Delays put real estate clients at risk, province warned

They're tardy deeds but they're not dirt cheap.

Staffing shortages at the province's Registry of Deeds created a paperwork backlog last fall, and sparked a series of warnings from the legal community to the government about how those delays could hit their clients in the pocketbook.

The Law Society of Newfoundland and Labrador wrote government officials about the "very serious matter" on Nov. 25, 2014.

"I have received a number of messages from members expressing serious concern about the impact that the current issue with the Registry of Deeds is going to have on the public  (Source : https://ca.news.yahoo.com)