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- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 184A, § 1 to 4 · Repealed, 2008, 521, Sec. 4
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 184A, § 5 · Options; preemptive rights; leases; easements; validity
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 184A, § 6 · Repealed, 2008, 521, Sec. 4
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 184A, § 7 · Fee simple determinable in land or fee simple subject to right of entry for condition broken; term
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 184A, § 8 · Application to legal and equitable interests
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 184A, § 9 · Effect of act on validity of prior limitations
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 184A, § 10 · Application and construction of act; uniformity of law
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 184A, § 11 · Repealed, 2008, 521, Sec. 4
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 184B, § 1 · Terms; incorporation by reference; copy of section defining term
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 184B, § 2 · Statutory optional fiduciary powers; limitation of powers
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 184B, § 3 · Statutory disability discretionary powers
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 184B, § 4 · Statutory principal discretionary powers
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 1 · Jurisdiction; place of sittings; rules and forms of procedure
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 2 · Justices and chief justice
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 2A · Repealed, 1937, 409, Sec. 4
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 3 · Scheduling of sessions
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 3A · Permit session of the land court department; jurisdiction; transfer of actions; assignment of cases; case management; mediation
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 4 · Processes
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 5 · Repealed, 1978, 478, Sec. 84
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 6 · Recorder; appointment; powers and duties
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 7 · Custody and control of papers and documents
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 8 · Places recorder or deputy allowed to act
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 9 · Facsimile or electronic rendering of signature of recorder
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 10 · Registers of deeds acting as assistant recorders
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 10A · Technical assistants; termination
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 11 · Oath and bond of recorder and assistant recorders; additional duties
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 12 · Examiners of title; appointment; acting for recorder
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 13 · Court officers
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 13A · Stenographers
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 14 · Salaries and expenses; practice of law; fees
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 15 · Trial of causes and questions of fact; jury trials; transfer of actions to superior court
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 15A · Repealed, 1973, 1114, Sec. 26
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 16 · Appeal from judgment for jury trial
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 17 · Certification from clerk of superior court to land court; further proceedings before land court
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 18, 19 · Repealed, 1973, 1114, Sec. 27
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 20 · Repealed, 1931, 387, Sec. 2
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 21 · Costs
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 21/2 · Deputy court administrator
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 22 · Filing of writs, complaints, bills and pleadings
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 23 · Filing and indexing of final judgments and executions in county where land lies
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 24 · Reference to examiner; examination and report
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 25 · Powers of land court
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 25A · Power of land court to enforce orders, sentences, judgments and decrees; contempts
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 26 · Complaints for registration of title
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 26A · Complaints for confirmation of title without registration
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 27 · Filing of petition; memorandum relating to petition; duties of assistant recorder
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 28 · Form and content of complaint
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 29 · Land bounded on public or private way; content of complaint
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 30 · Complaint or registration made subject to existing recorded mortgage or lease
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 31 · Inclusion of two or more parcels; joinder
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 32 · Amendments
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 33 · Plan of land and muniments of title; filing; withdrawal; further survey
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 34 · Additional facts in complaint; additional papers
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 35 · Agent for non-resident plaintiff
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 36 · Transactions dealing with land after filing of complaint; record of disposition of case
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 37 · Reference to examiner to search records and investigate facts; report; notice of report to plaintiff
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 38 · Publication of notice of filing of complaint
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 39 · Return day of notice; mailing of copies; posting of copies
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 40 · Appointment of guardian ad litem; compensation
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 41 · Answer
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 42 · General default; order; judgment confirming title
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 43 · Hearing of contested cases; default of persons not appearing; reference to examiner; report; compensation of examiner
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 44 · Dismissal; withdrawal
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 45 · Judgment of confirmation and registration; opening of judgment; remedies of aggrieved persons
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 46 · Encumbrances affecting certificates of title
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 47 · Contents of judgment of registration
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 48 · Transcription of judgment in district where land lies; owner's duplicate certificate; land lying in more than one district
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 49 · Original and transfer certificates
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 50 · Repealed, 1996, 481, Sec. 2
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 51 · Subdivision; application for new certificates
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 52 · Notice of voluntary withdrawal; judgment of registration and the entry of a certificate of title; acquisition of land; objections; role of chief justice of the land court
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 53 · Prescription, adverse possession or right of way by necessity
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 54 · Evidentiary effect of original certificate or copies thereof
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 55 · Contents of certificate of title
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 56 · Recorder's duties relating to indexes and records
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 56A · Complaints for confirmation of title; application of chapter
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 57 · Dealings by owner; registration as act of conveyance
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 58 · Notice of registering, filing or entering
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 59 · Interests less than estate in fee simple; registration
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 60 · Form of memorandum; presentation of doubtful questions to court
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 61 · Information concerning grantee and others appearing on instrument; endorsement of changes
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 61A · Address of property affected
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 62 · Fraudulent registration
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 63 · Assistant recorder's entry book; processing of instruments; public inspection of records; duplicates and copies
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 64 · Procedure to convey fee
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 65 · Procedure to convey part of land described on certificate
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 66 · Statement of encumbrances or claims on new certificate
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 67 · Authority to mortgage
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 68 · Registration of mortgage
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 69 · Discharge of mortgage
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 70 · Foreclosure
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 71 · Registration of leases or notices of leases
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 72 · Trusts in registered land
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 73 · Trusts with powers of sale, mortgage, etc.
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 74 · Appointment of new trustee; proceedings
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 75 · Implied or constructive trusts; filing of statement
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 76 · Registration of land held in trust
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 77 · Burdens and incidents attaching by law
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 78 · Filing and registration of attachments or liens
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 79 · Repealed, 1996, 481, Sec. 13