Massachusetts General Laws

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 183, § 6A (2026)

Instruments conveying unregistered land; sufficient description or identification; recording; failure to comply

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Section 6A. No instrument conveying unregistered land shall be accepted for recording unless (a) the instrument indicates that the land conveyed is the same as described in or conveyed by prior recorded instruments identified sufficiently to locate the place of recording within the registry, or states that the instrument does not create any new boundaries, or (b) the instrument identifies the land conveyed either by reference to a plan or plans previously recorded in the same registry of deeds and identified sufficiently to locate the place of recording therein, or by reference to a plan or plans recorded with the conveyance. Failure to comply with this section shall not affect the validity of any instrument.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 7 cases, 1975–2017 · leading case: Adamowicz v. Town of Ipswich, 481 N.E.2d 1368 (Mass. 1985).

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Adamowicz v. Town of Ipswich, 481 N.E.2d 1368 (Mass. 1985). “Because it is only after the plan is recorded that the lots are sold and deeds given to separate owners, see G. L. c. 183, § 6A (1984 ed.), we also conclude that the sentence at issue means the recording of any instrument, including a deed.”

Cornell v. Bd. of Appeals, 906 N.E.2d 334 (Mass. 2009). “See G. L. c. 183, § 6A. Therefore, it was necessary for Cornell to have obtained a building permit or convey one of the lots to realize the benefits of the variance.”

Johnson v. Keith, 331 N.E.2d 879 (Mass. 1975). “…it did not include the book, page and date of recording of the master deed as required by G. L. c. 183A, § 9. See G. L. c. 183, § 6A.”

E. Bank v. Benton (In re Benton), 563 B.R. 113 (Bankr. D. Mass. 2017). “Mass. Gen. Laws Ann. ch. 183, § 6A. Exhibit A to the Mortgage references the deed dated March 7, 2003 through which the Debtors obtained an ownership interest in the Hyannis Condominium.”

Suga v. Maum, 565 N.E.2d 793 (Mass. App. Ct. 1991). “See G. L. c. 183, § 6A. Conveyances should be “construed as to give effect to the intent of the parties” as may be gleaned from “the words used, interpreted in the light of the material circumstances and pertinent facts known to them at the time” of the transfer.”

Campbell v. First Nat'l Bank, 399 N.E.2d 20 (Mass. 1980). “The plaintiffs argue that the mortgage to the bank fails to comply with G. L. c. 183, § 6A, as appearing in St. 1970, c.”

DiBiase v. DiBiase, 4 Mass. L. Rptr. 331 (Mass. Super. Ct. 1995). “97, 101 (1934); and G.L.c. 183, §6A. “Conveyances should be ‘construed as to give effect to the intent of the parties’ as may be gleaned from ‘the words used, interpreted in the light of the material circumstances and pertinent facts known to them at the time’ of the transfer.”

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