Dukes County Registry of Deeds

Registry News and Notes

LifeLock Alerts

Our office is receiving calls from individuals, many identifying as LifeLock Identity Theft Protection members, who received a "New property detected" email/text notifications sent in error by LifeLock. These emails incorrectly linked them to property ownership in our...

FY’24 Year End Report

FY’24 demonstrated a continued decrease in overall real estate activity impacted by the higher interest rates along with a lack of inventory. The Registry experienced a 12% decrease in overall revenue in comparison to the previous fiscal year and a 46% decrease if...

Registered Land Seminar

On Friday, September 20th, 2024, we had the pleasure to have Honorable Judge Robert B. Foster, Chief Title Examiner Christina T. Geaney, and Chief Surveyor Stephen T. LaMonica on the island and hold a Registered Land Seminar for our Dukes County community. The seminar...

Increase In Massachusetts Homestead Exemption

In August of 2024 the Governor approved an Act that amends the Massachusetts declared homestead exemption from $500,000.00 to $1,000,000.00. See August 2024 Amendment here. https://malegislature.gov/Laws/SessionLaws/Acts/2024/Chapter150 On August 6, 2024, Session Law...

Registered Land Seminar

The Registry of Deeds will be offering a Registered Land Seminar on September 20th at the MV Museum with Land Court Judge Robert B. Foster, Chief Title Examiner Christina T. Geaney, and Chief Surveyor Stephen T. LaMonica. This event provides a unique opportunity to...

Outage 7-19

The worldwide software outage has affected our e-recording portals and the Mass Land Records website. The Registry of Deeds remains open for in person recordings and our public search terminals are operational.