[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of
Greenville 10-5-1965 by Ord. No. 878 (Ch. 11, Part 2, of the 2006 Code
of Ordinances.) Amendments noted where applicable.]
The Secretary shall, under the direction of Council, cause to
be made all necessary books, maps and plans as will show the situation
and dimensions of property within the Borough; which books, maps or
plans shall be so prepared as to show the location and name of the
owner or owners thereof, with blank spaces for the name of the owner
of each lot, and with the provision for the names of future owners
and the dates of future transfer of title.
For the purpose of establishing such registry, the Secretary shall have access without charge to any public records where the necessary information may be obtainable and may also cause a search to be made in other places for any muniments or evidences of title not reported to him as provided in §§ 402-4 and 402-5 and required for the completion of those books, maps or plans.
The registry books, maps and plans shall be carefully preserved,
and shall be so kept, by additions from time to time, as to show the
ownership of every lot, or piece of real estate, or subdivision of
real estate, within the limits of the Borough, with the succeeding
transmissions of title from the time of the commencement of the plans,
but nothing contained therein shall at any time invalidate any municipal
or tax claim by reason of the fact that the same is not assessed or
levied against the registered owner.
It shall be the duty of all owners of real estate within the
limits of the Borough, within one month after the date of the approval
of this chapter establishing such registry, and of every subsequent
purchaser, devisee, or person, within one month after acquiring title
in any manner whatsoever to any real estate in the Borough, to furnish
to the Secretary, at his office, descriptions of their respective
properties upon blanks to be furnished by the Borough, and at the
same time to present their conveyances to be stamped as evidence of
registry.
The Sheriff of Mercer County shall present for registry the deeds of all properties within the Borough sold by him at judicial sales, and the Recorder of Deeds of Mercer County shall not admit for record any deed of any property in the Borough bearing dates subsequent to the approval of this chapter providing for the establishment of the registry, unless the same shall first have been duly stamped as provided in § 402-4.
