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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 155, § 8 (2026)

Conveyance of land

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Section 8. A corporation may convey land to which it has a legal title. Any recordable instrument purporting to affect an interest in real estate, executed in the name of a corporation by the president or a vice president and the treasurer or an assistant treasurer, who may be one and the same person, shall be binding on the corporation in favor of a purchaser or other person relying in good faith on such instrument notwithstanding inconsistent provisions of the articles of organization, certificate of incorporation, charter, special act of incorporation, constitution, by-laws, resolutions or votes of the corporation. This section shall apply to foreign corporations, as defined in subsection (a) of section 1.40 of subdivision D of Part 1 of chapter 156D, as well as to corporations included within section 1.

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Cited in 2 cases, 2011–2014 · leading case: Correia v. Deutsche Bank Nat'l Trust Co. Ex Rel. Pooling & Servicing Agreement Series ITF INABS-2005-A (In Re Correia), 452 B.R. 319 (1st Cir. BAP 2011).
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Correia v. Deutsche Bank Nat'l Trust Co. Ex Rel. Pooling & Servicing Agreement Series ITF INABS-2005-A (In Re Correia), 452 B.R. 319 (1st Cir. BAP 2011). “Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 155, § 8 . To support their position, the Debtors offer a transcript of the MERS vice president’s deposition testimony taken in another case.”
Sullivan v. Kondaur Capital Corp., 7 N.E.3d 1113 (Mass. App. Ct. 2014). “See G. L. c. 155, § 8; G. L. c. 156D, § 8.46.”
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