Massachusetts General Laws

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 37 (2026)

Reference to examiner to search records and investigate facts; report; notice of report to plaintiff

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Section 37. Immediately after the filing of a complaint, the court shall enter an order referring it to one of the examiners of title, who shall search the records and investigate all facts stated in the complaint or otherwise brought to his notice, and shall file in the case a report thereon, concluding with a certificate of his opinion upon the title. The recorder shall give notice to the plaintiff of the filing of such report.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 5 cases, 1980–2015 · leading case: Kozdras v. Land/Vest Props., Inc., 413 N.E.2d 1105 (Mass. 1980).

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Kozdras v. Land/Vest Props., Inc., 413 N.E.2d 1105 (Mass. 1980). · cites it 6× “The Land Court, as required by G.L.c. 185, § 37, referred the petition for registration to one of its title examiners to "search the records and investigate all facts stated in the petition, or otherwise brought to his notice, and [to] file in the case a report thereon,…”

Batchelder v. Plan. Bd. of Yarmouth, 575 N.E.2d 366 (Mass. App. Ct. 1991). “” The Land Court, as required by G. L. c. 185, § 37, as appearing in St. 1981, c.”

Snow v. E. L. Dauphinais, Inc., 432 N.E.2d 730 (Mass. App. Ct. 1982). “Dauphinais also claims that the Snows’ action should be dismissed because of the absence of Estelle Rivard, whose one-sixth interest was discovered by the Land Court examiner and listed in his opinion filed pursuant to G. L. c. 185, § 37, as in effect prior to St.”

Lassman v. HSBC Bank USA., N.A. (In re DeMore), 530 B.R. 519 (Bankr. D. Mass. 2015). “4 (citing Mass. Gen. Laws. ch. 185, § 37). The examiner searches the title and investigates “ ‘all facts stated in the complaint, or otherwise brought to his notice’ and files a report, ‘concluding with a certificate of his opinion on the title.”

Gifford v. Otis, 873 N.E.2d 792 (Mass. App. Ct. 2007). “” G. L. c. 185, § 37. In initiating this process, the petitioner is seeking to confirm title to the subject property, thereby foreclosing potentially competing claims or rights.”

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