name of the grantor or the identification number of the property. The Civil Code says registration entails, as against all persons, a simple presumption of the existence of the right. A Quebec hypothec on a car, boat or equipment is published here, according to Éducaloi.
What to ask
- Whether the search covered the seller’s name and any identification numbers of the assets
- What each registered right is and who holds it
- What release the holder will register at closing
Sources
This definition is checked against primary sources. Links were last confirmed on the dates shown.
- 01Éditeur officiel du QuébecGovernmentCCQ-1991 - Civil Code of Québec
- 02Éditeur officiel du QuébecGovernmentCCQ, r. 8 - Regulation respecting the register of personal and movable real rights
- 03ÉducaloiLegal commentaryHypothecs
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