General Laws of Massachusetts (Last Updated: January 16, 2020) |
PART II REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS |
TITLE I. TITLE TO REAL PROPERTY |
CHAPTER 183. ALIENATION OF LAND |
SECTION 1. Acts or ceremonies necessary for conveyance by deed |
SECTION 1A. Instruments not under seal |
SECTION 2. Estate conveyed by quitclaim deed |
SECTION 3. Estate created without instrument in writing |
SECTION 4. Effect of recordation or actual notice of deeds or leases, or of assignments of rents or profits |
SECTION 5. Recording of instruments; evidence of delivery |
SECTION 5A. Recording of statements relating to title; use as evidence |
SECTION 5B. Affidavits relating to title; recording |
SECTION 6. Name and address of grantee; recital of consideration; failure to comply |
SECTION 6A. Instruments conveying unregistered land; sufficient description or identification; recording; failure to comply |
SECTION 6B. Address of property affected |
SECTION 6C. Residence and address of mortgagee or assignee |
SECTION 6D. Endorsement on mortgages and assignments of mortgages secured by residential property; contents; failure to comply |
SECTION 7. Conveyance by grantor notwithstanding disseisin or adverse possession; title; grantee's rights |
SECTION 8. Statutory forms; alteration or substitution; ''incorporation by reference'' defined |
SECTION 9. Rules and definitions relating to deeds or other instruments |
SECTION 10. Warranty deed |
SECTION 11. Quitclaim deed |
SECTION 12. ''Grant'' as word of conveyance |
SECTION 13. Words of inheritance |
SECTION 14. Uses and trusts |
SECTION 15. Easements, privileges and appurtenances belonging to granted estate |
SECTION 16. ''Warranty covenants'' |
SECTION 17. ''Quitclaim covenants'' or ''limited covenants'' |
SECTION 18. Mortgage deeds |
SECTION 19. ''Mortgage covenants'' |
SECTION 20. ''Statutory condition'' in mortgages |
SECTION 21. ''Statutory power of sale'' in mortgage |
SECTION 22. Co-operative bank mortgage |
SECTION 23. ''Statutory co-operative bank mortgage condition'' |
SECTION 24. ''Statutory co-operative bank power of sale'' |
SECTION 25. Purchase by holder of mortgage at foreclosure sale |
SECTION 26. Possessory interest of mortgagor |
SECTION 27. Disposition of proceeds of foreclosure sale; itemized accounting provided to mortgagor |
SECTION 28. Assignment of mortgage; words of transfer |
SECTION 28A. Subsequent loans from mortgagee; priority |
SECTION 28B. Open-end mortgage; subsequent loans from mortgagee |
SECTION 28C. Refinancing in the borrower's interest |
SECTION 29. Necessity of acknowledgment of deed; recordation |
SECTION 30. Method of making acknowledgment |
SECTION 31. Acknowledgment of married woman |
SECTION 32. Letters of attorney; applicability of law |
SECTION 33. Certificates of authority |
SECTION 34. Proof of execution of deed by testimony of subscribing witness |
SECTION 35. Proof of execution by proving handwriting |
SECTION 36. Refusal of grantor to acknowledge; proof of execution by testimony of subscribing witness |
SECTION 37. Refusal of grantor to acknowledge; proof of execution by proving handwriting |
SECTION 38. Recording of unacknowledged deed; effect |
SECTION 39. Proof of execution of deed; necessity of subscribing witness |
SECTION 40. Certificate of proof of execution |
SECTION 41. Proof of deed made outside commonwealth |
SECTION 42. Forms for acknowledgments and certificates of authority |
SECTION 43. Vesting of title or interest by operation of decree in equity |
SECTION 44. Effect of recording or registration of copy of decree |
SECTION 45. Conveyance in fee by person seized as tenant in tail |
SECTION 46. Conveyance in fee by life tenant and vested remainderman in tail |
SECTION 47. Barring of equitable estates tail |
SECTION 48. Conveyance of equitable fee; entitlement to conveyance of outstanding legal estate |
SECTION 49. Sale and conveyance or mortgage by trustee appointed by probate court |
SECTION 50. Notice of petition to appoint trustee; appointment of next friend |
SECTION 51. Bond of trustee; proceeds of sale or mortgage |
SECTION 52. Sale of land charged with payment of money; petition; decree; bond of trustee |
SECTION 53. Effect of deed, bond or other instrument made in defeasance |
SECTION 54. Definitions applicable to Secs. 54 to 55; method of discharge of mortgage |
SECTION 54A. Defective discharges of mortgages held by entirety; effect |
SECTION 54B. Mortgage discharge, release, assignment, foreclosure, etc.; execution before officer entitled to acknowledge instruments; effect |
SECTION 54C. Recordation of discharge; effect; discharge by mortgage servicer or note holder who is not holder of record |
SECTION 54D. Request for written payoff statement; time for transmittal; contents; corrected statement; penalties; fees |
SECTION 55. Discharge of mortgage; contents and recording; liability for failure to discharge or negligent discharge; affidavits |
SECTION 56. Mortgage notes; provisions for prepayment |
SECTION 57. Home mortgage notes; prepayment penalty; effect of taking by eminent domain |
SECTION 58. Real estate abutting a way, watercourse, wall, fence, or other monument |
SECTION 59. Late charges or penalties |
SECTION 60. Notes secured by liens, amortization of principal by maturity; conditions; variable rate of amortization; exemptions |
SECTION 61. Payment of interest by mortgagee; request for exemption |
SECTION 62. Payment of taxes to city or town by mortgagee; due date |
SECTION 63. Loan fees; residential property mortgages; disclosure |
SECTION 63A. Revisions in mortgage terms; restrictions; fees |
SECTION 63B. Recordation of real estate mortgage prohibited until proceeds of loan paid to mortgagor |
SECTION 64. Discrimination in residential mortgage loans on basis of location of property |
SECTION 65. Acceptance of written memorandum as evidence of insurance |
SECTION 66. Required insurance; limitation |
SECTION 67. Reverse mortgage loans on residential property; requirements |
SECTION 68. Mortgagees licensed as insurance producers; mortgage loans secured by residential real estate; conditions and limitations |
SECTION 69. Flood insurance; limits on amount of coverage required to be purchased |