Chapter

THE LAND COURT AND REGISTRATION OF TITLE TO LAND

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 Laws ch. 185, § 2A— Repealed, 1937, 409, Sec. 4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 Laws ch. 185, § 5— Repealed, 1978, 478, Sec. 84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 Laws ch. 185, § 15A— Repealed, 1973, 1114, Sec. 26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 Laws ch. 185, § 20— Repealed, 1931, 387, Sec. 2
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 21— Costs
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
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 80— Filing of instruments evidencing continuation, reduction, discharge or dissolution
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 81— Applicability of laws relating to attachment on mesne process
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 82— Endorsement of plaintiff's attorney upon writ
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 83— Registration of order continuing, reducing or dissolving attachment on mesne process
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 84— Enforcement of liens
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 85— New certificate to person claiming under execution
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 86— Filing and registration of memorandum of proceedings affecting land; registration of judgment or decree
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 87— Certificate of manner of disposal
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 88— Registration of judgment
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 89— Filing and registration of execution or writ of seisin
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 90— Registration of certificates of judgment in writs of dower and waste
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 91— Registration of decrees
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 92— Filing and registration of judgment in partition proceedings or proceedings for assignment of spouse's statutory share
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 93— Registration of prior mortgage or lease with decree for partition
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 94— Registration of notices in insolvency and copies of decrees in bankruptcy
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 95— Registration of discharge
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 96— Entry of new certificate upon reverter
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 97— Entry of new certificate upon descent or devise; notice; hearing; memorandum of pendency of settlement of estate
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 98— Right of probate court to license sale or mortgage; new certificate or memorandum of registration
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 99— Assurance fund; payment; amount
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 100— Custody; investment; annual report
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 101— Grounds for recovery from assurance fund; exhausting other remedies; continuance of action to await result of tort action
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 102— Defendants in action to recover from fund
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 103— Recovery upon judgment
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 104— Deficiencies in assurance fund
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 105— Subrogation rights
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 106— Application and investment of income of assurance fund
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 107— Limitations upon liability and amount of compensation
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 108— Limitations upon commencement time of actions
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 109— Evidence of value of land, estate or interest
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 110— Powers of attorney; acknowledgment and filing of letters of attorney
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 111— Repealed, 1996, 481, Sec. 18
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 112— Statement alleging right or interest adverse to registered owner
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 113— Repealed, 1996, 481, Sec. 19
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 114— Changes upon registration book; grounds for motion to change
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 115— Filing and entitling of petitions and motions after registration
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 116— Mailing of notices after registration
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 117— Sectional plans; authority of court
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 118— Fraudulent conveyance; imprisonment term