Yesterday I traveled to Greenfield to attend a Registered Land Seminar organized by Franklin County Register of Deeds Peter Wood and his staff. The featured speaker was Ed Williams, the Chief Title Examiner of the Land Court. Representatives from each of the 21 registries of deeds in Massachusetts attended. Participants had submitted questions in advance and the program consisted of Attorney Williams addressing each of those questions in detail. Because the participants were almost exclusively registry employees who work in their respective registered land sections, the questions were all involved practical, real world issues. Ed did a fantastic job of responding. He certainly demonstrated incredible physical stamina by staying “on stage for almost five straight hours” which had to be an exhausting experience. And the content of his answers were informative and extremely helpful. The topics discussed are too numerous to mention right here, but we all took extensive notes. In the near future, we plan to compile these notes into a brief document that might serve as a supplement to the current Land Court Guidelines. I’ll certainly be returning to this topic in future postings, so please check back if this area is of interest to you.
