2012 Massachusetts General Laws
PART II REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS(Chapters 183 through 210)
TITLE I TITLE TO REAL PROPERTY
CHAPTER 185 THE LAND COURT AND REGISTRATION OF TITLE TO LAND
Section 37 Reference to examiner to search records and investigate facts; report; notice of report to plaintiff

Section 37. Immediately after the filing of a complaint, the court shall enter an order referring it to one of the examiners of title, who shall search the records and investigate all facts stated in the complaint or otherwise brought to his notice, and shall file in the case a report thereon, concluding with a certificate of his opinion upon the title. The recorder shall give notice to the plaintiff of the filing of such report.