General Laws of Massachusetts (Last Updated: January 16, 2020) |
PART III COURTS, JUDICIAL OFFICERS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CIVIL CASES |
TITLE III. REMEDIES RELATING TO REAL PROPERTY |
CHAPTER 241. PARTITION OF LAND |
SECTION 1. Persons entitled to partition |
SECTION 2. Jurisdiction; probate courts; land court |
SECTION 3. Land within jurisdiction of probate court in two or more counties |
SECTION 4. Extent of land partitioned |
SECTION 5. Division of shares |
SECTION 6. Form and contents of petition; interveners |
SECTION 7. Notice; filing; registered land |
SECTION 8. Notice given by citation; contents; publication; service |
SECTION 9. Persons not personally served; absent, incompetent or undetermined parties |
SECTION 10. Interlocutory decree; redemption |
SECTION 11. Dispute as to ownership of share |
SECTION 12. Commissioners; appointment; duties |
SECTION 13. Land in different counties |
SECTION 14. Indivisible land; partition |
SECTION 15. Money awards; payment or security |
SECTION 16. Return of commissioners; confirmation; amendments; final decrees; recording |
SECTION 17. Examination of title, investigations, etc.; omitted parties; improper descriptions |
SECTION 18. Conclusiveness of partition |
SECTION 19. Persons not named in petition claiming assigned shares; partitions by sale |
SECTION 20. Stranger claiming as co-tenant; remedies |
SECTION 21. Stranger claiming paramount title |
SECTION 22. Costs |
SECTION 23. Improvements; compensation |
SECTION 24. Improvements made before new partition; compensation |
SECTION 25. Equity jurisdiction |
SECTION 26. Death of party named in petition |
SECTION 27. Persons evicted |
SECTION 28. Mortgagee, etc., of co-tenant |
SECTION 29. Improvements made by person evicted; compensation |
SECTION 30. Trusteeship, etc.; effect on partition |
SECTION 31. Partition by sale |
SECTION 32. Liability of commissioners; partition by sale |
SECTION 33. Attachments or liens; failure to disclose; penalties |
SECTION 34. Unclaimed proceeds of sale; disposition |
SECTION 35. Trustees; appointment; bond |
SECTION 36. Water rights; other incorporeal hereditaments; division |
SECTION 37. Nonnavigable natural streams; partition of water |