Massachusetts General Laws

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 183, § 11 (2026)

Quitclaim deed

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Section 11. A deed in substance following the form entitled ''Quitclaim Deed'' shall when duly executed have the force and effect of a deed in fee simple to the grantee, his heirs and assigns, to his and their own use, with covenants on the part of the grantor, for himself, his heirs, executors, administrators and successors, with the grantee, his heirs, successors and assigns, that at the time of the delivery of such deed the premises were free from all encumbrances made by him, and that he will, and his heirs, executors and administrators shall, warrant and defend the same to the grantee and his heirs and assigns forever against the lawful claims and demands of all persons claiming by, through or under the grantor, but against none other.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 12 cases, 1927–2006 · leading case: Silverblatt v. Livadas, 164 N.E.2d 875 (Mass. 1960).

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Silverblatt v. Livadas, 164 N.E.2d 875 (Mass. 1960). · cites it 2× “” See G. L. c. 183, §§ 11, 17, and opp. form (2).”

Bongaards v. Millen, 768 N.E.2d 1107 (Mass. App. Ct. 2002). “He claims the quitclaim covenants in the 1979 deed from D’Amore, see G. L. c. 183, § 11, run to him as Jean’s heir and that the defendants’ claims are in contravention of their duty to him.”

Johnson v. Keith, 331 N.E.2d 879 (Mass. 1975). “G. L. c. 183, § 11 (d). Rule 5, however, purports to regulate the keeping of animals not only in common areas and facilities but also “in any Unit.”

Conte v. Marine Lumber Co., 848 N.E.2d 1246 (Mass. App. Ct. 2006). “The judge declined to give them decisive weight in the absence of testimony concerning when they were taken and what, specifically, they depicted.”

Rugg v. Record, 156 N.E. 429 (Mass. 1927). “The same rule should govern when a mortgagor makes a conveyance by a statutory quitclaim deed of a part of mortgaged land, because the covenants for title are inconsistent with an intention of the parties to the deed that the part conveyed should be subject to a primary…”

Locke v. Spaulding, 24 Mass. App. Ct. 977 (Mass. App. Ct. 1987). “” G. L. c. 183, §§ 11, 17. The statute of limitations for a suit on deed covenants is twenty years, since the deeds are under seal.”

Brookside Condo. Trust v. Zuliani, 9 Mass. L. Rptr. 652 (Mass. Super. Ct. 1999). “G.L.c. 183, §11 (d). Rule 5, however, purports to regulate the keeping of animals not only in common areas and facilities but also “in any Unit.”

Russell v. Denton, 14 Mass. App. Ct. 936 (Mass. App. Ct. 1982). “free of [any mortgage] encumbrances” (with certain exceptions including the “master deed” establishing the condominium, which contained references to the mortgages); (b) that the quitclaim unit deed (see G. L. c. 183, § 11) given to them contained no reference to any then…”

R & D Corp. v. New Bedford Redevelopment Auth., 437 N.E.2d 556 (Mass. App. Ct. 1982). “See also G.L. c. 183, §§ 11, 17. The trial judge did not find it necessary, nor do we, to decide whether there could be private ownership in land below the historic low water marks.”

Adelson, Golden & Loria, P.C. v. Kaitz, 1994 Mass. App. Div. 145 (Mass. Dist. Ct., App. Div. 1994). “Kaitz conveyed the property to the buyer by means of a Quitclaim Deed which recited that it was “with Quitclaim Covenants.”

Markovitz v. Swartz, 162 N.E. 898 (Mass. 1928). “The deed to the makers of the note, which was a quitclaim in the statutory form, G. L. c. 183, §§ 11, 17, and the mortgage deed back to the payee recited that the land was to be used only for burial purposes.”

Quimby v. McHugh, 339 N.E.2d 243 (Mass. App. Ct. 1975). “74, 77-78 [1952]), the plaintiff’s promise was not to convey the premises in question but to convey by a quitclaim deed (see G. L. c. 183, §§ 11, 17 and app. form [2 (as appearing in St.”

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