Less paperwork.
More closing.
Meet MLC Connect — a smarter way to request, pay for, and track municipal lien certificates. Designed for Massachusetts real estate professionals. Built with a future where municipalities connect directly.
Mansfield, Massachusetts · Residential
Request submitted
Property and firm details received in one place
Town request coordinated
Town-specific forms and payment requirements managed
Live status tracking
Planned visibility into municipal processing and updates
Official certificate delivered
Original MLC coordinated in the approved format
Massachusetts cities & towns indexed in our research database
Connected destination for a simpler MLC workflow
Planned service fee per MLC, plus municipal charges
Checks, envelopes, different forms, inconsistent turnaround expectations, and limited order visibility can still slow down an otherwise digital transaction.
From fragmented processes to one connected experience.
One place to start
Standardized requests with the municipality's unique requirements organized behind the scenes.
Less check-writing
Planned credit-card payments for law firms, with municipal fees handled through approved channels.
Live request tracking
A future dashboard for updates, outstanding steps, and official-certificate delivery.
Municipal participation
Municipalities will be able to sign up and participate directly as the platform grows.
We already have a Massachusetts MLC database.
The foundation of MLC Connect is a growing research database covering all 351 Massachusetts municipalities. It organizes town-specific MLC fees, accepted payment methods, official forms, where to send requests, and original-certificate delivery requirements — all in one structured resource.
| Municipality | MLC fee | Request method | Payment | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mansfield | $50 | Online / Mail | UniPay or check | Town profile |
| Worcester | $25 / $100 / $150 | Online / Mail / In person | Card, e-check or check | Town profile |
| Barnstable | $40 / parcel | Town form by mail | Check | Town profile |
Designed for the law firms who close — and the towns who serve them.
Spend time closing.
Not chasing paperwork.
A single starting point for requests, transparent charges, card-payment convenience, live tracking, and coordination of municipality-issued originals.
Towns can become part of the connection.
We envision a town sign-up program that lets participating municipalities receive requests, manage status updates, and coordinate official certificate fulfillment through their own portal.
A real closing-room frustration.
A bigger idea.
MLC Connect began with a straightforward question at Peres Title: why does obtaining an essential municipal closing document still require so much manual work?
What started as a better way to handle MLC requests has become a vision for a more connected relationship between law firms, title professionals, and Massachusetts municipalities.
Connecting town hall to the closing table.
An entrepreneurial vision for a more modern municipal lien certificate process in Massachusetts.