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Section 1 - Jurisdiction; Place of Sittings; Rules and Forms of Procedure - Section 1. The land court department established under section one...
Section 2 - Justices and Chief Justice - Section 2. The land court department shall consist of 7...
Section 21/2 - Deputy Court Administrator - Section 21/2. The administrator as provided under section 1 of...
Section 3 - Scheduling of Sessions - Section 3. The court may be held by one judge...
Section 3a - Permit Session of the Land Court Department; Jurisdiction; Transfer of Actions; Assignment of Cases; Case Management; Mediation - Section 3A. There shall be established a separate session of...
Section 4 - Processes - Section 4. Processes issuing from the court shall bear teste...
Section 6 - Recorder; Appointment; Powers and Duties - Section 6. The governor, with the advice and consent of...
Section 7 - Custody and Control of Papers and Documents - Section 7. The recorder shall be under the direction of...
Section 8 - Places Recorder or Deputy Allowed to Act - Section 8. The recorder and any deputy recorder may act...
Section 9 - Facsimile Signature of Recorder - Section 9. A facsimile of the signature of the recorder,...
Section 10 - Registers of Deeds Acting as Assistant Recorders - Section 10. The register of deeds in each district where...
Section 10a - Technical Assistants; Termination - Section 10A. The assistant recorder in any registry, with the...
Section 11 - Oath and Bond of Recorder and Assistant Recorders; Additional Duties - Section 11. The recorder and all assistant recorders shall be...
Section 12 - Examiners of Title; Appointment; Acting for Recorder - Section 12. The chief justice of the land court department...
Section 13 - Court Officers - Section 13. Upon request of the chief justice, the sheriff...
Section 13a - Stenographers - Section 13A. At the trial of any issue of fact...
Section 14 - Salaries and Expenses; Practice of Law; Fees - Section 14. The salary of the recorder of the land...
Section 15 - Trial of Causes and Questions of Fact; Jury Trials; Transfer of Actions to Superior Court - Section 15. Except as provided in section sixteen, all cases...
Section 16 - Appeal From Judgment for Jury Trial - Section 16. At any time before the expiration of thirty...
Section 17 - Certification From Clerk of Superior Court to Land Court; Further Proceedings Before Land Court - Section 17. The clerk of the superior court, after the...
Section 21 - Costs - Section 21. Costs shall be taxed and the collection enforced...
Section 22 - Filing of Writs, Complaints, Bills and Pleadings - Section 22. Writs, complaints, bills and pleadings in proceedings in...
Section 23 - Filing and Indexing of Final Judgments and Executions in County Where Land Lies - Section 23. The recorder shall transmit copies of all final...
Section 24 - Reference to Examiner; Examination and Report - Section 24. The court may refer any such proceeding to...
Section 25 - Powers of Land Court - Section 25. In all matters within its jurisdiction, the court...
Section 25a - Power of Land Court to Enforce Orders, Sentences, Judgments and Decrees; Contempts - Section 25A. The court shall have like power and authority...
Section 26 - Complaints for Registration of Title - Section 26. Complaints for registration of title may be made...
Section 26a - Complaints for Confirmation of Title Without Registration - Section 26A. Complaints for the confirmation of title without registration...
Section 27 - Filing of Petition; Memorandum Relating to Petition; Duties of Assistant Recorder - Section 27. The petition may be filed with the recorder,...
Section 28 - Form and Content of Complaint - Section 28. The complaint shall be in writing, signed and...
Section 29 - Land Bounded on Public or Private Way; Content of Complaint - Section 29. If the complaint describes the land as bounded...
Section 30 - Complaint or Registration Made Subject to Existing Recorded Mortgage or Lease - Section 30. If a complaint is made subject to an...
Section 31 - Inclusion of Two or More Parcels; Joinder - Section 31. A complaint may include two or more contiguous...
Section 32 - Amendments - Section 32. Amendments to the complaint, including joinder, substitution, or...
Section 33 - Plan of Land and Muniments of Title; Filing; Withdrawal; Further Survey - Section 33. The plaintiff shall file with the complaint a...
Section 34 - Additional Facts in Complaint; Additional Papers - Section 34. The court may by general rule require additional...
Section 35 - Agent for Non-Resident Plaintiff - Section 35. If the plaintiff is not a resident of...
Section 36 - Transactions Dealing With Land After Filing of Complaint; Record of Disposition of Case - Section 36. After the filing of a complaint and before...
Section 37 - Reference to Examiner to Search Records and Investigate Facts; Report; Notice of Report to Plaintiff - Section 37. Immediately after the filing of a complaint, the...
Section 38 - Publication of Notice of Filing of Complaint - Section 38. Unless the plaintiff withdraws his petition within fourteen...
Section 39 - Return Day of Notice; Mailing of Copies; Posting of Copies - Section 39. The return day of said notice shall be...
Section 40 - Appointment of Guardian Ad Litem; Compensation - Section 40. Upon the return of the notice, and upon...
Section 41 - Answer - Section 41. Any person who claims an interest, whether named...
Section 42 - General Default; Order; Judgment Confirming Title - Section 42. If no person appears and answers within the...
Section 43 - Hearing of Contested Cases; Default of Persons Not Appearing; Reference to Examiner; Report; Compensation of Examiner - Section 43. If, in any case, an appearance is entered...
Section 44 - Dismissal; Withdrawal - Section 44. If the court finds that the plaintiff has...
Section 45 - Judgment of Confirmation and Registration; Opening of Judgment; Remedies of Aggrieved Persons - Section 45. If the court, after hearing, finds that the...
Section 46 - Encumbrances Affecting Certificates of Title - Section 46. Every plaintiff receiving a certificate of title in...
Section 47 - Contents of Judgment of Registration - Section 47. Every judgment of registration shall bear date of...
Section 48 - Transcription of Judgment in District Where Land Lies; Owner's Duplicate Certificate; Land Lying in More Than One District - Section 48. Immediately upon the entry of the judgement of...
Section 49 - Original and Transfer Certificates - Section 49. The certificate first registered in pursuance of a...
Section 51 - Subdivision; Application for New Certificates - Section 51. An owner who subdivides a tract of registered...
Section 52 - Perpetuation of Registration; Withdrawal; Notice of Voluntary Withdrawal - Section 52. The obtaining of a judgment of registration and...
Section 53 - Prescription, Adverse Possession or Right of Way by Necessity - Section 53. No title to registered land, or easement or...
Section 54 - Evidentiary Effect of Original Certificate or Copies Thereof - Section 54. The original certificate in the registration book and...
Section 55 - Contents of Certificate of Title - Section 55. Every certificate of title shall set forth the...
Section 56 - Recorder's Duties Relating to Indexes and Records - Section 56. The recorder, under the direction of the court,...
Section 56a - Complaints for Confirmation of Title; Application of Chapter - Section 56A. Complaints for the confirmation of title without registration...
Section 57 - Dealings by Owner; Registration as Act of Conveyance - Section 57. An owner of registered land may convey, mortgage,...
Section 58 - Notice of Registering, Filing or Entering - Section 58. Every conveyance, lien, attachment, order, decree, instrument or...
Section 59 - Interests Less Than Estate in Fee Simple; Registration - Section 59. No new certificate shall be entered or issued...
Section 60 - Form of Memorandum; Presentation of Doubtful Questions to Court - Section 60. If the assistant recorder is in doubt upon...
Section 61 - Information Concerning Grantee and Others Appearing on Instrument; Endorsement of Changes - Section 61. Every deed or other voluntary instrument presented for...
Section 61a - Address of Property Affected - Section 61A. All documents to be recorded in the land...
Section 62 - Fraudulent Registration - Section 62. In all cases of registration procured by fraud,...
Section 63 - Assistant Recorder's Entry Book; Processing of Instruments; Public Inspection of Records; Duplicates and Copies - Section 63. Each assistant recorder shall keep a legible entry...
Section 64 - Procedure to Convey Fee - Section 64. An owner desiring to convey his registered land...
Section 65 - Procedure to Convey Part of Land Described on Certificate - Section 65. If a deed in fee is for a...
Section 66 - Statement of Encumbrances or Claims on New Certificate - Section 66. If, at the time of any transfer, encumbrances...
Section 67 - Authority to Mortgage - Section 67. The owner of registered land may mortgage it...
Section 68 - Registration of Mortgage - Section 68. Registration of a mortgage shall be made in...
Section 69 - Discharge of Mortgage - Section 69. A mortgage on registered land may be discharged...
Section 70 - Foreclosure - Section 70. Mortgages of registered land may be foreclosed in...
Section 71 - Registration of Leases or Notices of Leases - Section 71. Leases, or notices of leases as defined in...
Section 72 - Trusts in Registered Land - Section 72. If a deed or other instrument is filed...
Section 73 - Trusts With Powers of Sale, Mortgage, Etc. - Section 73. If the instrument creating or declaring a trust...
Section 74 - Appointment of New Trustee; Proceedings - Section 74. If a new trustee of registered land is...
Section 75 - Implied or Constructive Trusts; Filing of Statement - Section 75. Whoever claims an interest in registered land by...
Section 76 - Registration of Land Held in Trust - Section 76. A trustee may bring an action for registration...
Section 77 - Burdens and Incidents Attaching by Law - Section 77. Registered land, and ownership therein, shall in all...
Section 78 - Filing and Registration of Attachments or Liens - Section 78. A writing of any description or a copy...
Section 80 - Filing of Instruments Evidencing Continuation, Reduction, Discharge or Dissolution - Section 80. Attachments on mesne process and liens of every...
Section 81 - Applicability of Laws Relating to Attachment on Mesne Process - Section 81. All laws relative to attachments of real estate...
Section 82 - Endorsement of Plaintiff's Attorney Upon Writ - Section 82. If an attachment is made, the name and...
Section 83 - Registration of Order Continuing, Reducing or Dissolving Attachment on Mesne Process - Section 83. If an attachment on mesne process is continued,...
Section 84 - Enforcement of Liens - Section 84. Any lien on registered land shall be enforced...
Section 85 - New Certificate to Person Claiming Under Execution - Section 85. When the time has expired for redemption after...
Section 86 - Filing and Registration of Memorandum of Proceedings Affecting Land; Registration of Judgment or Decree - Section 86. No civil action to recover a freehold estate,...
Section 87 - Certificate of Manner of Disposal - Section 87. At any time after final judgment or decree...
Section 88 - Registration of Judgment - Section 88. If judgment is entered for the plaintiff or...
Section 89 - Filing and Registration of Execution or Writ of Seisin - Section 89. If an execution or writ of seisin has...
Section 90 - Registration of Certificates of Judgment in Writs of Dower and Waste - Section 90. If, in a writ of dower, judgment is...
Section 91 - Registration of Decrees - Section 91. A decree of a court of competent jurisdiction...
Section 92 - Filing and Registration of Judgment in Partition Proceedings or Proceedings for Assignment of Spouse's Statutory Share - Section 92. In proceedings for partition of registered land, or...
Section 93 - Registration of Prior Mortgage or Lease With Decree for Partition - Section 93. If a certified copy of a decree for...
Section 94 - Registration of Notices in Insolvency and Copies of Decrees in Bankruptcy - Section 94. Such notices in insolvency and copies of decrees...
Section 95 - Registration of Discharge - Section 95. If proceedings in insolvency or bankruptcy against a...
Section 96 - Entry of New Certificate Upon Reverter - Section 96. If land taken for a public use reverts...
Section 97 - Entry of New Certificate Upon Descent or Devise; Notice; Hearing; Memorandum of Pendency of Settlement of Estate - Section 97. Upon the death of a registered owner, his...
Section 98 - Right of Probate Court to License Sale or Mortgage; New Certificate or Memorandum of Registration - Section 98. This chapter shall not affect or impair the...
Section 99 - Assurance Fund; Payment; Amount - Section 99. Upon original registration, there shall be paid to...
Section 100 - Custody; Investment; Annual Report - Section 100. All money received by the recorder under the...
Section 101 - Grounds for Recovery From Assurance Fund; Exhausting Other Remedies; Continuance of Action to Await Result of Tort Action - Section 101. A person who, without negligence on his part,...
Section 102 - Defendants in Action to Recover From Fund - Section 102. If such action of contract is brought to...
Section 103 - Recovery Upon Judgment - Section 103. If there are defendants other than the state...
Section 104 - Deficiencies in Assurance Fund - Section 104. If the assurance fund at any time is...
Section 105 - Subrogation Rights - Section 105. In every case where payment has been made...
Section 106 - Application and Investment of Income of Assurance Fund - Section 106. The income of the assurance fund shall be...
Section 107 - Limitations Upon Liability and Amount of Compensation - Section 107. The assurance fund shall not be liable for...
Section 108 - Limitations Upon Commencement Time of Actions - Section 108. Actions of contract for compensation under this chapter...
Section 109 - Evidence of Value of Land, Estate or Interest - Section 109. In any action to recover damages for loss...
Section 110 - Powers of Attorney; Acknowledgment and Filing of Letters of Attorney - Section 110. Any person may, by attorney, procure land to...
Section 112 - Statement Alleging Right or Interest Adverse to Registered Owner - Section 112. Whoever claims any right or interest in registered...
Section 114 - Changes Upon Registration Book; Grounds for Motion to Change - Section 114. No erasure, alteration or amendment shall be made...
Section 115 - Filing and Entitling of Petitions and Motions After Registration - Section 115. Petitions and motions filed under this chapter after...
Section 116 - Mailing of Notices After Registration - Section 116. All notices required by or given under this...
Section 117 - Sectional Plans; Authority of Court - Section 117. The court may make sectional plans showing registered...
Section 118 - Fraudulent Conveyance; Imprisonment Term - Section 118. Whoever, with intent to defraud, sells and conveys...