Municipal Lien Certificates

Please provide a letter requesting a "Municipal Lien Certificate."

Also required are: A self-addressed, stamped, reply envelope with which to return the completed certificate, and a check in the appropriate amount as provided below:

1. Condominium Unit, Single-Family, Two-Family or Three-Family Residence: $50.00;
2. Residence for Four or More Families: $200.00;
3. Commercial, Industrial or Public Utilities: $300.00;
4. Vacant Land, including vacant land adjoining another parcel: $50.00;

Instruments of Redemption, Tax Deferral Releases, Betterment Releases: For issuance of a document releasing any type of municipal lien filed with the Registry of Deeds (Tax Takings, Tax Deferrals, Betterments, etc.); please provide payment of $25.00, along with a copy of the document filed with the Registry of Deeds and complete payment of the underlying amounts due to the City, if applicable.

You will then need to record the document provided that releases any such municipal lien with the Middlesex South Registry of Deeds (additional fees as charged by the Registry of Deeds may apply).