An Act An act further regulating the operation of the Registry of Deeds.
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Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to defeat its purposes, which are forthwith to further regulate the operation of the Registry of Deeds which is immediately necessary for the preservation of the public convenience.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the
same, as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 8 of chapter 44B of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out paragraph (a) and inserting in place thereof the following paragraph:-
(a) The fees of the registers of deeds, except as otherwise provided, to be paid when the instrument is recorded, shall be subject to a surcharge of $20, but if the paper includes multiple references to any document or instrument intending or attempting to assign, discharge, release, partially release, subordinate or notice any other document or instrument, each reference shall be separately indexed and separately assessed an additional $20 surcharge. The fees for recording a municipal lien certificate shall be subject to a surcharge of $10, but if the instrument includes multiple references to any document or instrument intending or attempting to assign, discharge, release, partially release, subordinate or notice any other document or instrument, each reference shall be separately indexed and separately assessed an additional $10 surcharge. The surcharges shall be imposed for purposes of community preservation. No surcharge shall apply to a declaration of homestead under chapter 188. No surcharge shall apply to fees charged for additional pages, photostatic copies, abstract cards or additional square feet for the recording of plans.
SECTION 2. Chapter 262 of the General Laws, is hereby amended by striking out section 38 as so appearing, and inserting in place thereof the following section:-
Section 38. The fees of registers of deeds, except as otherwise provided, to be paid when an instrument is recorded shall be as follows:
For entering and recording any paper, certifying the same on the original, and indexing it and all other duties pertaining thereto, $50, but if the paper includes multiple references to any document or instrument intending or attempting to assign, discharge, release, partially release, subordinate or notice any other document or instrument, each reference shall be separately indexed and separately assessed an additional $50 fee;
For recording a declaration of trust, $200;
For recording a deed or conveyance, $100;
For recording a mortgage, $150;
For recording a declaration of homestead, $30;
For recording and filing a plan, $50 per sheet; and
For all copies of documents, whether copied out of books or generated electronically, $1 per page, and all coin operated copy machines shall be $.50 per page.
The fees of the registers of deeds, except as otherwise provided, to be paid when the instrument is recorded shall be subject to a surcharge under section 8 of chapter 44B.
SECTION 3. This shall take effect as of March 5, 2003.