Land Court forms

Find forms for lawyers providing LAR services in court.

This form may not display properly in your browser. Please download the form and open it using Acrobat reader. This form is also available in Spanish. Uniform form TC001, 9/17.

LC-002 (08/2016). This notice should be accompanied by the appearance of successor counsel.

Land Court application for appointment as commissioner for partition of real estate, G. L. c. 241, § 12 (10-29-2018)

The following must be submitted with your request: a brief resume including your educational background, year of admission to the bar and experience in the field; 2 letters of recommendation from members of the Massachusetts Bar familiar with your work; and an abstract of title you have completed.

Courts are starting to use a system called FTR, but it is not yet available in all courts. If FTR is available for your case, audio recordings are accessible online for $10.00 at https://us.court.fm. Otherwise, use this form to order a CD.

For use in Land Court (03/07/2019).

For use in all courts. All filers must mark on this form all applicable confidentiality provisions, and identify the precise location of the confidential information within the document being filed. Submitting this form does not, by itself, guarantee compliance with any additional rules for handling impounded info.

See Military Affidavit Instructions. This form may not display properly in your browser. Please download the form and open it using Acrobat reader. This form is also available in Chinese, Haitian Creole, Khmer, Portuguese, Russian & Vietnamese. Trial Court form TC002, 9/17.

Instructions for the use of the Military Affidavit form, which may be used in all case types where the filing of a Military Affidavit is applicable.

For use in Land Court (Rev. 9/19). The action must be based on a claim or claims set forth in G. L. c. 185, § 3A (a) to (d), inclusive and the underlying project or development must involve 25 or more dwelling units; or the construction or alteration of 25,000 square feet or more of gross floor area.

For use in Land Court.

For use in all Trial Court departments (rev. 10/16). This Rule is intended to allow parties and non-parties to alert the clerk to a potential clerical mistake only. This form may not display properly in your browser. Please download the form and open it using Acrobat reader.

If you cannot pay for court fees and costs, you may be able to have the state pay for them. Find out if you are eligible to have court fees and costs waived, and learn how to apply.

Find the affidavit of indigency and related forms and instructions.

(Related to COVID-19 emergency)

For use in Land Court (CSSBQ, rev. 03/2020). Cover sheet required for all new-filed Subsequent to Registration (“S-Case”) Complaints.

A checklist of forms and procedures required in Land Court for voluntary withdrawal of land from the registration system (Rev. 5/3/19).

Complaint for voluntary withdrawal of land from the registration system under G.L. c. 185, § 52. (Rev. 11/18)

Explains the requirements for the submittal package for pre-file review in Land Court of proposed subdivisions of registered land.

For use in Land Court (10/2016).

Land Court notice of voluntary withdrawal of land from the registration system. (Rev. 11/18)

For use in Land Court. If a condominium is to contain both registered and recorded land, the registered portion may be withdrawn from the provisions of Chapter 185 pursuant to G.L. Chapter 183A § 16.

For use in Land Court.

For use in Land Court.

For use in Land Court (MDC-14)

For use in Land Court (SAD, formerly LCP-2, rev. 10/2019). Complaint for entry of new certificate after death of a registered owner under G.L. c. 185, § 97. The Complaint for Certificate After Death form is to be used in conjunction with Land Court Chief Title Examiner Memorandum Re: Land Court Guideline 14.

Revised 10/2019

The Land Court does not accept for filing any Servicemembers Civil Relief Act cases not accompanied by the Mortgagee's Affidavit under MGL c.244, § 35A, as amended by St. 2010, c.258, § 7. This form may not display properly in your browser. Please download the form and open it using Acrobat reader.

For use in Land Court (10-29-18). See also, Filing requirement for complaint to determine military status.

Instructions for filing complaints in Land Court under the Servicemembers' Civil Relief Act (1-2-2015).

For use in Land Court (Rev. 2/13).

Land Court order of notice to all defendants and to all persons entitled to the benefits of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (04-19-19).

SMMJF (02/2019). Land Court motion for judgment in a Servicemember's case 50 U.S.C. § 3953(c)(1).

Land Court motion to dismiss complaint pursuant to Servicemembers Civil Relief Act.

Attorney's affidavit as to current registered land information for use in Land Court ( Rev. 8/12).

Instructions for the use of the Military Affidavit form, which may be used in all case types where the filing of a Military Affidavit is applicable.

See Military Affidavit Instructions. This form may not display properly in your browser. Please download the form and open it using Acrobat reader. This form is also available in Chinese, Haitian Creole, Khmer, Portuguese, Russian & Vietnamese. Trial Court form TC002, 9/17.

Instructions for the use of the Military Affidavit form, which may be used in all case types where the filing of a Military Affidavit is applicable.

See Military Affidavit Instructions. This form may not display properly in your browser. Please download the form and open it using Acrobat reader. This form is also available in Chinese, Haitian Creole, Khmer, Portuguese, Russian & Vietnamese. Trial Court form TC002, 9/17.

For use in Land Court (10/2016).

LCMW (07/2017). For use in Land Court.

LCTL-MNH-CS (05/2013). For use in Land Court.

LCTL-ANS-CS (06-2018). For use in Land Court. This form may not display properly in your browser. Please download the form and open it using Acrobat reader.