Massachusetts General Laws
Chapter 36 - Registers of Deeds
Section 25 - Indexes; Number; Form

Section 25. He shall keep two indexes, each divided into six columns, with headings in one as follows:

And in the other as follows:


In Suffolk county neither index need contain the last column.

Structure Massachusetts General Laws

Massachusetts General Laws

Part I - Administration of the Government

Title VI - Counties and County Officers

Chapter 36 - Registers of Deeds

Section 1 - Registry Districts

Section 2 - Election; Qualification; Tenure

Section 3 - Oath of Office; Bond

Section 4 - Assistant Registers; Appointment

Section 5 - Assistant Registers in Suffolk County and Southern District of Middlesex

Section 5a - Second Assistant Register and Administrative Assistant for Norfolk County

Section 6 - Assistant Registers for Districts of Southern Essex and Worcester and Hampden County

Section 7 - Chief Clerk in Worcester District

Section 8 - Assistant and Temporary Registers and Clerks; Powers and Duties

Section 9 - Removal

Section 10 - Duties of New Register as to Unrecorded Instruments

Section 11 - Office Hours

Section 12 - Place of Record

Section 12a - Refusal to Accept Certain Instruments for Recording Authorized

Section 13 - Recording of Certified Copies of Instruments in More Than County or District

Section 13a - Plans, Rules for Filing in Registries

Section 13b - Plans; Filing in Registry of Deeds; Fees

Section 14 - Registry Book; Contents of Entries; Instrument Number; Changes and Corrections

Section 14a - Certification of Historic or Archeological Site; Recording of Notice

Section 15 - Method of Recording Documents; Microphotographs

Section 16 - Recordation; Receipts of Federal Succession Taxes

Section 17 - Duplicate Records; Attestation; Effect of Copies; Fees

Section 18 - Attestation of Records by Volume

Section 18a - Illegible Signatures

Section 19 - Facsimile Signatures

Section 20 - Instruments Affecting Mortgages Registered in Different Counties

Section 21 - Marginal References on Record of Instruments Affecting Certain Mortgages

Section 22 - Instruments Affecting Interests Created by Delinquent Taxes or Assessments; Recordation

Section 23 - Recordation; Certification of Book and Page Number on Instruments

Section 24 - Recordation; Federal Liens; Filing Fee

Section 24a - Recordation; Petitions, Decrees or Orders in Bankruptcy

Section 24b - Records Affecting Title to Real Estate; Copies to Tax Assessors; Required Information

Section 25 - Indexes; Number; Form

Section 26 - Entries in Indexes; Time and Manner of Making

Section 27 - Recordation; Instruments Executed by Agents; Decrees in Partition

Section 28 - Classified Copies of Indexes

Section 29 - New or Copies of Indexes; Printing; Selling Price

Section 30 - Estimates of Cost of Indexing

Section 31a - Notice to Commissioner of Revenue; Recording

Section 32 - Instruments Creating Interest in Property; Notice to Department of Public Welfare

Section 32a - Identification of Husbands and Wives in Documents and Communications

Section 33 - Salaries

Section 37 - Compensation for Title Work

Section 38 - Clerical Assistants; Compensation

Section 39 - Fees; Recordation; Disposition

Section 40 - Technology Purchase's by Register of Deeds; Compatibility With Other Registers

Section 41 - Surcharge on Fees of Registers of Deeds and Assistant Recorders; Registries Under Control of County Government; Surcharge to Fund Improvements at Registries; Disposition of Surcharge