Chapter 185 - The Land Court and Registration of Title to Land

Section 1 - Jurisdiction; Place of Sittings; Rules and Forms of Procedure
Section 2 - Justices and Chief Justice
Section 21/2 - Deputy Court Administrator
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 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 16 - Appeal From Judgment for Jury Trial
Section 17 - Certification From Clerk of Superior Court to Land Court; Further Proceedings Before Land Court
Section 21 - Costs
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 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 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 112 - Statement Alleging Right or Interest Adverse to Registered Owner
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