Massachusetts General Laws

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 184, § 8 (2026)

Conveyance to grantor and another

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Section 8. Real estate, including any interest therein, may be transferred by a person to himself jointly with another person in the same manner in which it might be transferred by him to another person, and a conveyance of real estate by a person to himself and his spouse as tenants by the entirety shall create a tenancy by the entirety.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1929–2013 · leading case: GMAC Mortg., LLC v. First Am. Title Ins., 985 N.E.2d 823 (Mass. 2013).

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GMAC Mortg., LLC v. First Am. Title Ins., 985 N.E.2d 823 (Mass. 2013). “In 2001, for the *736 purpose of refinancing the property, Thomas executed a note and a mortgage to GMAC’s predecessor corporation (which obtained a title insurance policy from an agent of First American), and a deed conveying the property from himself to himself and his wife as…”

Ames v. Chandler, 265 Mass. 428 (Mass. 1929). “93, now G. L. c. 184, § 8, that real “estate, including any interest therein, may be transferred by a person to himself jointly with another person in the same manner in which it might be transferred by him to another person.”

Gordon v. Gordon, 398 N.E.2d 497 (Mass. App. Ct. 1979). · cites it 2× “395, § 2, which rewrote G. L. c. 184, § 8, that a conveyance of real estate by a person to himself and his spouse as tenants by the entirety was made valid, and in Hale v.”

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