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County Registry (area) Address Municipality location Notes Norfolk County: Registry of Deeds (all) 649 High Street: Dedham: A Norfolk County was established 10 May 1643 by the Massachusetts Bay Colony with significantly different bounds than the present county (covering an area north of the Merrimack River); it was disbanded 4 February 1680.
Stephen J. Murphy is an American politician who is the Suffolk County register of deeds, serving since 2017. From 1997 until 2016, he served as an at-large member of the Boston City Council . He is a member of the Democratic Party .
The Land Court shares jurisdiction over other property matters with other court departments. The court's jurisdiction overlaps significantly with that of the Massachusetts Superior Court in many instances, because the Superior Court has original jurisdiction in civil actions over $25,000, and in matters where equitable relief is sought. [2]
In the court-house are kept the probate-office and registry of deeds for the county." [6] Alternately, historian Caleb Snow describes it in 1828 more favorably: "The Old Court House on the south side of Court-street, is a handsome building of brick, three stories high, and has on the roof an octagon cupola. On the lower floor are the offices of ...
Pages in category "Register of deeds in Suffolk County, Massachusetts" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Suffolk County Registry of Deeds; Walling & Gray. 1871 Map of Boston, Suffolk, County and Nearby Towns Pages 48-49 from the 1871 Atlas of Massachusetts. National Register of Historic Places listing for Suffolk Co., Massachusetts; US Census Bureau map of cities, towns, Native American reservations, and census-designated places
The Registry of Deeds has since 1708 dealt with the registration of wills, marriage settlements, title deeds, mortgage documents and other documentation concerning granting of title over land. It was originally set up to enforce the legislation regarding ownership of land by Catholics. A registered deed took precedence over an unregistered deed.
The courthouse, part of the Boston Government Service Center, was built in 1998. It holds the Central Division of the Boston Municipal Court , as well as the court's administrative offices. The building was designed by Kallmann McKinnell & Wood and is named after Edward W. Brooke .