Dukes County Registry of Deeds

New Memorandum from Land Court Chief Title Examiner

Land Court Chief Title Examiner Christina Geaney has issued a new memorandum in regards to guideline 14 – Death: The Effect of Death upon Registered Land Titles. This memorandum supersedes previous memo dated October 13, 2012.   Land Court...

CPA funding increase

Gov. Charlie Baker signed July 31st a fiscal 2020 state budget bill which included a significant increase to the CPA Trust Fund. What does this mean? This legislation will increase the recording fees at the Registries of Deeds which provide revenue to the statewide...

Registered Land Documents are online!

We are happy to share that as of today, all registered land documents and plans dating back to 1908 are now available on MassLandRecords.com; as you know, this is a big accomplishment that we are very proud of. In the coming year we will be focusing on scanning...

Courthouse Closure Thursday 11/8/18

Please be aware that the Dukes County Courthouse (including the Registry of Deeds) will be closed to the public Thursday November 8th for emergency repairs to the heating system. The building is expected to reopen again Friday November 9th. If you have a closing...

Closing early Friday Sept. 21, 2018.

The Registry of Deeds will be closing at 3:30pm Friday September 21, 2018. We will be working on some office upgrades starting Friday and into the weekend. The carpets will be replaced and we will be switching our phone and Internet provider. Unfortunately, this...