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Licensee Application Form
Revised March 2019
LAW SOCIETY OF ONTARIO
UNCLAIMED TRUST FUND PROGRAMME
s.59.6 – 59.14 Law Society Act
By-law # 10 of the by-laws of the Law Society
(Form to be completed when requesting approval to transfer trust funds to the Law Society)
A. APPLICANT LICENSEE/FIRM INFORMATION
Select one:
B. FILE/MATTER INFORMATION
Steps taken:
C. Client/Party Entitled Information
If more than one person is entitled to the funds, attach a separate sheet for each person and complete all questions for each person.
D. Trust Funds
E. ENTITLEMENT TO FUNDS NOT KNOWN.
F. EFFORTS MADE TO PAY OUT FUNDS
Attach copies of the documents that relate to the steps taken to pay out funds. (The steps listed below are examples of steps that a licensee/firm might take to pay out funds. A licensee/firm must demonstrate that all reasonable steps to locate the beneficiaries of the trust funds have been taken, prior to the application being approved.)
Note: If correspondence to party entitled has been returned, please include a copy of the returned envelope which should indicate reason for return.
Note: Section G must be completed.
G. The Society publishes a notice annually in The Ontario Gazette listing the names and last known address of every person entitled to money paid to the Society during the previous year. Publication of the name and address is not required, if:
(i) Publication of the name or address breach a duty of confidentiality owed by you to the client/person entitled to the funds, or
(ii) There are reasonable grounds for believing that the publication of the name or address will result in a significant risk or physical or psychological harm to the person whose name or address is published or to another person.
Should the name of the client or person entitled be exempt from publication in The Ontario Gazette?
If yes, please provide details
H. CERTIFICATION OF LICENSEE
in the Province of Ontario, certify that the information set out in this application, and in any attachments, is correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.
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