Massachusetts General Laws
Title I - Title to Real Property
Chapter 184 - General Provisions Relative to Real Property

Section 1 - Rights of Aliens - Section 1. Aliens may take, hold, transmit and convey real...

Section 2 - Conveyance of Land Subject to Contingent Remainder, Executory Devise or Other Estate in Expectancy - Section 2. If a contingent remainder, executory devise or other...

Section 3 - Contingent Remainders; Taking Effect; Limitations - Section 3. A contingent remainder shall take effect, notwithstanding any...

Section 4 - Land Held in Fee Tail; Liability for Debts of Tenant in Tail - Section 4. Land held in fee tail, except an estate...

Section 5 - Conveyance Vesting Life Estate and Remainder to Heirs - Section 5. If land is granted or devised to a...

Section 6 - Interpretation of Words Importing Want or Failure of Issue - Section 6. In a limitation of real or personal property...

Section 6a - ''heirs'' and ''next of Kin'' Construed - Section 6A. In a limitation of real or personal property...

Section 7 - Creation of Estate in Common, Joint Tenancy or Tenancy by the Entirety - Section 7. A conveyance or devise of land to two...

Section 8 - Conveyance to Grantor and Another - Section 8. Real estate, including any interest therein, may be...

Section 8a - Name and Address of Owner; Request for Information; Records; Penalty - Section 8A. In any city or town which accepts this...

Section 9 - Conveyance by Tenant for Life or Years of Greater Estate - Section 9. A conveyance by a tenant for life or...

Section 10 - Acts of Owner of Precedent Estate Upon Expectant Estate; Effect - Section 10. No expectant estate shall be defeated or barred...

Section 11 - Barring of Estates Tail - Section 11. The two preceding sections shall not prevent the...

Section 12 - Fixtures Annexed by Life Tenant; Determination; Removal - Section 12. Fixtures annexed to the freehold by a life...

Section 14 - Sale of Timber Standing on Land Used by Other Than Owner of Fee - Section 14. If the supreme judicial court or the probate...

Section 15 - Proceedings Affecting Title to Real Property; Recording and Registration of Memoranda of Lis Pendens; Persons Affected - Section 15. (a) A wit of entry or other proceeding...

Section 16 - Certificate of Judgment, Decree or Final Disposition; Recording - Section 16. At any time after final judgment or a...

Section 17 - Judgments or Decrees; Effect of Recording - Section 17. A judgment or decree, at law or in...

Section 17a - Agreement for Purchase and Sale of Real Estate; Acknowledgment; Recordation - Section 17A. No agreement for the purchase and sale of...

Section 17b - Mortgage Loan Application; Real Estate Consisting of a Certain Dwelling House; Required Statements and Information - Section 17B. Every application for a mortgage loan on 1–to–4–family...

Section 17b1/2 - Variable or Adjustable Rate Subprime Loans for First-Time Home Loan Borrowers; Written Affirmation and Counseling Certificate Required; Approved Counseling Programs; Violations; Regulations - Section 17B1/2. No mortgagee who makes a loan to a...

Section 18 - Entry Into Land; Legal Proceedings Required to Recover Possession of Land or Tenements; Jurisdiction - Section 18. No person shall make an entry into land...

Section 19 - Entry for Breach of Condition; Certificate; Recordation - Section 19. If real property has been conveyed by deed...

Section 20 - Right of Entry or Action for Recovery of Real Property; Descent or Discontinuance - Section 20. No descent or discontinuance shall take away or...

Section 21 - Encumbrances Upon Real Property; Duty of Grantor to Inform Grantee - Section 21. If real property upon which any encumbrance exists...

Section 22 - Encumbrance of Record; Liability for Removal - Section 22. Whoever conveys real property by a deed or...

Section 23 - Conditions or Restrictions; Term of Years; Applicability - Section 23. Conditions or restrictions, unlimited as to time, by...

Section 23a - Proceedings Relating to Building Restrictions; Limitation of Actions - Section 23A. No action, suit, or proceeding shall be maintained...

Section 23b - Restrictive Covenants Based on Race, Religion, National Origin or Sex; Validity; Exception - Section 23B. A provision in an instrument relating to real...

Section 23c - Solar Energy Systems; Installation or Use; Restrictive Provisions - Section 23C. Any provision in an instrument relative to the...

Section 23d - Community Residences for Disabled Persons; Restrictive Provisions - Section 23D. Any restriction, reservation, condition, exception, or covenant in...

Section 24 - Defects, Irregularities or Omissions in Deeds; Curative Period - Section 24. When any owner of land the title to...

Section 25 - Indefinite References; Effect; Application - Section 25. No indefinite reference in a recorded instrument shall...

Section 26 - Land Use or Construction Restrictions Subject to This Section and Secs. 27 to 30; Definitions; Sufficiency of Description; Presumptions - Section 26. All restrictions on the use of land or...

Section 27 - Restrictions Imposed After December 31, 1961; Limitations on Enforceability; Extension of Period - Section 27. No restriction imposed after December thirty-first, nineteen hundred...

Section 28 - Restrictions Imposed Before January 1, 1962; Limitations on Enforceability; Extension of Period - Section 28. No restriction imposed before January first, nineteen hundred...

Section 29 - Notice or Extension of Restriction; Prerequisites - Section 29. No notice or extension of restriction under sections...

Section 30 - Enforceability of Restrictions; Presumptions and Prerequisites; Temporary Injunction - Section 30. No restriction shall in any proceeding be enforced...

Section 31 - Restrictions, Defined - Section 31. A conservation restriction means a right, either in...

Section 32 - Effect, Enforcement, Acquisition, and Release of Restrictions - Section 32. No conservation restriction, agricultural preservation or watershed preservation...

Section 33 - Public Restriction Tract Index - Section 33. Any city or town may file with the...

Section 34 - Good Faith Purchasers of Interests in Real Estate From Trustees; Binding Effect on Trust; Recording Conditions - Section 34. Any recordable instrument purporting to affect an interest...

Section 35 - Trustee's Certificate; Requirements; Effect - Section 35. Notwithstanding section 25 to the contrary, a certificate...