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Bristol County Register of Deeds

Sherrilynn M. Mello

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Search System Guide

We will be adding a system enhancement box listing all upgrades made and a section for what is coming.

Here are tips and guidelines when searching within our system.

When entering a business name, trust name, owner’s name, street name, or address do not add a space after the last letter or number entered .

Registered Land:

When searching Registered Land, you can search by name, owner, or street.
To date, Registered Land plans are not available on the website. Please call the Registry Copy Center @ 508.993.2606 x 24 for any copies needed.

Recorded Land:

When searching by NAME:
Enter the property owner’s or business’s name, enter a start search date range (for example, 01/01/1962 to the present day), and choose a town. You will next have the option to search for a specific document type in a drop-down menu or leave it blank. All records will be presented. Proceed to hit search.

When searching for an ADDRESS:
Enter street #, enter the street name (it is no longer necessary to use ST, RD, DR, BLVD, AVE, etc.) Enter a start search date range (for example 01/01/1946 through present day) enter town, and you will next have the OPTION to enter a specific document type or leave the option blank and the documents will be presented proceed to hit search.

When searching for Recorded Land Plans there 2 options available for search:

OPTION ONE:

Recorded Land Plan search:

Under this heading for search, there are 2 different methods for searching

Search One: Enter a name, business name, or Trust name, start search date, (for example 1/01/1900 through present date), Enter a town, then hit search (NOTE all plans are indexed and imaged online back to 01/01/1900)

Search Two: choosing to search by Book and page enter the book & page then hit search.

OPTION TWO:

Plans can also be searched under just Recorded Land:

Enter name, or business name, enter a start search date (for example 01/01/1900 through present day), enter town, enter Doc type (PLAN) then hit search.

Or enter street name only, enter start search date (01/01/1900 through present day), select town, select document (plan)

All images to view will be uploaded within a brief period (LESS THAN 30 SECONDS)

When ordering copies from our website:

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Place selected documents into the basket please choose entire document or selected pages.

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When ready to checkout please click on the basket, which will prompt the user to click on the credit card option.
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Click download checked items. The next screen will ask for your credit card information.
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Next, at the top right hand corner of the registry website screen click on the 3 dots (…) a drop-down menu will appear choose download to print documents.

Ready to use the new system click here [https://www.masearchsb.com/masearchsb]

Coming soon
  1. Search parameter reset button (to reset search criteria to default values)
  2. Ability to trigger a new name search by clicking on a grantor or grantee name in the document detail.
  3. Additional plan and homeowners (property) searches and enhancements.

Keep checking back for more updates.

Your patience and cooperation with the transition to this new software system has and will always be greatly appreciated. If you have any issues, or concerns, please call the New Bedford Registry customer service at 508.993.2605 Ext. 10