Massachusetts General Laws

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 99 (2026)

Assurance fund; payment; amount

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Section 99. Upon original registration, there shall be paid to the recorder one tenth of one per cent of the assessed value of the land, on the basis of the last assessment for municipal taxation, or, in case of the registration of an easement or right, one tenth of one per cent of the value thereof as found by the court, as an assurance fund.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1986–2002 · leading case: Tetrault v. Bruscoe, 497 N.E.2d 275 (Mass. 1986).

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Tetrault v. Bruscoe, 497 N.E.2d 275 (Mass. 1986). “See G. L. c. 185, §§ 99 et seq. (1984 ed.). 5 The record before us includes the following: the complaints and records of the plaintiffs’ Probate Court action, the Commonwealth’s Land Court suit, and the plaintiffs’ declaratory judgment suit in the Supreme Judicial Court single…”

Putignano v. Treasurer & Receiver Gen., 774 N.E.2d 1157 (Mass. App. Ct. 2002). “185, § 101, against the land registration assurance fund established under G. L. c. 185, § 99. We decide that prior proceedings have established preclusively against Putignano that she was negligent in the maintenance of her land claim and affirm the judgment in favor of the…”

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