NRS-21527 | Primary Application Search Books

Generally, Primary Applications are applications made by owners of land under Old System title for conversion to the Torrens Title system, which provides one State guaranteed title document evidencing ownership. Primary Applications may also be used to remove a Caution on a qualified Torrens Title; the caution being a warning that a Torrens Title may be subject or affected by interests not recorded, investigate or disclosed.In a Primary Application, the applicant is required to provide all documents that support a “good root of title”; essentially, a chain of documents which supports ownership and any other interests that affects that title to land.Part of the examination processing of a Primary Application involves LPI officers undertaking searches of Old System records on the basis, and in conjunction with the records supplied in the Primary Application. One of the resulting reports from the search conducted is known as an epitome of title.The epitome of title will show in chronological order the devolution of title to the land in the application from a selected commencement point to the date of the search, and will include reference to all documents whether registered or not appearing to affect the title over the period searched.This report and other reports are relied on by legal officers in approving the application and providing direction on how the unqualified Torrens Title should issue.Epitomes of title prepared by LPI Officers bearing the same number reference as Primary Application, and have been made available as a public record under the description of Primary Application Search books. The volumes contain the applications lodged and supporting documentation required to undertake the search.These records were produced as part of the processing and investigation of Primary Applications and were released as Public Records at a later point in time.Official Search volumes contain the applications lodged and supporting documentation required to undertake the search. Records are organised numerically by Primary Application Search number, and section-sewn into bound volumes of no more than 100 searches.These records are organised numerically by Primary Application search number. The volumes have been dis-bound for digitisation purposes.

一般而言，初始申请（Primary Application）指持有旧制度产权（Old System title）的土地所有权人提交的、旨在将产权转换为托伦斯产权制度（Torrens Title system）的申请——该制度会出具一份由国家担保的产权文件以证明所有权归属。初始申请亦可用于移除合格托伦斯产权上的警示（Caution）：此类警示用于提示某托伦斯产权可能受到未登记、未调查或未披露的权益的约束或影响。
在初始申请中，申请人需提交所有可支撑“合格产权溯源依据（good root of title）”的文件，本质上即能够证明土地所有权及所有影响该土地产权的其他权益的文件链。
初始申请的审核流程中，有一部分工作由LPI（Land and Property Information，土地产权与信息局）人员依托初始申请提交的记录开展旧制度产权档案的检索工作。本次检索生成的报告之一即为产权概要（epitome of title）。
产权概要将按时间顺序展示申请所涉土地的产权流转历程，从选定的起始节点直至检索当日，同时会列明检索时段内所有看似对该产权产生影响的文件（无论是否已登记）。
法务人员将依托该报告及其他相关报告完成申请审核，并就如何出具无受限托伦斯产权证书提供指导意见。
由LPI人员编制的产权概要与对应初始申请使用同一编号，并以“初始申请检索卷宗”的名称作为公共档案对外公开。该卷宗包含已提交的初始申请及开展检索所需的佐证文件。
此类档案系初始申请处理与核查工作的产物，后续作为公共档案对外发布。
官方检索卷宗（Official Search volumes）包含已提交的初始申请及开展检索所需的佐证文件。档案按初始申请检索编号进行数字排序，并以每册不超过100份检索内容的方式分段线装成册。此类档案均按初始申请检索编号进行数字排序，后为开展数字化工作，该等卷宗已被拆封解绑。