Massachusetts General Laws
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 36, § 26 (2026)
Entries in indexes; time and manner of making
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Section 26. He shall, within twenty-four hours after a deed or other instrument which he is by law required to record has been left for record, cause the name of each grantor, grantee or other party thereto to be entered at length and alphabetically in the appropriate index, and in the appropriate column, if any, the name of the town where the land described in the instrument lies, if the same is therein disclosed. Within a reasonable time after such instrument has been recorded, he shall affix to such entry the number of the book and leaf or page where recorded.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 2005–2007 · leading case: Gold v. Interstate Fin. Corp. (In re Schmiel), 362 B.R. 802 (Bankr. E.D. Mich. 2007).
Gold v. Interstate Fin. Corp. (In re Schmiel), 362 B.R. 802 (Bankr. E.D. Mich. 2007). “2d at 271 (quoting Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 36, § 26 ). Like the instant case, Lombardi involved a register of deeds that, the court noted, had experienced “substantial increases” in the number of documents received by it for recording, at the same time as it was experiencing…”
Nat'l Lumber Co. v. Lombardi, 834 N.E.2d 267 (Mass. App. Ct. 2005). “and every deed or instrument shall be considered as recorded at *495 the time so noted”); G. L. c. 36, § 26 (“[The register] shall, within twenty-four hours after a deed or other instrument which he is by law required to record has been left for record, cause .”
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