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  • 377 (1) The register and any other official records of the land title office are open to inspection and search by any person on reasonable conditions the registrar may impose.
  • (2) If the registrar considers that the state of business in the registry requires, the registrar may process applications for a search in a different order from that in which the applications were made.
  • (3) The registrar may direct
  • (a) the manner of conducting a search, and
  • (b) that a search be accompanied by an application in the form directed by the registrar.
  • (4) A search may be

  • (a) a general search of the register showing the title to the land that is comprised in one indefeasible title,
  • (b) a special search confined to a single instrument,
  • (c) a name search to ascertain the land registered in the name of a person, or
  • (d) if permitted by the registrar, a search for pending applications against the title to the land that is comprised in the indefeasible title.
  • (5) An application for a search must state the nature of the search required and must be made in person by the applicant or by the applicant’s solicitor or agent.
  • (6) The director may by regulation exempt
  • (a) a class of charge, or
  • (b) the names of a particular person or class of persons
  • from the application of a search under subsection (4)(c).
  • (7) On a general search, the applicant is entitled to search any record not shown in the register that may affect the title of land covered by the search.

1979-219-306; 1982-60-80, proclaimed effective August 1, 1983.