Proposed form of owner’s certificate of title instructions
Please note: This form is currently being revised and will be included in the guidelines as soon as it is available.
Use of the form is optional, but is encouraged if the title involved or the documents presented are complex. Any person interested in the title to land affected by a certificate of title may submit this form directly or through counsel. More than one party may submit this form. Joint submission of the same form is encouraged, but parties may submit differing versions.
This form should be submitted at the time the documents are registered; when this form is submitted later, it is possible that it may not be taken into account before the District completes its work on the certificate. Parties are encouraged to provide copies of this form to other parties involved in the transaction and to retain copies of this form and the relevant documents in the event questions arise while the District is working on the certificate.
This form is intended only to suggest to the District what action it should take in preparing a new certificate of title or notation(s). In doing its work, the District will use its own best judgment, following applicable law and court guidelines, and may accept, reject, or modify the suggestions made in this form. Nothing in this form will in any way alter or affect the registered documents themselves. This form is not intended as a substitute for a supplemental petition to the Land Court to amend or correct a certificate of title. So-called “S-Petitions” will continue to be required in appropriate cases. Use of this form does not relieve proponents of documents of the need to establish authority or to obtain prior Land Court approvals.