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Richard
P. Howe Jr.
Register of Deeds |
Middlesex North
Registry of Deeds
360 Gorham Street
- Lowell, Massachusetts 01852 - T.978/322-9000
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other Middlesex County towns are in Middlesex South District |
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July 1, 2009, will CLOSE permanently on Jan 22, 2010. For more
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Recording Fees
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Document
Type
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Fee
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| Declaration
of Homestead |
$35 |
| Declaration
of Trust |
$225 |
| Deed |
$125 |
| Mortgage |
$175 |
| Mortgage
Foreclosure Deed & Affidavit |
$125 |
| Discharge of
Mortgage |
$75 |
| Municipal
Lien Certificate |
$65 |
| UCC
Documents |
$45 |
| Plans (per
sheet) |
$75 |
| Federal Tax
Liens |
$5 |
| All other
documents |
$75 |
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Method of Payment
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registry accepts cash or checks (including personal checks).
Checks should be payable to "Commonwealth of
Massachusetts." We do not accept credit or debit
cards. |
Copies of Documents
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Digital images of
all documents are freely available on our website. When at
the registry, certified copies and copies printed from our
computers are $1 per page. Coin operated copiers ($0.50
per page) are also available to the public. To obtain
copies by mail, please send a self-addressed, stamped envelope
and a check for $5 per document ($15 for mortgages). For
certified copies of Registered Land documents, please call that
department directly at 978/ 322-9030.
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Document Stamp Rates
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State Excise Stamp Tax (MGL c.64D, s.1) shall apply to deeds,
instruments or writings whereby any lands, tenements or other
realty sold shall be granted, assigned, transferred or otherwise
conveyed to, or vested in, the purchaser . . . when the
consideration of the interest or property conveyed, exclusive of
the value of any lien or encumbrance remaining thereon at the
time of sale. The effective tax rate is $2.28 for each
$500 or fraction thereof of taxable value. To view
current and historic excise stamp charts, follow the links
below: |
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Recording by Mail
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| To record by mail,
send the original document, a check payable to
"Commonwealth of Massachusetts" for the correct
recording fee and a self-addressed, stamped envelope to Middlesex
North Registry of Deeds, 360 Gorham Street, Lowell, MA 01852.
If your document is Registered Land, please place a
Postit Note on the face of the document with the words
"Registered Land" written on it. Documents
received by mail are typically recorded and scanned the same
day. Documents that cannot be recorded are returned to the
sender by mail, usually the same day. |
"Multiple
Documents"
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document that is otherwise recordable on its own (or a photocopy
of such a document) shall not be recorded as an attachment to
another document but must be recorded separately.
This rule does not apply to Affidavits filed in
accordance with MGL chapter 183, section 5B |
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