Summary
Fees
The Regulation respecting the application of the Public Curator Act provides that fees are to be charged for services rendered in the provisional administration of unclaimed property.
Fees are calculated based on the cost and market price of the services rendered. They are indexed to the cost of living on April 1 of each year. The goods and services tax and the Québec sales tax apply to these fees.
Fees from 2006-04-01 to 2007-03-31
Unclaimed financial assets and property left in detention centres and establishments of the health and social services network
| Fees | Description of services |
| $78 per hour | Conducting an investigation |
| $52 per series of securities in the same category | Liquidating a security |
| 25% of the proceeds of the transaction | Administering and liquidating property other than a security |
| $161 | Receiving, administering and remitting property kept in a safety deposit box at a financial institution |
| 10% of the value of the property (minimum $2 and maximum $1,000) | Receiving, administering and remitting property other than property found in a safety deposit box at a financial institution |
| $78 per hour | Performing a search in order to trace an owner or an assign |
| $104 per hour | Legal fees |
Unclaimed successions and property not mentioned in the preceding table (property of dissolved corporations, property whose owners are unknown or untraceable, etc.)
| Fees | Description of services |
| $474 | Opening a file |
| $78 plus $78 per hour | Collecting information for the preparation of an inventory of property to be administered or liquidated |
| $78 per hour | Conducting an investigation |
| $291 | Liquidating an abandoned vehicle |
| 25% of the proceeds of the transaction | Liquidating movable property other than a security or an abandoned vehicle |
| $78 per hour | Administering and liquidating seized or abandoned property for which Revenu Québec is the provisional administrator under a statute other than the Public Curator Act |
| $271 | Collecting and analyzing information regarding an immovable |
| 5% of the selling price (minimum $760 and maximum $3,000) | Selling an immovable |
| $229 | Any other transfer of an immovable or settlement of an immovable that is unmarketable |
| $182 | Obtaining court authorization to encumber or dispose of property |
| $2,083 | Administering and liquidating a business |
| $52 per return | Filing a fiscal return |
| $104 per hour | Legal fees |
| $729 | Rendering of accounts and transfer to an assign |
| $78 per hour | Performing a search in order to trace an owner or an assign |
| $1,354 | Provisional administration and liquidation of a debt, a claim, a bank account, an insurance policy or any other property not mentioned above |
| 1.5% per year of the average assets under administration | Managing a common trust fund whose portfolio consists solely of investments with a maturity of less than two years |
| 2% per year of the average assets under administration | Managing other common trust funds |
| Note |
| The text of the Regulation always takes precedence over these tables. |
