Indexing Standards

Nothing new to report on electronic recording today. We were supposed to begin receiving a steady flow of electronically submitted documents, but nothing has appeared arrived thus far. On another topic, I’m scheduled to give a presentation on the Deed Indexing Standards at the annual conference of the Massachusetts Registers of Deeds Association the week after next. Two big areas of discussion will be the fees to be charged for so called “multiple documents” and the implementation of document formatting standards that will establish requirements for the appearance and formatting of documents that are to be recorded at the registry. Besides those two items, however, there are a number of other issues with how names are indexed that have arisen since the original Indexing Standards were established in January 2000. If you have a chance, please visit the Indexing section of our website (http://www.lowelldeeds.com/indexing.htm) and read through our Quick Reference Guide. I’d appreciate any comments you might have on the rules set out in this guide. Also send along any suggestions for other names or areas that are particularly problematic so we can address them at the upcoming meeting. Send you comments and suggestions to mailto:lowelldeeds@comcast.net. Thanks in advance for your input.