A property owner who is unable to attend a closing may execute a Power of Attorney by which they grant the "attorney" the authorit...

An essential element of the land records system in Massachusetts is that documents presented for recording are duplicated in the official re...

My article for the June 2019 edition of the Merrimack Valley Housing Review described the history and boundaries of the various neighborhood...

I recently came across this article from the Lowell Sun of December 16, 1912. It describes the operation of the Middlesex North Registry of ...

Here are some statistics on the number of documents recorded during May: Districtwide - May 2019 to May 2018 Deeds - There were 629 deed...

A lawyer called last week to discuss how provision of the Massachusetts homestead law might be interpreted by the bankruptcy court. She ...

Over the weekend I was at a civic event when someone in my group said, “It’s a shame that they don’t teach cursive writing in schools an...

A longstanding rule at the registry of deeds is that only original documents (or a copy certified by another registry) may be recorded. ...