The Land Registry branch concerns parcels, titles, instruments, survey files, provisional entries, and related territorial records.
The Land Registry of the Mohawk Nation of Grand River is the branch of record through which the Secretariat maintains parcel, title, survey, land instrument, and related territorial records of the Nation. It exists as part of the Nation’s continuing governing and territorial authority in the Grand River Territory and provides an ordered institutional record of land, interests, boundaries, notices, determinations, and related matters entered under the authority of the Secretariat.
The Land Registry is related to the Register of the Nation, but it serves a more specific function. The Register of the Nation is the permanent and authoritative official record of the Secretariat as a whole. The Land Registry is the specialized branch through which land and territorial matters are recorded, organized, and administered. Instruments affecting land, parcels, title, surveys, and territorial determinations may therefore appear in the Land Registry while also resting on the authority, continuity, and certification structure of the Register itself.
The Land Registry is also closely connected to the Trust Register. The Land Registry records the physical estate: parcels, titles, surveys, provisional entries, land instruments, riparian interests, and related territorial matters. The Trust Register records the fiduciary, accounting, revenue, and disposition consequences that arise from that same estate. In this way, the Land Registry preserves the territorial and physical record, while the Trust Register preserves the trust and financial record that follows from it. Together, they provide the Nation’s institutional record of land and the obligations arising from land.
Parcels within the territorial estate may be identified, classed, and organized within the registry structure in advance, but perfected parcel and title entries are made as survey descriptions are certified and instruments are submitted in due form. The Land Registry therefore includes both settled entries and provisional or developing records, allowing the Secretariat to preserve continuity while survey, title, and supporting evidence are assembled and entered.
The Land Registry supports the recording of parcel records, title and interest records, survey submissions, provisional entries, riparian and water-rights matters, notices of interest, and related territorial instruments. It exists to provide continuity, traceability, and institutional order in matters affecting the lands and territorial interests of the Nation. In this respect, it is not merely descriptive. It is part of the Nation’s administrative expression of territorial jurisdiction.
The work of the Land Registry is supported by the offices of the Registrar General, Surveyor General, and Director of Lands and Territory, together with such other officers as may be brought into active function. Through those offices, the Secretariat records and maintains the territorial, survey, and land-related matters necessary to the Nation’s institutional continuity, public notice, and administrative order.
The Land Registry may include, among other things, parcel records, title and interest records, survey files, provisional entries, notices of interest, certified extracts, location determinations, jurisdiction determinations, and related public or restricted records. Some entries may be available as public extracts, while others remain internal, restricted, or subject to certification and review according to the nature of the matter and the authority under which it is entered.
The purpose of the Land Registry is not symbolic. It exists to preserve an ordered institutional record of land and territorial matters, to support notice and certification, to connect the physical estate with the Nation’s trust and fiduciary records, and to give enduring administrative form to the Nation’s continuing territorial position in the Grand River Territory
Parcel Records
The Land Registry records parcels as the basic units of the territorial estate for purposes of identification, classification, survey linkage, title review, and notice. A parcel record may exist as a perfected entry, a provisional entry, or a developing record pending further survey, instrument submission, or review. Through parcel records, the Secretariat preserves continuity in the physical identification of land within the Grand River Territory and creates the basis upon which title, trust, notice, and determination records may be linked.
Title and Interest Records
The Land Registry records title and interest matters affecting parcels within the territorial estate, including asserted titles, recognized interests, rival claims, notices of interest, occupancies, and other land-related positions entered under the authority of the Secretariat. These records do not depend for their meaning on external land systems alone, but are preserved within the Nation’s own institutional record as part of its continuing territorial administration. In this way, title and interest records form the legal and administrative layer that follows from the parcel record itself.
Survey and Determination Records
The Land Registry records survey files, survey submissions, territorial descriptions, location determinations, jurisdiction determinations, and related technical records affecting land and place. Some entries may be provisional where survey work is incomplete, while others may be certified and entered in full form once the necessary evidence and descriptions are assembled. These records support the Secretariat’s ability to identify location, boundary, corridor, jurisdiction, and related territorial questions in a continuous and ordered institutional record.
Notices of Interest
The Land Registry records notices of interest for the purpose of preserving and communicating asserted interests affecting parcels, titles, trust matters, occupation, or related territorial concerns. A notice of interest may be issued to place offices, registries, municipalities, corporations, institutions, or other parties on formal notice that a parcel or matter is subject to an asserted position entered in the Nation’s record. In this respect, the notice function of the Land Registry serves both preservation and communication: it maintains the record internally while also giving outward notice where required.
Public Extracts
The Land Registry may issue public or certified extracts from parcel records, title and interest records, determination records, survey-linked entries, and related matters where the Secretariat determines that an extract may properly be issued. Some records may remain restricted, provisional, or subject to review, while others may be available as public-facing extracts for purposes of notice, verification, or institutional communication. Through this extract function, the Land Registry gives controlled public form to parts of the territorial record without collapsing the distinction between internal registry administration and public-facing publication.