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2021 Massachusetts General Laws
Part II - Real and Personal Property and Domestic Relations
Title I - Title to Real Property
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 and Chief Justice
- Section 21/2 - Deputy Court Administrator
- Section 2a - Repealed, 1937, 409, Sec. 4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- Section 5 - Repealed, 1978, 478, Sec. 84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- Section 15a - Repealed, 1973, 1114, Sec. 26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- Section 18, 19 - Repealed, 1973, 1114, Sec. 27
- Section 20 - Repealed, 1931, 387, Sec. 2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 of Mortgage
- Section 69 - Discharge of Mortgage
- Section 70 - Foreclosure
- Section 71 - Registration of Leases or Notices of Leases
- Section 72 - Trusts in Registered Land
- 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 in Bankruptcy
- Section 95 - Registration of Discharge
- Section 96 - Entry of New Certificate Upon Reverter
- Section 97 - Entry of New Certificate Upon Descent or Devise; 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 - Assurance Fund; Payment; Amount
- Section 100 - Custody; Investment; Annual Report
- Section 101 - Grounds for Recovery From Assurance 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 Assurance Fund
- Section 105 - Subrogation Rights
- Section 106 - Application and Investment of Income of Assurance 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 - Powers of Attorney; Acknowledgment and Filing of Letters of Attorney
- Section 111 - Repealed, 1996, 481, Sec. 18
- Section 112 - Statement Alleging Right or Interest Adverse to Registered Owner
- Section 113 - Repealed, 1996, 481, Sec. 19
- Section 114 - Changes Upon Registration Book; Grounds for Motion to Change
- Section 115 - Filing and Entitling of Petitions and Motions After Registration
- Section 116 - Mailing of Notices After Registration
- Section 117 - Sectional Plans; Authority of Court
- Section 118 - Fraudulent Conveyance; Imprisonment Term
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