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MA colonial property law

MA colonial property law

MA colonial property law

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Wondering if anyone has working knowledge of a particular Massachusetts property law that extends land rights to Mean Low Water (MLW) on coastal sites.  Are there any restrictions on that use of this land?  

RE: MA colonial property law

In Massachusetts, when ownership is defined (by deed or Certificate of Title) to be "by" the ocean, sea, or other non-flowing, navigable water body, the "Ordnance 1647, Ancient Charter, pp 148" held that ownership is to the low water mark.  
However, this  ownership is subject to the rights of the public for "fishing, fowling, and navigation" from the Mean High Water Mark to the Low Water Mark or 100 rods (1,650 feet).
Other restrictions are created by the Wetlands Protection Act (Ch. 130 s.105) that regulates "dredging, filling, removing or otherwise altering, or polluting, coastal wetlands.
Not to mention the EPA, US Army Corps of Engineers etc etc..

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