Massachusetts General Laws

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 47 (2026)

Contents of judgment of registration

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Section 47. Every judgment of registration shall bear date of the year, month, day, hour and minute of its entry and shall be signed by the recorder. If the owner is under disability it shall relate the nature thereof, and if a minor, shall state his age. It shall contain a description of the land as finally determined by the court, shall set forth the estate of the owner and also, in such manner as to show their relative priority, all particular estates, mortgages, easements, liens, attachments and other encumbrances, including rights of husband or wife, if any, to which the land or the owner's estate is subject, and may contain any other matter properly to be determined in pursuance of this chapter. The judgment shall be stated in a form convenient for transcription upon the certificates of title hereinafter mentioned.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 8 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1982–2025 · leading case: Martin v. Simmons Props., LLC, 2 N.E.3d 885 (Mass. 2014).

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Martin v. Simmons Props., LLC, 2 N.E.3d 885 (Mass. 2014). “G. L. c. 185, § 47. The act prohibits the establishment of easements by prescription, G.”

Hickey v. Pathways Ass'n, Inc., 37 N.E.3d 1003 (Mass. 2015). “” G. L. c. 185, § 47. “[Ejvery plaintiff receiving a certificate of title in pursuance of a judgment of registration, and every subsequent purchaser of registered land taking a certificate of title for value and in good faith, shall hold the same free from all encumbrances…”

Jackson v. Knott, 640 N.E.2d 109 (Mass. 1994). “), states that holders of a certificate of title take “free from all encumbrances except those noted on the certificate,” and G. L. c. 185, § 47 (1992 ed.), expressly provides that, when land is registered, the decree of registration (and subsequent certificate) “shall set forth…”

Calci v. Reitano, 846 N.E.2d 1164 (Mass. App. Ct. 2006). “455, states that the holders of a certificate of title take “free from all encumbrances except those noted on the certificate,” and G. L. c. 185, § 47, as amended through St.”

Williams Bros. of Marshfield v. Peck, 966 N.E.2d 860 (Mass. App. Ct. 2012). “” Similarly, G. L. c. 185, § 47, as appearing in St. 1981, c.”

Snow v. E. L. Dauphinais, Inc., 432 N.E.2d 730 (Mass. App. Ct. 1982). “It is the decree of registration issuing under G. L. c. 185, § 47, and not the judge’s decision which binds the parties.”

Lindenbaum v. Perez (2021). “"G. L. c. 185, § 47. "No title to registered land, or easement or other right therein, in derogation of the title of the registered owner, shall be acquired by prescription or adverse possession.”

Maureen's Mirtilli, LLC v. Idlewild Acres LLC & Another. (Mass. App. Ct. 2025). “G. L. c. 185, § 47. Generally, holders of a certificate of title for registered land take "free from all encumbrances except those noted on the certificate.”

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