Title 33, Title 33

Any person seized of a freehold estate, or of a remainder or reversion in fee simple or fee tail, in a tract of woodland or timberland, on which the trees are of a growth and age fit to be cut, may apply to the Superior Court in any county for leave to cut and dispose of such tre…

The court may cause the net proceeds of sale to be invested in other real estate in the State or in public stocks, to the same uses and under the same limitations as the land; the income thereof to be paid to the persons entitled to the income of the land, or apportioned among th…

The court may appoint one or more trustees, removable at its pleasure, to hold said estates or stocks for said uses, who shall give bond with sufficient sureties to the clerk of said court for the faithful discharge of their duty.

An alien may take, hold, convey and devise real estate or any interest therein. All conveyances and devises of such estate or interest already made by or to an alien are valid.

Deeds and contracts executed by an authorized agent of a person or corporation in the name of his principal, or in his own name for his principal, are in law the deeds and contracts of such principal.

Conveyances, in whatever form, made to the inhabitants of a county, or to its treasurer, or to a person or committee for its benefit, are as effectual as if made in the corporate name of the county.

Pews and rights in houses of public worship are real estate. Deeds of them, and levies by execution upon them may be recorded by the clerk of the town where the houses are situated, with the same effect as if recorded in the registry of deeds.

No agreement, that a building erected with the consent of the landowner by one not the owner of the land upon which it is erected shall be and remain personal property, shall be effectual against any person, except the owner of such land, his heirs, devisees and persons having ac…

All deeds and other instruments for the conveyance of real property shall contain, in addition to the name of the grantee, his address, including street and number, municipality and state.

Any error in or omission of mailing address of grantee or mortgagee in the deed, mortgage or other conveyance, required by any provision of this Title, shall not affect in any way the validity, effectiveness or recordability of such deed, mortgage or other conveyance of real esta…

1. Easements or rights-of-way established on or after January 1, 1990. The owner of an easement or right-of-way does not have the right by implication to install utility services on or under the easement or right-of-way if: A. The easement or right-of-way is originally establishe…

1. Definitions. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. A. "Dock" means a platform used for access to a water body or to secure, protect and provide access to a boat or ship. The platform may extend from a …

A conveyance of land which abuts a town or private way, county road, highway or proposed, unaccepted way laid out on a subdivision plan recorded in the registry of deeds shall be deemed to convey all of the grantor's interest in the portion of the road or way which abuts the land…

Any conveyance made prior to October 3, 1973 which conveyed land abutting upon a town or private way, county road or highway shall be deemed to have conveyed all of the grantor's interest in the portion of such road or way, which abutted said land unless the grantor shall have ex…

Any grantor who, prior to the effective date of this Act, shall have conveyed land abutting a town or private way, county road or highway, with the intent to reserve his title in such road or way, but who shall not have expressly reserved his title thereto by specific reference a…

In order for the notice specified in section 462 to be effective, it shall contain an accurate description of the road or way, or portion thereof, to which title is being claimed; the name or names of the person or persons on behalf of whom the title is being claimed; and a speci…

The notice specified in section 463 may be filed for record by the claimant or by any other person acting on behalf of any claimant who is under a disability or unable to assert a claim on his own behalf, but no disability or lack of knowledge of any kind shall suspend or extend …

Any person owning land in this State abutting a town or private way, county road or highway, whose predecessors in title have not reserved any title in such road or way as provided in sections 460 and 461, or filed the notice provided in section 462 within the time specified ther…

This subchapter shall not apply to any road or way, title to which is owned by the State or any municipality or other governmental body.

Where a town or private way, county road or highway shall be, or shall have been, laid out, widened or altered in such a manner that the public easement is located over land taken from the land on opposite sides of such road or way in unequal proportions, then the persons owning …

Nothing contained in this subchapter shall be construed to extend the period for the bringing of an action or for the doing of any other required act under any statute of limitations.

This subchapter shall be liberally construed to effect the legislative purpose of clarifying the title to the land underlying roads and ways by eliminating the possibility of ancient claims.

1. Reservation of title. Any conveyance made before September 29, 1987 that conveyed land abutting upon a proposed, unaccepted way laid out on a subdivision plan recorded in the registry of deeds is deemed to have conveyed all of the grantor's interest in the portion of the way t…

If the spouse of a grantor in a conveyance of land fails to join in the conveyance in release of the spouse's right and interest by descent, such spouse and all persons claiming by, through or under such spouse shall be forever barred from claiming such right and interest by desc…

The spouse of a grantor who, 20 years or more before October 1, 1975, has conveyed land without the joinder therein of such spouse in release of the spouse's right and interest by descent in the land conveyed, and which spouse intends to claim such right and interest, or any pers…

In order for the notice specified in section 471 to be effective, it shall contain an intelligible description of the land in which the right and interest by descent is claimed; the name of the person on whose behalf such right and interest is claimed; the name of the current rec…

The notice provided in section 472 may be filed for record by the claimant or any other person acting on behalf of any claimant who is under a disability or unable to assert a claim on his own behalf, but no disability or lack of knowledge of any kind shall suspend or extend the …

Nothing contained in this subchapter shall be construed to extend the period limited for the bringing of an action or for the doing of any other required act or to otherwise extend any statute of limitations; nor shall it be construed to affect the nature of the right and interes…

This subchapter shall be liberally construed to affect the legislative purpose of enhancing the marketability of the title to land by eliminating the possibility of ancient marital interests that are outstanding on the record but are unclaimed.

As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. [PL 1985, c. 395, §3 (NEW).] 1. Conservation easement. "Conservation easement" means a nonpossessory interest of a holder in real property imposing limitations or …

1. Conservation easement. Except as otherwise provided in this subchapter, a conservation easement may be created, conveyed, recorded, assigned or partially released in the same manner as other easements created by written instrument. A conservation easement may be terminated or …

1. Conservation values. A conservation easement executed on or after the effective date of this section must include a statement of the conservation purposes of the easement, the conservation attributes associated with the real property and the benefit to the general public inten…

1. Action or intervention. An action affecting a conservation easement may be brought or intervened in by: A. An owner of an interest in the real property burdened by the easement; [PL 1985, c. 395, §3 (NEW).] B. A holder of the easement; [PL 2007, c. 412, §5 (AMD).] C. A person …

A conservation easement is valid even though: [PL 1985, c. 395, §3 (NEW).] 1. Not appurtenant to interest in real property. It is not appurtenant to or does not run with an interest in real property; 2. Assigned to another holder. It can be or has been assigned to another holder;…

1. Interest created after effective date. This subchapter applies to any interest created after its effective date which complies with this subchapter, whether designated as a conservation easement or as a covenant, equitable servitude, restriction, easement or otherwise. 2. Cons…

This subchapter shall be applied and construed to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the laws with respect to the subject of the subchapter among states enacting it.

For each conservation easement and each parcel owned in fee for conservation purposes in the State, the holder of the conservation easement and the fee owner of each parcel of land that is organized or doing business in the State shall annually report to the department, the munic…

An owner of real estate may convey that real estate, or any interest in it free from any claim to the real estate by his nonowner spouse, by deed, mortgage or any other instrument, without signature of his nonowner spouse, unless: [PL 1983, c. 748, §2 (NEW).] 1. Non-bona fide pur…