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Section 1Acts or ceremonies necessary for conveyance
Section 1AInstruments not under seal
Section 2Estate conveyed by quitclaim deed
Section 3Estate created without instrument in writing
Section 4Effect of recordation or actual notice of deeds or leases, or of assignments of rents or profits
Section 5Recording of instruments; evidence of delivery
Section 5ARecording of statements relating to title; use as evidence
Section 5BAffidavits relating to title; recording
Section 6Name and address of grantee; recital of consideration; failure to comply
Section 6AInstruments conveying unregistered land; sufficient description or identification; recording; failure to comply
Section 6BAddress of property affected
Section 6CResidence and address of mortgagee or assignee
Section 6DEndorsement on mortgages and assignments of mortgages secured by residential property; contents; failure to comply
Section 7Conveyance by grantor notwithstanding disseisin or adverse possession; title; grantee’s rights
Section 8Statutory forms; alteration or substitution; “incorporation by reference” defined
Section 9Rules and definitions relating to deeds or other instruments
Section 10Warranty deed
Section 11Quitclaim deed
Section 12“Grant” as word of conveyance
Section 13Words of inheritance
Section 14Uses and trusts
Section 15Easements, privileges and appurtenances belonging to granted estate
Section 16“Warranty covenants”
Section 17“Quitclaim covenants” or “limited covenants”
Section 18Mortgage deeds
Section 19“Mortgage covenants”
Section 20“Statutory condition” in mortgages
Section 21“Statutory power of sale” in mortgage
Section 22Co-operative bank mortgage
Section 23“Statutory co-operative bank mortgage condition”
Section 24“Statutory co-operative bank power of sale”
Section 25Purchase by holder of mortgage at foreclosure sale
Section 26Possessory interest of mortgagor
Section 27Disposition of proceeds of foreclosure sale; itemized accounting provided to mortgagor
Section 28Assignment of mortgage; words of transfer
Section 28ASubsequent loans from mortgagee; priority
Section 28BOpen-end mortgage; subsequent loans from mortgagee
Section 28CRefinancing in the borrower’s interest
Section 29Necessity of acknowledgment; recordation
Section 30Method of making acknowledgment
Section 31Acknowledgment of married woman
Section 32Letters of attorney; applicability of law
Section 33Certificates of authority
Section 34Proof of execution of deed by testimony of subscribing witness
Section 35Proof of execution by proving handwriting
Section 36Refusal of grantor to acknowledge; proof of execution by testimony of subscribing witness
Section 37Refusal of grantor to acknowledge; proof of execution by proving handwriting
Section 38Recording of unacknowledged deed; effect
Section 39Proof of execution of deed; necessity of subscribing witness
Section 40Certificate of proof of execution
Section 41Proof of deed made outside commonwealth
Section 42Forms for acknowledgments and certificates of authority
Section 43Vesting of title or interest by operation of decree in equity
Section 44Effect of recording or registration of copy of decree
Section 45Conveyance in fee by person seized as tenant in tail
Section 46Conveyance in fee by life tenant and vested remainderman in tail
Section 47Barring of equitable estates tail
Section 48Conveyance of equitable fee; entitlement to conveyance of outstanding legal estate
Section 49Sale and conveyance or mortgage by trustee appointed by probate court
Section 50Notice of petition to appoint trustee; appointment of next friend
Section 51Bond of trustee; proceeds of sale or mortgage
Section 52Sale of land charged with payment of money; petition; decree; bond of trustee
Section 53Effect of deed, bond or other instrument made in defeasance
Section 54Definitions; method of discharge
Section 54ADefective discharges of mortgages held by entirety; effect
Section 54BMortgage discharge, release, assignment, foreclosure, etc.; execution before officer entitled to acknowledge instruments; effect
Section 54CRecordation of discharge; effect; discharge by mortgage servicer or note holder who is not holder of record
Section 54DRequest for written payoff statement; time for transmittal; contents; corrected statement; penalties; fees
Section 55Discharge of mortgage; contents and recording; liability for failure to discharge or negligent discharge; affidavits
Section 56Mortgage notes; provisions for prepayment
Section 57Home mortgage notes; prepayment penalty; effect of taking by eminent domain
Section 58Real estate abutting a way, watercourse, wall, fence, or other monument
Section 59Late charges or penalties
Section 60Notes secured by liens, amortization of principal by maturity; conditions; variable rate of amortization; exemptions
Section 61Payment of interest by mortgagee; request for exemption
Section 62Payment of taxes to city or town by mortgagee; due date
Section 63Loan fees; residential property mortgages; disclosure
Section 63ARevisions in mortgage terms; restrictions; fees
Section 63BRecordation of real estate mortgage prohibited until proceeds of loan paid to mortgagor
Section 64Discrimination in residential mortgage loans on basis of location of property
Section 65Acceptance of written memorandum as evidence of insurance
Section 66Required insurance; limitation
Section 67Reverse mortgage loans on residential property; requirements
Section 68Mortgagees licensed as insurance producers; mortgage loans secured by residential real estate; conditions and limitations