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Section 1Persons entitled to partition
Section 2Jurisdiction; probate courts; land court
Section 3Land within jurisdiction of probate court in two or more counties
Section 4Extent of land partitioned
Section 5Division of shares
Section 6Form and contents of petition; interveners
Section 7Notice; filing; registered land
Section 8Notice given by citation; contents; publication; service
Section 9Persons not personally served; absent, incompetent or undetermined parties
Section 10Interlocutory decree; redemption
Section 11Dispute as to ownership of share
Section 12Commissioners; appointment; duties
Section 13Land in different counties
Section 14Indivisible land; partition
Section 15Money awards; payment or security
Section 16Return of commissioners; confirmation; amendments; final decrees; recording
Section 17Examination of title, investigations, etc.; omitted parties; improper descriptions
Section 18Conclusiveness of partition
Section 19Persons not named in petition claiming assigned shares; partitions by sale
Section 20Stranger claiming as co-tenant; remedies
Section 21Stranger claiming paramount title
Section 22Costs
Section 23Improvements; compensation
Section 24Improvements made before new partition; compensation
Section 25Equity jurisdiction
Section 26Death of party named in petition
Section 27Persons evicted
Section 28Mortgagee, etc., of co-tenant
Section 29Improvements made by person evicted; compensation
Section 30Trusteeship, etc.; effect on partition
Section 31Partition by sale
Section 32Liability of commissioners; partition by sale
Section 33Attachments or liens; failure to disclose; penalties
Section 34Unclaimed proceeds of sale; disposition
Section 35Trustees; appointment; bond
Section 36Water rights; other incorporeal hereditaments; division
Section 37Nonnavigable natural streams; partition of water