Massachusetts General Laws
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 36, § 25 (2026)
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Section 25. He shall keep two indexes, each divided into six columns, with headings in one as follows:
And in the other as follows:
In Suffolk county neither index need contain the last column.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1975–2025 · leading case: Patriot Resorts Corp. v. Register of Deeds of Berkshire, 879 N.E.2d 716 (Mass. App. Ct. 2008).
Patriot Resorts Corp. v. Register of Deeds of Berkshire, 879 N.E.2d 716 (Mass. App. Ct. 2008). “The register contends that much more additional work is required to index the assignment in accordance with the dictates of G. L. c. 36, § 25, asserting that a separate index entry must record the name of each of the various borrowers on each assigned mortgage.”
Teschke v. Keller, 650 N.E.2d 1279 (Mass. App. Ct. 1995). “Registers of deeds are required to maintain grantor and grantee indices pursuant to G. L. c. 36, §§ 25 & 26. The judge noted “[tjhere was a hyphen in [Marita’s] name in the grantee clause as it originally was typed, but it was stricken before recording .”
Guillette v. Daly Dry Wall, Inc., 325 N.E.2d 572 (Mass. 1975). “G. L. c. 36, §§ 25, 26. Lot numbers or other descriptive information, even though included in an index, do not change what is recorded.”
Sead LLC v. Arcadio Francisco, Jr. (Mass. App. Ct. 2025). “See G. L. c. 36, §§ 25, 26 (recorded instruments are organized in indices according to grantor and grantee names); Richardson, supra at 635 ("'[P]urchasers should not be required to look beyond the registry of deeds further than is absolutely necessary'" [citation omitted]);…”
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