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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 10 (2026)

Registers of deeds acting as assistant recorders

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Section 10. The register of deeds in each district where land has been registered shall have the same authority as the recorder to make memoranda affecting the title of such land, and to enter and issue new certificates of title, and to affix the seal of the court to such certificates and duplicate certificates of title; but in executing the provisions of this chapter, registers of deeds shall be subject to the general direction of the recorder, in order to secure uniformity; and, in the performance of their duties under this chapter, the official designation of registers of deeds shall be assistant recorders for their respective registry districts.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1929–2018 · leading case: Radway v. Selectmen of Dennis, 266 Mass. 329 (Mass. 1929).
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Radway v. Selectmen of Dennis, 266 Mass. 329 (Mass. 1929). “The most that can be said of the act of the board of selectmen is that the copy of the order of taking was offered for filing within the thirty day period.”
Taglieri Everton v. HSBC Bank USA, N.A. (D. Mass. 2018). “See Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 10 ; LAND COURT GUIDELINES ON REGISTERED LAND, “Introduction.”
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