Chapter 501

§501-1 Land Court: What it is and how it works

§501-2 Land court case assignment

§501-3 Court sessions arranged for prompt business

§501-4 Process

§501-6 Registrar and assistants: appointment, duties

§501-7 Registrar's duties and document handling

§501-8 Registrar may act in any circuit

§501-9 Assistant registrars; powers

§501-10 Duties of the land registrar and assistants

§501-11 Who can examine property titles and how they are chosen

§501-12 Salaries and expenses for land court staff

§501-13 Validity of facsimile signature

§501-20 Definitions for land and time share rules

§501-20.5 State Supreme Court makes land document rules

§501-21 Who can apply to register land title

§501-22 Filing the application and memorandum

§501-23 How to apply to register land in the Land Court

§501-23.5 Where recording fees go

§501-24 Agent for nonresident

§501-25 Combining parcels in one application

§501-26 Changing a Land Court Application

§501-27 Land bounded on a road or path

§501-28 Filing plans and title documents with your land application

§501-29 Registering land that has a mortgage or lease

§501-30 Additional facts in a land court application

§501-31 Dealing with land while a registration application is pending

§501-32 Court sends application to title examiner for review

§501-33 Rules for claiming land added by the ocean

§501-41 Notice to the public about a land title application

§501-42 How notice is given and served

§501-43 Guardian ad litem: appointment and payment

§501-44 State must contest land registration when no one else does

§501-45 Who can object to a land registration application

§501-46 What happens if no one challenges a land title application

§501-51 Land court procedures for maps, surveys, and costs

§501-52 Court's power to enforce its decisions

§501-53 Dismissing or Withdrawing a Land Registration Application

§501-64 Court can enforce its orders and get police help

§501-71 When a land registration decree is final and can be reopened

§501-72 Two types of limited land ownership registration

§501-73 Clearing title disputes in court

§501-74 What a land registration decree must include

§501-75 Recording the court's land registration decision

§501-81 Registered land has the same legal rules as unregistered land

§501-82 What a Certificate of Title Does and Does Not Protect Against

§501-83 When a Land Title Certificate Takes Effect

§501-83.5 Outstanding owner's duplicate certificates

§501-84 One Certificate for Multiple Owners

§501-85 Swapping Land Certificates: Combine or Split Parcels

§501-86 Registered land stays registered forever

§501-87 No adverse possession or prescription on registered land

§501-88 Land registration certificate is proof in court

§501-89 Keeping indexes and record books for land registration

§501-101 How Owners Can Deal With Registered Land

§501-101.5 Buyer's Rights Under a Filed Sale Agreement Come First

§501-102 Filing documents that affect registered land gives public notice

§501-103 Transfers of less than full ownership

§501-104 How to resolve disagreements about land registration entries

§501-105 Grantee's name, address, and marital status on deeds

§501-106 When a new title certificate can be issued

§501-107 Keeping records of land documents and giving copies

§501-108 How to transfer ownership of registered land

§501-109 How land transfers are recorded when only part of a property is sold

§501-110 Listing existing claims on a new property certificate

§501-116 Registering a mortgage on registered land

§501-117 How to register a mortgage on a land title

§501-118 Foreclosing on registered land

§501-131 How to record a trust on registered land

§501-132 Trust powers must be listed on the title certificate

§501-133 How to record a new trustee for registered land

§501-134 Recording Claims Based on Implied or Constructive Trusts

§501-135 Trustees can register trust land unless the trust says no

§501-136 Filing liens and attachments on registered land

§501-138 Recording Lien Changes on Registered Land

§501-139 How property attachments work for registered land

§501-140 Attorney's name on writ and notice of change

§501-141 Recording Court Orders About Attachments

§501-142 Recording a mechanic's lien on registered land

§501-143 How liens on registered land are enforced

§501-144 New ownership certificate after a forced sale

§501-151 Recording court actions and judgments about registered land

§501-152 Certificate of judgment for defendant

§501-153 Registering a court judgment against registered land

§501-154 Filing a writ of possession after eviction

§501-155 Recording court judgments that affect registered land

§501-156 After the court divides registered land

§501-157 Reregistering a mortgage or lease after a property split

§501-158 Noting bankruptcy on a land title

§501-159 Decree of discharge

§501-166 Recording when land is taken by eminent domain

§501-167 New title certificate when land reverts

§501-171 Registering Land When the Owner Dies

§501-172 Court can still license guardians to sell or mortgage registered land

§501-173 When a personal representative can sell or mortgage registered land

§501-174 Power of attorney must be registered

§501-186 Registering a Claim Against Registered Land

§501-196 Changing the Land Registration Book and Court Hearings

§501-201 How notices are sent after land is registered

§501-211 Fee for registering land to protect against loss

§501-212 Suing for compensation after a bad land registration

§501-213 Who to Sue for Land Registration Mistakes

§501-214 How a judgment against the state is paid

§501-215 State's right to recover money it paid out

§501-216 State not responsible for trustee or mortgage losses

§501-217 Time limits for contract claims under this chapter

§501-218 Land court fees and who can change them

§501-219 Sale of Land Court Maps by State Agency

§501-231 Family child care homes allowed in residential areas

§501-232 Ban on transfer fees in property deeds

§501-241 How leasehold time share interests are recorded

§501-242 Leasehold time share interests stay real property

§501-243 Dual recording involving leasehold time share interests

§501-244 Assigning a leasehold time share interest

§501-245 How to reference earlier documents for leasehold time shares

§501-246 Leasehold time share interests follow leasehold apartment rules

§501-247 How to Transfer or Mortgage a Leasehold Time Share

§501-248 Which court handles leasehold time share paperwork

§501-261 Canceling title certificates for fee time share interests

§501-261.5 Deregistering Land (Other Than Fee Time Shares)

§501-262 Effect of deregistration

§501-263 Recording documents for deregistered land instead of registering them

§501-264 What counts in the title history of deregistered land

§501-265 Deregistered land interests stay real property

§501-266 Recording documents that cover both registered and deregistered land

§501-267 How to refer to earlier documents for deregistered land

§501-268 Legal incidents of deregistered land

§501-269 Which court handles deregistered land matters