Wednesday, March 25, 2020, update

Nothing major to report today which is one reason why I didn't write earlier. Another reason is that we've been very busy. There are a lot of documents to record but we're also unpacking and settling in to the new place which is very nice.

Today, Governor Baker announced that schools will stay closed until at least May 4. While he didn't mention courthouses (that I know of), I suspect the current limits on public access will move in tandem with the schools.

We're dealing with a steady flow of e-files and are having no trouble receiving our mail and Fedex/UPS. Those are the best ways to record. We do continue to have a drop off box in the lobby. That's mostly been used by people with Registered Land since those documents cannot be e-filed.

This evening, Land Court issued a memo updating the procedures used to get Land Court approval on documents that require such approval before being registered. I'll post a summary or maybe even the full text if I can tomorrow on this site.

We did have one minor glitch today. Because of the volume of e-recordings, we contacted our land management application company and asked them to activate electronic recording on two additional terminals. They did this remotely but somehow when we used those two terminals, the electronic recording cover page that was automatically inserted in the newly recorded document was from the Hampshire Registry of Deeds, not Middlesex North. By the time someone caught it, we had already processed two dozen documents this way. We did go back and create new cover sheets for all so that was resolved by the end of the day.

That's it for tonight.