508A.10 APPLICATION TO EXAMINER; POWERS OF EXAMINER.
An application for registration for a CPT shall be addressed to the examiner of titles in
and for the county in which the land described is situated. The examiner shall have the powers
provided in sections
508A.01 to
508A.85 including but not limited to the following:
(1) to approve all applications prior to filing of record;
(2) to require an abstract of title with searches and recertifications as desired;
(3) to require that mailed notice be given to the holders of any interest, when their addresses
are known;
(4) to issue examiner's reports, supplemental reports, and directives to the registrar regarding
initial CPTs or memorials upon any CPT pursuant to section
508A.71;
(5) to require the county surveyor to review the proposed legal description of any CPT or to
inspect the real property;
(6) to suspend any proceeding hereunder upon receipt of any valid written objections by
persons claiming an interest in the real property; and
(7) to require proceedings subsequent to the initial CPT as may be necessary to achieve the
purposes of sections
508A.01 to
508A.85, or to certify instruments transferring title pursuant
to sections
508A.59,
508A.62, and
508A.69.
History: 1982 c 396 s 10; 1999 c 11 art 1 s 41; 2001 c 50 s 10