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Massachusetts County Registry of Deeds
Barnstable
Berkshire
Bristol
Dukes
Essex
Franklin
Hampden
Hampshire
Middlesex
Nantucket
Norfolk
Plymouth
Suffolk
Worcester
- Barnstable
Established 2 June 1685 from Plymouth County
Registry of Deeds
3195 Main Street
PO Box 368
Barnstable, MA 02630
(508) 362-7733
(508) 362-5065 (FAX)
Recording Hours: Monday - Friday 8AM - 4PM -
- Berkshire
Established 21 April 1761 from Hampshire County -
- Register of Deeds (Northern District)
65 Park Street
Adams, MA 01220
(413) 743-0035
(413) 743-1003 (FAX)
Recording Hours: Monday - Friday 8:30AM - 4:00PM
The Northern District includes the towns of Adams, Cheshire, Clarksburg, Florida, Hancock, Lanesboro, New Ashford, North Adams, Savoy, Williamstown and Windsor.
Register of Deeds (Middle District)
44 Bank Row
Pittsfield, MA 01201
(413) 443-7438
(413) 448-6025 (FAX)
Recording Hours: Monday - Friday 8:30AM - 4:00PM
The Middle District includes the towns of Becket, Dalton, Hinsdale, Lee, Lenox, Otis, Peru, Pittsfield, Richmond, Stockbridge, Tyringham and Washington.
Register of Deeds (Southern District)
334 Main Street
Great Barrington, MA 01230
(413) 528-0146
(413) 528-6878 (FAX)
Recording Hours: Monday - Friday 8:30AM - 4:00PM
The Southern District includes the towns of Alford, Egremont, Great Barrington, Monterey, Mount Washington, New Marlborough, Sandisfield, Sheffield and West Stockbridge.
Bristol
Established 2 June 1685 from Plymouth County
Registry of Deeds (Northern District)
11 Court Street
Taunton, MA 02780
(508) 822-0502
(508) 880-4975 (FAX)
Recording Hours: Monday - Friday 8:00AM - 4:00PM
The Northern District includes the towns of Attleboro, Berkley, Dighton, Easton, Mansfield, North Attleboro, Norton, Raynham, Rehoboth, Seekonk and Taunton.
Registry of Deeds (Southern District)
25 North 6th Street
New Bedford, MA 02740
(508) 993-2605
(508) 997-4250 (FAX)
Recording Hours: Monday - Friday 8:00AM - 4:00PM
The Southern District includes the towns of Acushnet, Dartmouth, Fairhaven, New Bedford and Westport.
Registry of Deeds (Fall River District)
441 North Main Street
Fall River, MA 02720
(508) 673-1651
(508) 673-7633 (FAX)
Recording Hours: Monday - Friday 8:00AM - 4:00PM
The Fall River District includes the towns of Fall River, Freetown, Somerset and Swansea.
Dukes
Established 1 November 1683 by New York and 22 June 1695 by Massachusetts
Registry of Deeds
81 Main Street
PO Box 5231
Edgartown, MA 02539
(508) 627-4025
(508) 627-7821 (FAX)
Hours: Monday - Friday 8:30AM - 4:30PM
Essex
Established 10 May 1643
Registry of Deeds (Southern District)
Shetland Park
45 Congress St.
Suite 4100
Salem, MA 01970
(978) 741-0201
(978) 744-5865 (FAX)
Recording Hours: Monday - Friday 8:30AM - 4PM
The Southern District includes the towns of Amesbury, Beverly, Boxford, Danvers, Essex, Georgetown, Gloucester, Groveland, Hamilton, Haverhill, Ipswich, Lynn, Lynnfield, Manchester, Marblehead, Merrimac, Middleton, Nahant, Newbury, Newburyport, Peabody, Rockport, Rowley, Salem, Salisbury, Saugus, Swampscott, Topsfield, Wenham, and West Newbury.
- Registry of Deeds (Northern District)
381 Common Street
Lawrence, MA 01840
(978) 683-2745
(978) 688-4679 (FAX)
Recording Hours: Monday - Friday 8AM - 4:00PM
The Northern District includes the towns of Andover, Lawrence, Methuen and North Andover.
- Franklin
Established 24 June 1811 from Hampshire County
Franklin Regional Council of Governments
Registry of Deeds
425 Main Street
P.O. Box 1495
Greenfield, MA 01301
(413) 772-0239
(413) 774-7150 (FAX)
Hours: Monday - Friday 9AM - 3PM
Hampden
Established 25 February 1812 from Hampshire County
Hall of Justice
Registry of Deeds
50 State Street
Springfield, MA 01103
(413) 755-1722
(413) 731-8190 (FAX)
Recording Hours: Monday - Friday 9AM - 4PM
Hampshire
Established 1 May 1662 from Middlesex County
Registry of Deeds
33 King Street
Northampton, MA 01060
(413) 584-3637
(413) 584-4136 (FAX)
Recording Hours: Monday - Friday 8:30AM - 4PM
Middlesex
Established 10 May 1643
- Registry of Deeds (Southern District)
208 Cambridge Street
PO Box 68
East Cambridge, MA 02141
(617) 679-6300
(617) 494-9083 (FAX)
Recording Hours: Monday - Friday 8AM - 3:45PM
The Southern District includes the towns of Acton, Arlington, Ashby, Ashland, Ayer, Bedford, Belmont, Boxborough, Burlington, Cambridge, Concord, Everett, Framingham, Groton, Holliston, Hopkinton, Hudson, Lexington, Lincoln, Littleton, Malden, Marlboro, Maynard, Medford, Melrose, Natick, Newton, North Reading, Pepperell, Reading, Sherborn, Shirley, Somerville, Stoneham, Stow, Sudbury, Townsend, Wakefield, Waltham, Watertown, Wayland, Weston, Winchester and Woburn.
- Registry of Deeds (Northern District)
360 Gorham Street
Lowell, MA 01854
(978) 322-9000
(978) 322-9001 (FAX)
Hours: Monday - Friday 8:30AM - 4:15PM
The Northern District includes the towns of Billerica, Carlisle, Chelmsford, Dracut, Dunstable, Lowell, Tewksbury, Tyngsborough, Westford and Wilmington.
Nantucket
Established 22 June 1695 from Dukes County
Registry of Deeds
Town and County Building
16 Broad Street
Nantucket, MA 02554
(508) 228-7250
(508) 325-5331
Hours: Monday - Friday 8AM - 4PM
Norfolk
Original county established 10 May 1643 - disbanded 4 February 1680. Current county established 26 March 1793 from Suffolk County.
Registry of Deeds
649 High Street
PO Box 69
Dedham, MA 02026-0069
(781) 461-6122
(781) 326-4742 (FAX)
Recording Hours: Monday - Friday 9AM - 4PM
- Plymouth
Established 2 June 1685 from Plymouth Colony.
Registry of Deeds
50 Obery Street
Plymouth, MA 02360
(508) 830-9200
(508) 830-9280 (FAX)
Recording Hours: Monday - Friday 8:30AM - 4PM
Suffolk
Established 10 May 1643
Registry of Deeds
24 New Chardon Street
Boston, MA 02114-9660
(617) 788-8575
(617) 720-4163 (FAX)
Recording Hours: Monday - Friday 8:30AM - 4:15PM
- Search online records from 1975 to the present.
Downloadable Forms From the Suffolk County Registry of Deeds:
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Declaration of Homestead Act Information (PDF) -
- Declaration of Homestead - Form - Natural Owner (PDF)
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- Declaration of Homestead - Form - Trustee Owner (PDF)
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- Worcester
Established 2 April 1731 from Middlesex, Suffolk and Hampshire counties.
Registry of Deeds (Worcester District)
2 Main Street
Worcester, MA 01608
(508) 798-7717
(508) 798-7746 (FAX)
Recording Hours: Monday - Friday 9AM - 4PM
The Worcester District includes the towns of Athol, Auburn, Barre, Berlin, Blackstone, Bolton, Brookfield, Charlton, Clinton, Douglas, Dudley, East Brookfield, Gardner, Grafton, Hardwick, Harvard, Holden, Hopedale, Hubbardston, Lancaster, Leicester, Mendon, Milford, Millbury, Millville, New Braintree, North Brookfield, Northboro, Northbridge, Oakham, Oxford, Paxton, Petersham, Phillipstown, Princeton, Royalston, Rutland, Shrewsbury, Southboro, Southbridge, Spencer, Sterling, Sturbridge, Sutton, Templeton, Upton, Uxbridge, Warren, Webster, Westboro, West Boylston, West Brookfield, Winchedon and Worcester. -
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- Registry of Deeds (Northern District)
166 Boulder Drive
Suite 202
Fitchburg, MA 01420
(978) 342-2637
(978) 345-2865 (FAX)
Recording Hours: Monday - Friday 8:30AM - 4PM
- The Northern District includes the towns of Ashburnham, Fitchburg, Leominster, Lunenburg and Westminster.
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