Crocker's Notes on Common Forms

The "bible" of Massachusetts title and conveyance practice

Product Number: 1950303B00
Publication Date: 12/30/2022
Edition: 12th Edition 2022
Copyright: © 2022 MCLE, Inc.
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In response to customer demand, MCLE revised Crocker's Notes on Common Forms and made it readily available to the entire bar. Crocker's has been long sought after for its invaluable notes on a wealth of real estate issues. This book is the unparalleled source to turn to when handling tricky title problems or tracking down answers to conveyancing questions. No Massachusetts practitioner working—even peripherally—in the field of real estate should be without a copy.

Recent updates:
- Update: December 2022
  Dear Subscriber:
  
  Thank you for choosing to keep your copy of Crocker's Notes on Common Forms current with this twelfth edition. Updates for 2022 include the following topics, and more:
  - Survivorship rights of tenants in common. See chapter 2 for a 2022 decision that involves a pending partition proceeding involving two parcels of adjoining land held by joint tenants, where one owner died, resulting in their estate seeking to enforce the performance of a then-pending purchase-and-sale agreement to a third party.
  - Keeping building insured. See chapter 5 for a note regarding G.L. c. 175, s. 99's standard form of policy, to the effect that "[t]he insurer cannot limit coverage to a scope narrower than what the Legislature envisioned."
  - Termination of tenancy at will. See chapter 15 for a 2022 case supporting—but not expressly deciding—that summary process is the exclusive avenue to remove the holdover guest residing in the premises for the previous eight years.
  - Condominium and timeshare liens. See chapter 16 for a cite to a 2022 case that discusses whether nonjudicial collection actions and protecting security interests by owner's association lawyers are governed by or violate the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA).
  - Title insurance. See chapter 19 for a cite to a First Circuit case that addresses the value of a real estate development right lost by failure to satisfy statutory time restrictions.
  We at MCLE trust that you will find this material useful in your practice and valuable in your real estate law library.
  
  Cordially,
  
  Maryanne G. Jensen, Esq., MCLE Director of Publications
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Chapter 1 expand

Historical and General Notes
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Sean T. Boulger, Esq., Proskauer Rose LLP
Rachel Shack, Esq., Klein Hornig LLP

Chapter 2 expand

Deeds
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Daniel J. Bailey, III, Esq., Pierce Atwood LLP
Stuart T. Freeland, Esq.,
Henry H. Thayer, Esq.,
Laurence M. Yorra, Esq., Verrill Dana LLP

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Delivery of Deeds
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Kendra Kinscherf, Esq., Office of Massachusetts Attorney General
Kenneth J. Mickiewicz, Esq.,

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Acknowledgement and Recording of Deeds
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Kendra Kinscherf, Esq., Office of Massachusetts Attorney General

Chapter 5 expand

Mortgages
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Peter L. Puciloski, Esq., Lazan Glover & Puciloski LLP

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Mortgage to Secure Future Advances and Construction Loans
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Edward M. Bloom, Esq.,

Chapter 7 expand

Assignment of Mortgage
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Ward P. Graham, Esq., Westcor Land Title Insurance Company

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Discharge of Mortgage
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Ward P. Graham, Esq., Westcor Land Title Insurance Company

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Partial Releases and Extensions of Mortgage
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Leland B. Seabury, Esq., Seabury & Brown

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Foreclosure of Mortgage
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Francis J. Nolan, Esq., Harmon Law Offices, PC
Thomas J. Walsh, Esq., Harmon Law Offices, PC

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Trusts and Conveyances to Uses
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Martin A. Loria, Esq., Adelson Loria & Weisman, PC

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Deeds of Fiduciaries
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Pamela R. Green, Esq., Smith Green & Holmes, LLP

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Powers of Attorney
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Samantha P. McDonald, Esq., Bowditch & Dewey LLP

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Party Walls and Lateral Support
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Keith E. Glidden, Esq., Verrill Dana LLP

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Leases and Tenancies
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Stephen M. Edwards, Esq., Proskauer Rose LLP
Christopher J. Mercurio, Esq., Proskauer Rose LLP

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Tax and Other Liens
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Patricia A. Metzer, Appellate Tax Board, Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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Attachments and Judgments
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Restrictions and Indefinite References
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Beth H. Mitchell, Esq., Nutter McClennen & Fish, LLP

Chapter 19 expand

Title Insurance
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Exhibit 19A
- 1992 ALTA Owner’s Policy Buy Form

Exhibit 19B
- 1992 ALTA Loan Policy Buy Form

Exhibit 19C
- 2006 ALTA Owner’s Policy Buy Form

Exhibit 19D
- 2006 ALTA Loan Policy Buy Form

Exhibit 19E
- Owner’s Affidavit Buy Form

Exhibit 19F
- Surveyor’s Report Buy Form

Exhibit 19G
- Zoning Endorsement for Unimproved Land Buy Form

Exhibit 19H
- Zoning Endorsement for Improved Land Buy Form

Exhibit 19I
- ALTA 9 (Lender Form) Buy Form

Exhibit 19J
- ALTA 9.2 (Owner Form) Buy Form

Exhibit 19K
- ALTA Form 4.1 Endorsement Buy Form

Exhibit 19L
- ALTA Form 6 Endorsement Buy Form

Exhibit 19M
- Secondary Mortgage Market Endorsement Buy Form

Exhibit 19N
- ALTA Form 8.1 Endorsement Buy Form

Exhibit 19O
- Pending Disbursement Clause Buy Form

Exhibit 19P
- Date Down Endorsement Buy Form

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Easements
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Phillip G. Levy, Esq., Goulston & Storrs, PC

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Condominiums
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Exhibit 21A
- Taxation of Unincorporated Homeowners Associations (Technical Information Release) Buy Form

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Plans and Surveys
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Exhibit 22A
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Wills and Probate Proceedings
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Exhibit 23A
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Time When Statutes Take Effect
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Public Ways
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Adverse Possession
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Partition
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Chapter 28 expand

Eminent Domain
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Sealed Instruments
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Robert G. Soule, Esq.,

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Tax Sales, Takings, and Titles
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Patrick J. Costello, Esq., Louison, Costello, Condon & Pfaff, LLP

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The Land Court
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Historical Review of the Rights of Husband and Wife in Each Other’s Property
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Rule Against Perpetuities
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Editors & Authors

Editor(s)

Francis J. Nolan, Esq., Harmon Law Offices, PC, Newton

Author(s)

Daniel J. Bailey, III, Esq., Pierce Atwood LLP, Boston

Edward M. Bloom, Esq., Wayland

Sean T. Boulger, Esq., Proskauer Rose LLP, Boston

David E. Condon, Esq., Louison, Costello, Condon & Pfaff, LLP, Boston

Patrick J. Costello, Esq., Louison, Costello, Condon & Pfaff, LLP, Boston

Kevin T. Creedon, Esq., Fidelity National Title Insurance Company, Boston

Brian W. Dugdale, Esq., Goulston & Storrs, PC, Boston

Stephen M. Edwards, Esq., Proskauer Rose LLP, Boston

Margaret M. Fortuna, Esq., Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company, Boston

Stuart T. Freeland, Esq., Concord

Robert J. Galvin, Esq.,

Keith E. Glidden, Esq., Verrill Dana LLP, Boston

Bart J. Gordon, Esq.,

Ward P. Graham, Esq., Westcor Land Title Insurance Company , Andover

Pamela R. Green, Esq., Smith Green & Holmes, LLP, Pittsfield

Eugene Gurvits, Esq., First American Title Insurance Company, Boston

Sheila M. Hurley, Esq., Easton

Kendra Kinscherf, Esq., Office of Massachusetts Attorney General, Boston

Phillip G. Levy, Esq., Goulston & Storrs, PC, Boston

Danielle Andrews Long, Esq., Robinson+ Cole LLP, Boston

Martin A. Loria, Esq., Adelson Loria & Weisman, PC, Boston

Samantha P. McDonald, Esq., Bowditch & Dewey LLP, Worcester

Christopher J. Mercurio, Esq., Proskauer Rose LLP, Boston

Patricia A. Metzer, Appellate Tax Board, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston

Kenneth J. Mickiewicz, Esq., North Kingstown

Beth H. Mitchell, Esq., Nutter McClennen & Fish, LLP, Boston

Kathleen M. Mitchell, Esq.,

Francis J. Nolan, Esq., Harmon Law Offices, PC, Newton

Jaclyn S. O'Leary, Esq., Day Pitney LLP, Boston

Eric L. Peters, Esq., Edgartown

Michael Pill, Esq., Green Miles Lipton LLP, Northampton

Peter L. Puciloski, Esq., Lazan Glover & Puciloski LLP, Great Barrington

Sander A. Rikleen, Esq., Sherin and Lodgen LLP, Boston

Leland B. Seabury, Esq., Seabury & Brown, East Longmeadow

Rachel Shack, Esq., Klein Hornig LLP, Boston

F. Sydney Smithers, IV, Esq., Cain Hibbard & Myers, PC, Pittsfield

Robert G. Soule, Esq.,

Henry H. Thayer, Esq.,

Thomas J. Walsh, Esq., Harmon Law Offices, PC, Newton

Laurence M. Yorra, Esq., Verrill Dana LLP, Boston

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Crocker's Notes on Common Forms

The "bible" of Massachusetts title and conveyance practice

Crocker's Notes on Common Forms

The "bible" of Massachusetts title and conveyance practice

Choose Format:

Product Description

Recent updates:

Table of Contents

Historical and General Notes

Deeds

Delivery of Deeds

Acknowledgement and Recording of Deeds

Mortgages

Mortgage to Secure Future Advances and Construction Loans

Assignment of Mortgage

Discharge of Mortgage

Partial Releases and Extensions of Mortgage

Foreclosure of Mortgage

Trusts and Conveyances to Uses

Deeds of Fiduciaries

Powers of Attorney

Party Walls and Lateral Support

Leases and Tenancies

Tax and Other Liens

Attachments and Judgments

Restrictions and Indefinite References

Title Insurance

Exhibit 19A

Exhibit 19B

Exhibit 19C

Exhibit 19D

Exhibit 19E

Exhibit 19F

Exhibit 19G

Exhibit 19H

Exhibit 19I

Exhibit 19J

Exhibit 19K

Exhibit 19L

Exhibit 19M

Exhibit 19N

Exhibit 19O

Exhibit 19P

Easements

Condominiums

Exhibit 21A

Plans and Surveys

Exhibit 22A

Wills and Probate Proceedings

Exhibit 23A

Time When Statutes Take Effect

Public Ways

Adverse Possession

Partition

Eminent Domain

Sealed Instruments

Tax Sales, Takings, and Titles

The Land Court

Historical Review of the Rights of Husband and Wife in Each Other’s Property

Rule Against Perpetuities

Editor(s)

Author(s)