TRIAL COURT OF 
MASSACHUSETTS 

COMPLAINT FOR VOLUNTARY 
WITHDRAWAL OF LAND 
FROM THE REGISTRATION SYSTEM 
(G.L. c. 185, § 52) 

COURT DEPARTMENT 

COUNTY 

COURT USE ONLY 

LAND COURT 

CASE NAME 
[In the matter of] 

DOCKET NUMBER 

___-SBQ-_______-___-____

1. Plaintiffs are all of the owners of the fee simple estate in all of a parcel of land that has been registered and seek to

withdraw the land from the provisions of that chapter pursuant to G.L. c. 185, § 52.

2. Plaintiffs submit with this Complaint their executed Notice of Voluntary Withdrawal.  The land to be withdrawn is described

on  Certificate  of  Title  No.  __________________,  in  Book  __________,  at  Page  __________,  issued  from  the

________________________ Land Registration District and is shown on Land Court Plan No. ______________ as follows:

 All the land described in the Certificate of Title   -or-       Part of the land described in the Certificate of Title
DESCRIPTION REQUIRED (Include the Land Court designation by which the land is described, e.g., “Lot 4 on Land Court
Plan 12345D,” and specify the particular parcel designated on the certificate (if any) if withdrawal is sought as to less than
all the land described in the certificate.)

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TRIAL COURT OF 
MASSACHUSETTS 

COMPLAINT FOR VOLUNTARY 
WITHDRAWAL OF LAND 
FROM THE REGISTRATION SYSTEM 
(G.L. c. 185, § 52) 

DOCKET NUMBER 

___-SBQ-_______-___-____ 

3. Plaintiffs seek endorsement of the Court approving the withdrawal pursuant to G.L. 185, § 52 because:

(i) The registered land constitutes less than all of the total area of a single parcel or of two or more contiguous parcels in

(ii) The registered land consists of less than 10 per cent of the portion of the land area to which an original certificate of

title  pertains,  the  rest  of  the  land  area  to  which  such  certificate  pertains  having  been  conveyed  since  the  original

common ownership.

registration under Chapter 185.

(iii) The owners of the registered land have submitted the land or satisfy the Court that the owners shall submit the land to

Chapter 183A or 183B or shall create interests in the land to which said Chapter 183B is applicable under Section 3 of

Chapter 760 of the acts of 1987 or satisfy the Court that the owners shall create those interests.

(iv) The  registered  land  is  improved  with  an  occupied  building  not  used  or  occupied  as  or  in  connection  with,  and  not

designed or intended for use or occupancy as or in connection with, a 1-to-4 family residential dwelling.

(v) Other good cause for withdrawal exists, as follows (must specify, attach additional pages if necessary):

NOTE: Filers must include supporting documentation showing that they are entitled to withdraw land from Registration 

under clauses (i) – (iv) or state specifically in the Complaint why good cause exists under clause (v). 

NAME (ATTORNEY OR OWNER(S)) 

B.B.O. NUMBER (IF APPLICABLE) 

FIRM OR AGENCY NAME (IF APPLICABLE) 

OFFICE OR HOME PHONE NUMBER 

STREET ADDRESS 

CITY/TOWN 

DATED 

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MOBILE PHONE NUMBER 

APT/UNIT # 

FAX NUMBER 

STATE 

ZIP CODE 

E-MAIL ADDRESS

SIGNED UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY 

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