Chapter 185

Section 1 Jurisdiction; place of sittings; rules and forms of procedure
Section 2 Justices and chief justice
Section 2 1/2 Deputy court administrator
Section 2A Repealed, 1937, 409, Sec. 4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Section 5 Repealed, 1978, 478, Sec. 84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 or electronic rendering of 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Section 15A Repealed, 1973, 1114, Sec. 26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Section 18, 19 Repealed, 1973, 1114, Sec. 27
Section 20 Repealed, 1931, 387, Sec. 2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 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

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Chapter 185: THE LAND COURT AND REGISTRATION OF TITLE TO LAND