Section 17. For the purpose of describing the location of any survey station or land boundary point in the commonwealth it shall be a complete, legal and satisfactory description of such location to give the position of said survey station or land boundary point on the Massachusetts Coordinate System. Nothing contained in sections eight to seventeen, inclusive, shall be interpreted as requiring any purchaser or mortgagee to rely exclusively on a description based on said system.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Title XV - Regulation of Trade
Chapter 97 - Surveying of Land
Section 2 - Annual Adjustment and Verification of Compass; Record
Section 3 - Use of Measuring Devices
Section 7 - Failure to Adjust Compass
Section 8 - Massachusetts Coordinate System Nad, 1983; Mainland and Island Zones
Section 9 - Zones, Designation
Section 10 - Coordinates, Definition
Section 11 - Conversion of Meters to United States Survey Feet
Section 12 - Massachusetts Coordinate System Nad, 1983; Definition
Section 13 - Limitation on Use of Name of System
Section 14 - Coordinate System Nad, 1927; Continued Use
Section 15 - Coordinates; Location of Points on Earth's Surface
Section 16 - Coordinate System Nad, 1927; Definition
Section 17 - Use of System in Describing Locations of Survey Stations or Land Boundary Points