§ 380. Official examiner's report of title; other evidences of title.\nImmediately upon the filing of the petition the court shall enter an\norder referring the matter to one of the official examiners of title\nappointed in the county as provided in section three hundred and\nseventy-seven of this chapter and directing the registrar to give notice\nof the hearing upon the petition as provided in section three hundred\nand eighty-five of this chapter, to the parties named in the petition.\nThe order shall also direct the registrar to give such notice to such\nadditional persons as the preliminary report of the official examiner of\ntitle shows should be made parties to the proceeding. In any event,\nhowever, the determination of the question as to sufficiency of parties\nand as to due service of notice shall be for the court as herein\nprovided. As soon as possible after the petition is referred to him the\nofficial examiner of title shall file a preliminary report with the\nregistrar as to the sufficiency of the parties named in the petition and\nas to what additional persons, if any, should be made parties to the\nproceeding. The official examiner of title shall forthwith proceed to\nexamine the title and investigate the facts stated in the petition or\notherwise brought to his notice, and shall make a report in writing to\nthe court of the substance of the proof and his conclusions therefrom.\nSaid official examiner's report shall set forth the exact state and\ncondition of the title sought to be registered which shall contain a\nfull chain of title disclosing the base, or underlying title and the tax\nsale title, if there be one, and all mortgages, liens, encumbrances,\nwills, administrations of estates, and proceedings of all kinds and\nnature relating to the real property in question, and the names, places\nof residence with street number, if any, and post office addresses as\nfar as known or reasonably ascertainable, and the rights or interests,\nor claimed rights or interests, of the petitioner and of all other\npersons having or claiming any rights or interests in or liens upon said\nproperty or any part thereof. It shall contain a statement as to the\nappearances of parties and a statement as to whether all proper parties\nin interest have in fact been served with the notice as provided in\nsection three hundred and eighty-five of this chapter and if so in what\nmanner, and the recommendation of the official examiner of title as to\nwhether further notice should be required as to persons residing within\nor beyond the state from whom registered personal return receipt cards\nfor the notice of hearing have not been received; it shall contain a\nproper reference to the survey, map or plan provided for in section\nthree hundred and eighty-one of this chapter and a statement of all\nencroachments, if any, on any surrounding contiguous property and the\nnames, places of residence with street number, if any, and post office\naddresses of the owners in fee simple of such surrounding contiguous\nproperties, as far as they are known or can be reasonably ascertained by\ninquiry on said properties or otherwise; and, as to actual or possible\nowners or claimants, of the property sought to be registered, not known\nor not found, it shall state fully what search and efforts have been\nmade to find them. All possible owners or claimants of the property\nsought to be registered, or of any right or interest therein or lien\nthereon, or in or on any part thereof, who cannot be otherwise\ndescribed, shall be designated in the report and in the notice of\nhearing on the petition, by the expression, "all other persons, if any,\nhaving any right or interest in, or lien upon the property affected by\nthis proceeding, or any part thereof." By the statements of facts\ncontained in said report of title, or by separate accompanying\naffidavits, or by any other additional evidences, if necessary, or by\nany or all of these, sufficient facts mu
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