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Section
1
Jurisdiction; Place of Sittings; Rules and Forms of Procedure
Section
2
Justices and Chief Justice
Section
2a
Repealed, 1937, 409, Sec. 4
Section
3
Scheduling of Sessions
Section
3a
Permit Session of the Land Court Department; Jurisdiction; Transfer of Actions; Assignment of Cases; Case Management; Mediation
Section
4
Processes
Section
5
Repealed, 1978, 478, Sec. 84
Section
6
Recorder; Appointment; Powers and Duties
Section
7
Custody and Control of Papers and Documents
Section
8
Places Recorder or Deputy Allowed to Act
Section
9
Facsimile Signature of Recorder
Section
10
Registers of Deeds Acting as Assistant Recorders
Section
10a
Technical Assistants; Termination
Section
11
Oath and Bond of Recorder and Assistant Recorders; Additional Duties
Section
12
Examiners of Title; Appointment; Acting for Recorder
Section
13
Court Officers
Section
13a
Stenographers
Section
14
Salaries and Expenses; Practice of Law; Fees
Section
15
Trial of Causes and Questions of Fact; Jury Trials; Transfer of Actions to Superior Court
Section
15a
Repealed, 1973, 1114, Sec. 26
Section
16
Appeal From Judgment for Jury Trial
Section
17
Certification From Clerk of Superior Court to Land Court; Further Proceedings Before Land Court
Section
18
19 - Repealed, 1973, 1114, Sec. 27
Section
20
Repealed, 1931, 387, Sec. 2
Section
21
Costs
Section
21/2
Deputy Court Administrator
Section
22
Filing of Writs, Complaints, Bills and Pleadings
Section
23
Filing and Indexing of Final Judgments and Executions in County Where Land Lies
Section
24
Reference to Examiner; Examination and Report
Section
25
Powers of Land Court
Section
25a
Power of Land Court to Enforce Orders, Sentences, Judgments and Decrees; Contempts
Section
26
Complaints for Registration of Title
Section
26a
Complaints for Confirmation of Title Without Registration
Section
27
Filing of Petition; Memorandum Relating to Petition; Duties of Assistant Recorder
Section
28
Form and Content of Complaint
Section
29
Land Bounded on Public or Private Way; Content of Complaint
Section
30
Complaint or Registration Made Subject to Existing Recorded Mortgage or Lease
Section
31
Inclusion of Two or More Parcels; Joinder
Section
32
Amendments
Section
33
Plan of Land and Muniments of Title; Filing; Withdrawal; Further Survey
Section
34
Additional Facts in Complaint; Additional Papers
Section
35
Agent for Non-Resident Plaintiff
Section
36
Transactions Dealing With Land After Filing of Complaint; Record of Disposition of Case
Section
37
Reference to Examiner to Search Records and Investigate Facts; Report; Notice of Report to Plaintiff
Section
38
Publication of Notice of Filing of Complaint
Section
39
Return Day of Notice; Mailing of Copies; Posting of Copies
Section
40
Appointment of Guardian Ad Litem; Compensation
Section
41
Answer
Section
42
General Default; Order; Judgment Confirming Title
Section
43
Hearing of Contested Cases; Default of Persons Not Appearing; Reference to Examiner; Report; Compensation of Examiner
Section
44
Dismissal; Withdrawal
Section
45
Judgment of Confirmation and Registration; Opening of Judgment; Remedies of Aggrieved Persons
Section
46
Encumbrances Affecting Certificates of Title
Section
47
Contents of Judgment of Registration
Section
48
Transcription of Judgment in District Where Land Lies; Owner's Duplicate Certificate; Land Lying in More Than One District
Section
49
Original and Transfer Certificates
Section
50
Repealed, 1996, 481, Sec. 2
Section
51
Subdivision; Application for New Certificates
Section
52
Perpetuation of Registration; Withdrawal; Notice of Voluntary Withdrawal
Section
53
Prescription, Adverse Possession or Right of Way by Necessity
Section
54
Evidentiary Effect of Original Certificate or Copies Thereof
Section
55
Contents of Certificate of Title
Section
56
Recorder's Duties Relating to Indexes and Records
Section
56a
Complaints for Confirmation of Title; Application of Chapter
Section
57
Dealings by Owner; Registration as Act of Conveyance
Section
58
Notice of Registering, Filing or Entering
Section
59
Interests Less Than Estate in Fee Simple; Registration
Section
60
Form of Memorandum; Presentation of Doubtful Questions to Court
Section
61
Information Concerning Grantee and Others Appearing on Instrument; Endorsement of Changes
Section
61a
Address of Property Affected
Section
62
Fraudulent Registration
Section
63
Assistant Recorder's Entry Book; Processing of Instruments; Public Inspection of Records; Duplicates and Copies
Section
64
Procedure to Convey Fee
Section
65
Procedure to Convey Part of Land Described on Certificate
Section
66
Statement of Encumbrances or Claims on New Certificate
Section
67
Authority to Mortgage
Section
68
Registration of Mortgage
Section
69
Discharge of Mortgage
Section
70
Foreclosure
Section
71
Registration of Leases or Notices of Leases
Section
72
Trusts in Registered Land
Section
73
Trusts With Powers of Sale, Mortgage, Etc.
Section
74
Appointment of New Trustee; Proceedings
Section
75
Implied or Constructive Trusts; Filing of Statement
Section
76
Registration of Land Held in Trust
Section
77
Burdens and Incidents Attaching by Law
Section
78
Filing and Registration of Attachments or Liens
Section
79
Repealed, 1996, 481, Sec. 13
Section
80
Filing of Instruments Evidencing Continuation, Reduction, Discharge or Dissolution
Section
81
Applicability of Laws Relating to Attachment on Mesne Process
Section
82
Endorsement of Plaintiff's Attorney Upon Writ
Section
83
Registration of Order Continuing, Reducing or Dissolving Attachment on Mesne Process
Section
84
Enforcement of Liens
Section
85
New Certificate to Person Claiming Under Execution
Section
86
Filing and Registration of Memorandum of Proceedings Affecting Land; Registration of Judgment or Decree
Section
87
Certificate of Manner of Disposal
Section
88
Registration of Judgment
Section
89
Filing and Registration of Execution or Writ of Seisin
Section
90
Registration of Certificates of Judgment in Writs of Dower and Waste
Section
91
Registration of Decrees
Section
92
Filing and Registration of Judgment in Partition Proceedings or Proceedings for Assignment of Spouse's Statutory Share
Section
93
Registration of Prior Mortgage or Lease With Decree for Partition
Section
94
Registration of Notices in Insolvency and Copies of Decrees in Bankruptcy
Section
95
Registration of Discharge
Section
96
Entry of New Certificate Upon Reverter
Section
97
Entry of New Certificate Upon Descent or Devise; Notice; Hearing; Memorandum of Pendency of Settlement of Estate
Section
98
Right of Probate Court to License Sale or Mortgage; New Certificate or Memorandum of Registration
Section
99
Assurance Fund; Payment; Amount
Section
100
Custody; Investment; Annual Report
Section
101
Grounds for Recovery From Assurance Fund; Exhausting Other Remedies; Continuance of Action to Await Result of Tort Action
Section
102
Defendants in Action to Recover From Fund
Section
103
Recovery Upon Judgment
Section
104
Deficiencies in Assurance Fund
Section
105
Subrogation Rights
Section
106
Application and Investment of Income of Assurance Fund
Section
107
Limitations Upon Liability and Amount of Compensation
Section
108
Limitations Upon Commencement Time of Actions
Section
109
Evidence of Value of Land, Estate or Interest
Section
110
Powers of Attorney; Acknowledgment and Filing of Letters of Attorney
Section
111
Repealed, 1996, 481, Sec. 18
Section
112
Statement Alleging Right or Interest Adverse to Registered Owner
Section
113
Repealed, 1996, 481, Sec. 19
Section
114
Changes Upon Registration Book; Grounds for Motion to Change
Section
115
Filing and Entitling of Petitions and Motions After Registration
Section
116
Mailing of Notices After Registration
Section
117
Sectional Plans; Authority of Court
Section
118
Fraudulent Conveyance; Imprisonment Term