Section 7. Upon the filing of a petition for partition, the petitioner shall forthwith cause to be filed, in the registry of deeds for each registry district where any of the land included in the petition lies, a notice of the same, containing a brief description of the land in such district included therein, and the names of all persons appearing in the petition as parties. If the proceedings are at any time amended, either by the inclusion of more land or by adding new parties, a further notice thereof shall be filed forthwith in the registry district where the land lies. No interlocutory decree for partition or sale shall be made by the court until it appears by affidavit that such notices have been filed. If any part of the land is registered land, the petitioner shall, in filing said notices, comply with section eighty-six of chapter one hundred and eighty-five.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part III - Courts, Judicial Officers and Proceedings in Civil Cases
Title III - Remedies Relating to Real Property
Chapter 241 - Partition of Land
Section 1 - Persons Entitled to Partition
Section 2 - Jurisdiction; Probate Courts; Land Court
Section 3 - Land Within Jurisdiction of Probate Court in Two or More Counties
Section 4 - Extent of Land Partitioned
Section 5 - Division of Shares
Section 6 - Form and Contents of Petition; Interveners
Section 7 - Notice; Filing; Registered Land
Section 8 - Notice Given by Citation; Contents; Publication; Service
Section 9 - Persons Not Personally Served; Absent, Incompetent or Undetermined Parties
Section 10 - Interlocutory Decree; Redemption
Section 11 - Dispute as to Ownership of Share
Section 12 - Commissioners; Appointment; Duties
Section 13 - Land in Different Counties
Section 14 - Indivisible Land; Partition
Section 15 - Money Awards; Payment or Security
Section 16 - Return of Commissioners; Confirmation; Amendments; Final Decrees; Recording
Section 17 - Examination of Title, Investigations, etc.; Omitted Parties; Improper Descriptions
Section 18 - Conclusiveness of Partition
Section 19 - Persons Not Named in Petition Claiming Assigned Shares; Partitions by Sale
Section 20 - Stranger Claiming as Co-Tenant; Remedies
Section 21 - Stranger Claiming Paramount Title
Section 23 - Improvements; Compensation
Section 24 - Improvements Made Before New Partition; Compensation
Section 25 - Equity Jurisdiction
Section 26 - Death of Party Named in Petition
Section 28 - Mortgagee, etc., of Co-Tenant
Section 29 - Improvements Made by Person Evicted; Compensation
Section 30 - Trusteeship, etc.; Effect on Partition
Section 31 - Partition by Sale
Section 32 - Liability of Commissioners; Partition by Sale
Section 33 - Attachments or Liens; Failure to Disclose; Penalties
Section 34 - Unclaimed Proceeds of Sale; Disposition
Section 35 - Trustees; Appointment; Bond
Section 36 - Water Rights; Other Incorporeal Hereditaments; Division
Section 37 - Nonnavigable Natural Streams; Partition of Water