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Section
1
Acts or Ceremonies Necessary for Conveyance by Deed
Section
1a
Instruments Not Under Seal
Section
2
Estate Conveyed by Quitclaim Deed
Section
3
Estate Created Without Instrument in Writing
Section
4
Effect of Recordation or Actual Notice of Deeds or Leases, or of Assignments of Rents or Profits
Section
5
Recording of Instruments; Evidence of Delivery
Section
5a
Recording of Statements Relating to Title; Use as Evidence
Section
5b
Affidavits Relating to Title; Recording
Section
6
Name and Address of Grantee; Recital of Consideration; Failure to Comply
Section
6a
Instruments Conveying Unregistered Land; Sufficient Description or Identification; Recording; Failure to Comply
Section
6b
Address of Property Affected
Section
6c
Residence and Address of Mortgagee or Assignee
Section
6d
Endorsement on Mortgages and Assignments of Mortgages Secured by Residential Property; Contents; Failure to Comply
Section
7
Conveyance by Grantor Notwithstanding Disseisin or Adverse Possession; Title; Grantee's Rights
Section
8
Statutory Forms; Alteration or Substitution; ''incorporation by Reference'' Defined
Section
9
Rules and Definitions Relating to Deeds or Other Instruments
Section
10
Warranty Deed
Section
11
Quitclaim Deed
Section
12
''grant'' as Word of Conveyance
Section
13
Words of Inheritance
Section
14
Uses and Trusts
Section
15
Easements, Privileges and Appurtenances Belonging to Granted Estate
Section
16
''warranty Covenants''
Section
17
''quitclaim Covenants'' or ''limited Covenants''
Section
18
Mortgage Deeds
Section
19
''mortgage Covenants''
Section
20
''statutory Condition'' in Mortgages
Section
21
''statutory Power of Sale'' in Mortgage
Section
22
Co-Operative Bank Mortgage
Section
23
''statutory Co-Operative Bank Mortgage Condition''
Section
24
''statutory Co-Operative Bank Power of Sale''
Section
25
Purchase by Holder of Mortgage at Foreclosure Sale
Section
26
Possessory Interest of Mortgagor
Section
27
Disposition of Proceeds of Foreclosure Sale; Itemized Accounting Provided to Mortgagor
Section
28
Assignment of Mortgage; Words of Transfer
Section
28a
Subsequent Loans From Mortgagee; Priority
Section
28b
Open-End Mortgage; Subsequent Loans From Mortgagee
Section
28c
Refinancing in the Borrower's Interest
Section
29
Necessity of Acknowledgment of Deed; Recordation
Section
30
Method of Making Acknowledgment
Section
31
Acknowledgment of Married Woman
Section
32
Letters of Attorney; Applicability of Law
Section
33
Certificates of Authority
Section
34
Proof of Execution of Deed by Testimony of Subscribing Witness
Section
35
Proof of Execution by Proving Handwriting
Section
36
Refusal of Grantor to Acknowledge; Proof of Execution by Testimony of Subscribing Witness
Section
37
Refusal of Grantor to Acknowledge; Proof of Execution by Proving Handwriting
Section
38
Recording of Unacknowledged Deed; Effect
Section
39
Proof of Execution of Deed; Necessity of Subscribing Witness
Section
40
Certificate of Proof of Execution
Section
41
Proof of Deed Made Outside Commonwealth
Section
42
Forms for Acknowledgments and Certificates of Authority
Section
43
Vesting of Title or Interest by Operation of Decree in Equity
Section
44
Effect of Recording or Registration of Copy of Decree
Section
45
Conveyance in Fee by Person Seized as Tenant in Tail
Section
46
Conveyance in Fee by Life Tenant and Vested Remainderman in Tail
Section
47
Barring of Equitable Estates Tail
Section
48
Conveyance of Equitable Fee; Entitlement to Conveyance of Outstanding Legal Estate
Section
49
Sale and Conveyance or Mortgage by Trustee Appointed by Probate Court
Section
50
Notice of Petition to Appoint Trustee; Appointment of Next Friend
Section
51
Bond of Trustee; Proceeds of Sale or Mortgage
Section
52
Sale of Land Charged With Payment of Money; Petition; Decree; Bond of Trustee
Section
53
Effect of Deed, Bond or Other Instrument Made in Defeasance
Section
54
Definitions Applicable to Secs. 54 to 55; Method of Discharge of Mortgage
Section
54a
Defective Discharges of Mortgages Held by Entirety; Effect
Section
54b
Mortgage Discharge, Release, Assignment, Foreclosure, etc.; Execution Before Officer Entitled to Acknowledge Instruments; Effect
Section
54c
Recordation of Discharge; Effect; Discharge by Mortgage Servicer or Note Holder Who Is Not Holder of Record
Section
54d
Request for Written Payoff Statement; Time for Transmittal; Contents; Corrected Statement; Penalties; Fees
Section
55
Discharge of Mortgage; Contents and Recording; Liability for Failure to Discharge or Negligent Discharge; Affidavits
Section
56
Mortgage Notes; Provisions for Prepayment
Section
57
Home Mortgage Notes; Prepayment Penalty; Effect of Taking by Eminent Domain
Section
58
Real Estate Abutting a Way, Watercourse, Wall, Fence, or Other Monument
Section
59
Late Charges or Penalties
Section
60
Notes Secured by Liens, Amortization of Principal by Maturity; Conditions; Variable Rate of Amortization; Exemptions
Section
61
Payment of Interest by Mortgagee; Request for Exemption
Section
62
Payment of Taxes to City or Town by Mortgagee; Due Date
Section
63
Loan Fees; Residential Property Mortgages; Disclosure
Section
63a
Revisions in Mortgage Terms; Restrictions; Fees
Section
63b
Recordation of Real Estate Mortgage Prohibited Until Proceeds of Loan Paid to Mortgagor
Section
64
Discrimination in Residential Mortgage Loans on Basis of Location of Property
Section
65
Acceptance of Written Memorandum as Evidence of Insurance
Section
66
Required Insurance; Limitation
Section
67
Reverse Mortgage Loans on Residential Property; Requirements
Section
68
Mortgagees Licensed as Insurance Producers; Mortgage Loans Secured by Residential Real Estate; Conditions and Limitations
Section
69
Flood Insurance; Limits on Amount of Coverage Required to Be Purchased