§ 381. Survey, map or plan to be filed. There shall be filed with the\nregistrar a survey, map or plan of the land the title to which is sought\nto be registered, which shall be made by a competent surveyor and shall\nbe subject to the approval of the court, and which shall clearly show\nthe exact boundaries of the land and its connection with adjacent lands\nand any adjoining or neighboring streets and avenues, and the distances\nfrom such adjoining or neighboring streets or avenues, and all\nencroachments, if any, and all other facts which are usually shown by\naccurate surveys. If any adjacent land is already registered, the survey\nmust properly connect and harmonize with the survey of such previously\nregistered land. There shall be attached to such survey, map or plan,\nand filed with it, an affidavit of the surveyor by whom it was made,\nthat it was made by him personally or under his immediate supervision\nand direction; that it is a survey, map or plan of the property\ndescribed in the petition or the official examiner's report of title,\nand that according to the best of his knowledge and belief said property\nis included in the boundaries shown on such survey, map or plan, without\nany encroachments or improper erections, except as follows: (stating\nand describing any encroachments or improper locations of buildings,\nfences or other structures). After the original registration of any\nparcel of land, a new survey, map or plan of the same showing a\nsubdivision thereof into lots may be filed with the registrar after\ncompliance with the provisions of section three hundred thirty-four and\nsection three hundred thirty-five of the real property law, as amended,\nand chapter six hundred twenty of the laws of nineteen hundred\ntwenty-six. The filing of such a new survey, map or plan shall outline\nthe registered portion of the property, shall be noted as a memorial on\nthe certificate of title to which it relates, and thereafter the land or\nany interest therein shall be transferred or encumbered by reference to\nit; in the event that the old description is used, reference must also\nbe made to the new map.\n
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