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The 194th General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Section 16: Submission of property to this chapter

[ Text of section effective until February 2, 2025. For text effective February 2, 2025, see below.]

  Section 16. The owners of any land may submit the land under this chapter by the recording in the registry of deeds of a master deed or, if the land is registered under chapter 185 and the owners do not wish to withdraw the land from the operations of said chapter 185, by filing the master deed under said chapter 185. If the whole or a portion of the land submitted under this chapter is registered land under said chapter 185, the recording of a master deed shall be a sufficient ground for withdrawal of the registered land from said chapter 185.

Chapter 183A: Section 16. Submission of property to this chapter

[ Text of section as amended by 2024, 150, Sec. 46 effective February 2, 2025. See 2024, 150, Sec. 143. For text effective until February 2, 2025, see above.]

  Section 16. The owners of any land may submit the land under this chapter by the recording in the registry of deeds of a master deed or, if the title to the land is registered under chapter 185, by filing the master deed under said chapter 185.