The Department of Environmental Protection and the Conservation Commission of a City or Town occasionally will issue a Certificate of Partial Compliance.
Registry personnel must review Certificates of Partial Compliance carefully to determine whether or not the Certificate affects specific lots only. In that case, the Partial Certificate of Compliance should be listed on the encumbrance sheet with the notation as to what lots are affected. A Partial Certificate of Compliance which affects only specific lots should be carried forward onto the Memorandum of Encumbrances when a new Certificate is made up for one of those lots.
If the Partial Certificate of Compliance affects a particular condition or conditions of the original Order, it should be noted on the Memorandum of Encumbrances as a Partial Certificate of Compliance and should be carried forward onto the next Memorandum of Encumbrances for all of the lots affected by the original Order.
An Order of Conditions normally includes conditions which continue beyond completion of the work and issuance of a Certificate of Compliance. Accordingly, Orders of Conditions, Partial Certificates of Compliance, Extensions and Certificates of Compliance should be carried forward onto new Certificates and should not be dropped without an Order of the Court.