STATE STATUTES & CODES

MASSACHUSETTS STATUTES AND CODES

CHAPTER 185 THE LAND COURT AND REGISTRATION OF TITLE TO LAND

• Section 1 Jurisdiction; place of sittings; rules and forms of procedure
• Section 2 Justices; administrative head
• Section 2A Repealed, 1937, 409, Sec. 4
• Section 3 Scheduling of sessions
• Section 3A Permit session of the land court department; jurisdiction; transfer of actions; assignment of cases; case management; mediation
• Section 4 Processes
• Section 5 Repealed, 1978, 478, Sec. 84
• Section 6 Recorder; appointment; powers and duties
• Section 7 Custody and control of papers and documents
• Section 8 Places recorder or deputy allowed to act
• Section 9 Facsimile signature of recorder
• Section 10 Registers of deeds acting as assistant recorders
• Section 10A Technical assistants; termination
• Section 11 Oath and bond of recorder and assistant recorders; additional duties
• Section 12 Examiners of title; appointment; acting for recorder
• Section 13 Court officers
• Section 13A Stenographers
• Section 14 Salaries and expenses; practice of law; fees
• Section 15 Trial of causes and questions of fact; jury trials; transfer of actions to superior court
• Section 15A Repealed, 1973, 1114, Sec. 26
• Section 16 Appeal from judgment for jury trial
• Section 17 Certification from clerk of superior court to land court; further proceedings before land court
• Section 18, 19 Repealed, 1973, 1114, Sec. 27
• Section 20 Repealed, 1931, 387, Sec. 2
• Section 21 Costs
• Section 22 Filing of writs, complaints, bills and pleadings
• Section 23 Filing and indexing of final judgments and executions in county where land lies
• Section 24 Reference to examiner; examination and report
• Section 25 Powers of land court
• Section 25A Power of land court to enforce orders, sentences, judgments and decrees; contempts
• Section 26 Complaints for registration of title
• Section 26A Complaints for confirmation of title without registration
• Section 27 Filing of petition; memorandum relating to petition; duties of assistant recorder
• Section 28 Form and content of complaint
• Section 29 Land bounded on public or private way; content of complaint
• Section 30 Complaint or registration made subject to existing recorded mortgage or lease
• Section 31 Inclusion of two or more parcels; joinder
• Section 32 Amendments
• Section 33 Plan of land and muniments of title; filing; withdrawal; further survey
• Section 34 Additional facts in complaint; additional papers
• Section 35 Agent for non-resident plaintiff
• Section 36 Transactions dealing with land after filing of complaint; record of disposition of case
• Section 37 Reference to examiner to search records and investigate facts; report; notice of report to plaintiff
• Section 38 Publication of notice of filing of complaint
• Section 39 Return day of notice; mailing of copies; posting of copies
• Section 40 Appointment of guardian ad litem; compensation
• Section 41 Answer
• Section 42 General default; order; judgment confirming title
• Section 43 Hearing of contested cases; default of persons not appearing; reference to examiner; report; compensation of examiner
• Section 44 Dismissal; withdrawal
• Section 45 Judgment of confirmation and registration; opening of judgment; remedies of aggrieved persons
• Section 46 Encumbrances affecting certificates of title
• Section 47 Contents of judgment of registration
• Section 48 Transcription of judgment in district where land lies; owner’s duplicate certificate; land lying in more than one district
• Section 49 Original and transfer certificates
• Section 50 Repealed, 1996, 481, Sec. 2
• Section 51 Subdivision; application for new certificates
• Section 52 Perpetuation of registration; withdrawal; notice of voluntary withdrawal
• Section 53 Prescription, adverse possession or right of way by necessity
• Section 54 Evidentiary effect of original certificate or copies thereof
• Section 55 Contents of certificate of title
• Section 56 Recorder’s duties relating to indexes and records
• Section 56A Complaints for confirmation of title; application of chapter
• Section 57 Dealings by owner; registration as act of conveyance
• Section 58 Notice of registering, filing or entering
• Section 59 Interests less than estate in fee simple; registration
• Section 60 Form of memorandum; presentation of doubtful questions to court
• Section 61 Information concerning grantee and others appearing on instrument; endorsement of changes
• Section 61A Address of property affected
• Section 62 Fraudulent registration
• Section 63 Assistant recorder’s entry book; processing of instruments; public inspection of records; duplicates and copies
• Section 64 Procedure to convey fee
• Section 65 Procedure to convey part of land described on certificate
• Section 66 Statement of encumbrances or claims on new certificate
• Section 67 Authority to mortgage
• Section 68 Registration procedure
• Section 69 Discharge
• Section 70 Foreclosure
• Section 71 Registration of leases or notices of leases
• Section 72 Procedure to register
• Section 73 Trusts with powers of sale, mortgage, etc.
• Section 74 Appointment of new trustee; proceedings
• Section 75 Implied or constructive trusts; filing of statement
• Section 76 Registration of land held in trust
• Section 77 Burdens and incidents attaching by law
• Section 78 Filing and registration of attachments or liens
• Section 79 Repealed, 1996, 481, Sec. 13
• Section 80 Filing of instruments evidencing continuation, reduction, discharge or dissolution
• Section 81 Applicability of laws relating to attachment on mesne process
• Section 82 Endorsement of plaintiff’s attorney upon writ
• Section 83 Registration of order continuing, reducing or dissolving attachment on mesne process
• Section 84 Enforcement of liens
• Section 85 New certificate to person claiming under execution
• Section 86 Filing and registration of memorandum of proceedings affecting land; registration of judgment or decree
• Section 87 Certificate of manner of disposal
• Section 88 Registration of judgment
• Section 89 Filing and registration of execution or writ of seisin
• Section 90 Registration of certificates of judgment in writs of dower and waste
• Section 91 Registration of decrees
• Section 92 Filing and registration of judgment in partition proceedings or proceedings for assignment of spouse’s statutory share
• Section 93 Registration of prior mortgage or lease with decree for partition
• Section 94 Registration of notices in insolvency and copies of decrees
• Section 95 Registration of discharge
• Section 96 Entry of new certificate
• Section 97 Entry of new certificate; notice; hearing; memorandum of pendency of settlement of estate
• Section 98 Right of probate court to license sale or mortgage; new certificate or memorandum of registration
• Section 99 Payment; amount
• Section 100 Custody; investment; annual report
• Section 101 Grounds for recovery from fund; exhausting other remedies; continuance of action to await result of tort action
• Section 102 Defendants in action to recover from fund
• Section 103 Recovery upon judgment
• Section 104 Deficiencies in fund
• Section 105 Subrogation rights
• Section 106 Application and investment of income of fund
• Section 107 Limitations upon liability and amount of compensation
• Section 108 Limitations upon commencement time of actions
• Section 109 Evidence of value of land, estate or interest
• Section 110 Dealing with registered land; filing letters of attorney
• Section 111 Repealed, 1996, 481, Sec. 18
• Section 112 Statement alleging right or interest
• Section 113 Repealed, 1996, 481, Sec. 19
• Section 114 Changes upon registration book; grounds for motion to change
• Section 115 Filing and entitling
• Section 116 Mailing of notices
• Section 117 Authority of court
• Section 118 Fraudulent conveyance; imprisonment term

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