Visit to the Lowell ROD

Yesterday I had the opportunity to visit the Lowell Registry of Deeds and meet with Register Dick Howe. We discussed the Worcester Deeds website and the possible relocation of this blog to Word Press, creating electronic versions of the Grantor/Grantee indexes, and electronic recording. Each of these topics are important in realizing the goal of both the Worcester and Lowell to create totally paperless registries. Currently the Lowell (Middlesex North) Registry is accepting documents for recording electronically, something we are looking to do in Worcester in the near future.

I highly recommend checking out the Lowell Deeds Blog. (Click Here) It offers more information about the scan and return process, electronic recording, and the paperless registry.

Property Owner Beware...

It has come to the Registry of Deed’s attention that companies such as National Deed Service, Inc. are mailing letters to residents of Worcester County offering to obtain certified copies of their deed for a cost of $59.50.

The only way for an individual to obtain a certified copy of a document recorded at the Registry of Deeds is to come to the Registry in person. The fee for this is $1 per page. However, you can obtain a standard copy of any of our records at no charge from our website, www.worcesterdeeds.com. If you have any questions about your deed or how to obtain it, please contact our office at (508) 798-7717.

IMPORTANT: Address Change

Please take note as the mailing address of our new location has changed. It is now as follows:

Worcester District Registry of Deeds
90 Front Street
Worcester, MA 01608

Newspaper Article

The Worcester Registry of Deeds was featured in Saturday's Telegram and Gazette. The article highlights our move to a new location on 110 Front Street in City Square. To read the article, click here.

Front Street or JFK Boulevard?

A recent question on the blog pertaining to the zip code of the new Registry, which will remain the same at 01608, inspired me to post about the name change of Front Street to John F. Kennedy Boulevard, as reported in the Worcester Telegram & Gazette on June 5 (Read Story Here). If this change does in fact occur, it will not take effect until July 1, 2008. Luckily, the Registry was able to decrease the amount of letterhead we had ordered with the Front Street address to anticipate this change. Also proposed to be renamed is Central Street from Summer Street to Main Street, which would become MLK Jr. Boulevard.