Massachusetts General Laws Part III. Courts, Judicial Officers and Proceedings in Civil Cases (Ch. 211-262) Ch. 217, § 19

Whenever any instrument creating or increasing an estate or fund for benevolent, charitable, humane or philanthropic purposes is filed for record in a registry of probate, the register shall forthwith send to the division of public charities established by section eight B of chapter twelve a statement setting forth the book and page in the registry where the instrument is recorded, with the name, if any, of the estate or fund, and further stating by whom said estate or fund has been created or increased, and by whom it is to be administered.