GENERAL LAWS OF MASSACHUSETTS

PART II.
REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS.
TITLE I.
TITLE TO REAL PROPERTY.

CHAPTER 183. ALIENATION OF LAND.

CONVEYANCE BY DEED.

Chapter 183, Section 1. Acts or ceremonies necessary for conveyance.

Chapter 183, Section 1A. Instruments not under seal.

Chapter 183, Section 2. Estate conveyed by quitclaim deed.

Chapter 183, Section 3. Estate created without instrument in writing.

Chapter 183, Section 4. Effect of recordation or actual notice of deeds or leases, or of assignments of rents or profits.

Chapter 183, Section 5. Evidentiary effect of recording.

Chapter 183, Section 5A. Recordation of statements relating to title; evidentiary effect.

Chapter 183, Section 5B. Affidavits relating to title; recordation.

Chapter 183, Section 6. Name and address of grantee; recital of amount of consideration paid; failure to comply.

Chapter 183, Section 6A. Instruments conveying unregistered land; sufficient description or identification; recording; effect of failure to comply.

Chapter 183, Section 6B. Address of property affected.

Chapter 183, Section 6C. Residence and address of mortgagee or assignee.

Chapter 183, Section 7. Effect of conveyance by disseisee.

SHORT FORMS.

Chapter 183, Section 8. Use of statutory forms; alteration or substitution; "incorporation by reference" defined.

Chapter 183, Section 9. Rules and definitions relating to deeds or other instruments.

Chapter 183, Section 10. Warranty deed.

Chapter 183, Section 11. Quitclaim deed.

Chapter 183, Section 12. "Grant" as a word of conveyance.

Chapter 183, Section 13. Words of inheritance.

Chapter 183, Section 14. Uses and trusts.

Chapter 183, Section 15. Easements, privileges and appurtenances belonging to granted estate.

Chapter 183, Section 16. "Warranty covenants".

Chapter 183, Section 17. "Quitclaim covenants" or "limited covenants".

Chapter 183, Section 18. Mortgage deed.

Chapter 183, Section 19. "Mortgage covenants".

Chapter 183, Section 20. "Statutory condition" in mortgage.

Chapter 183, Section 21. "Statutory power of sale" in mortgage.

Chapter 183, Section 22. Co-operative bank mortgage.

Chapter 183, Section 23. "Statutory co-operative bank mortgage condition".

Chapter 183, Section 24. "Statutory co-operative bank power of sale".

Chapter 183, Section 25. Purchase by holder of mortgage at foreclosure sale.

Chapter 183, Section 26. Possessory interest of mortgagor.

Chapter 183, Section 27. Disposition of proceeds of foreclosure sale.

Chapter 183, Section 28. Assignment of mortgage; words of transfer.

Chapter 183, Section 28A. Subsequent loans from mortgagee; priority.

Chapter 183, Section 28B. Open-end mortgage; subsequent loans from mortgagee.

Chapter 183: Section 28C Refinancing in the borrower's interest

ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND RECORDING OF DEEDS.

Chapter 183, Section 29. Necessity of acknowledgment of deed; recordation.

Chapter 183, Section 30. Method of making acknowledgment.

Chapter 183, Section 31. Acknowledgment of married woman.

Chapter 183, Section 32. Application to letters of attorney.

Chapter 183, Section 33. Certificates of authority.

Chapter 183, Section 34. Proof of execution of deed by testimony of witness.

Chapter 183, Section 35. Proof of execution by proving handwriting.

Chapter 183, Section 36. Refusal of grantor to acknowledge; proof of execution.

Chapter 183, Section 37. Refusal of grantor to acknowledge; proof of execution by proving handwriting.

Chapter 183, Section 38. Recordation of unacknowledged deed; effect.

Chapter 183, Section 39. Proof of execution of deed; necessity of subscribing witness.

Chapter 183, Section 40. Certificate of proof of execution.

Chapter 183, Section 41. Proof of deed made outside commonwealth.

Chapter 183, Section 42. Forms for acknowledgments and certificates of authority.

TITLE BY DECREE OF COURT.

Chapter 183, Section 43. Vesting of title or interest by operation of decree in equity.

Chapter 183, Section 44. Effect of recording or registration of copy of decree.

BARRING OF ESTATES TAIL.

Chapter 183, Section 45. Conveyance in fee by person seized as tenant in tail.

Chapter 183, Section 46. Conveyance in fee by life tenant and vested remainderman in tail.

Chapter 183, Section 47. Barring of equitable estates tail.

Chapter 183, Section 48. Conveyance of equitable fee; entitlement to conveyance of outstanding legal estate.

CONVEYANCE OF ESTATES SUBJECT TO REMAINDER, ETC.

Chapter 183, Section 49. Estates subject to remainder, etc.; sale and conveyance or mortgage by trustee appointed by probate court.

Chapter 183, Section 50. Notice of petition to appoint trustee; appointment of next friend.

Chapter 183, Section 51. Bond of trustee; proceeds of sale or mortgage.

Chapter 183, Section 52. Sale of land charged with payment of money; petition; court; decree; trustee; bond of trustee.

INSTRUMENTS OF DEFEASANCE.

Chapter 183, Section 53. Effect of deed, bond or other instrument made in defeasance.

DISCHARGE OF MORTGAGES.

Chapter 183, Section 54. Method of discharge of mortgage.

Chapter 183, Section 54A. Defective discharges of mortgages held by entirety; effect.

Chapter 183, Section 54B. Deed of release, written acknowledgement of payment or satisfaction, release or assignment of mortgage; execution before officer entitled to acknowledge instruments; effect.

Chapter 183, Section 54C. Discharge of mortgage and release of lien; conditions of discharge where discharge is not executed by holder of record.

Chapter 183: Section 54D. Request for written payoff statement; time for transmittal; contents; corrected statement; penalties; fees

Chapter 183, Section 55. Liability for neglect or refusal to discharge; affidavits.

Chapter 183, Section 56. Mortgage notes; provisions for prepayment.

Chapter 183, Section 57. Home mortgage notes; prepayment penalty; effect of taking by eminent domain.

Chapter 183, Section 58. Real estate abutting a way, watercourse, wall, fence, or other monument.

Chapter 183, Section 59. Late charges or penalties.

Chapter 183, Section 60. Notes secured by liens not to amortize principal by maturity; conditions; variable rate of amortization; exemptions.

Chapter 183, Section 61. Payment of interest by mortgagee; report showing rate of interest; profit or loss statement; exemption; report.

Chapter 183, Section 62. Payment of taxes to city or town by mortgagee; due date.

Chapter 183, Section 63. Loan fees; residential property mortgages.

Chapter 183, Section 63A. Mortgage revision fees; residential property.

Chapter 183, Section 63B. Recordation of real estate mortgage prohibited until proceeds of loan paid to mortgagor.

Chapter 183, Section 64. Discrimination in residential mortgage loans on basis of location of property.

Chapter 183, Section 65. Acceptance of written memorandum as evidence of insurance.

Chapter 183, Section 66. Required insurance; limitation.

Chapter 183, Section 67. Reverse mortgage loans on residential property; restrictions.

Chapter 183, Section 68. Mortgagees licensed as insurance agents; mortgage loans secured by residential real estate; conditions and limitations.

Chapter 183, Appendix. Statutory Forms of Instruments Relating to Real Estate.


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