Massachusetts General Laws
Title II - Descent and Distribution, Wills, Estates of Deceased Persons and Absentees, Guardianship, Conservatorship and Trusts
Chapter 202 - Sales, Mortgages and Leases of Real Estate by Executors, Administrators, Guardians and Conservators

Section 1 - Realty; Sale to Satisfy Debts - Section 1. If the personal property of a deceased person...

Section 2 - Realty Subject to Sale - Section 2. The real estate so liable to be sold...

Section 3 - Realty Subject to Curtesy or Dower; Sale; Proceeds - Section 3. Upon a petition by an executor or administrator...

Section 4 - Undevised Realty; Priority of Disposition - Section 4. Real estate not devised shall be first chargeable...

Section 4a - Rents and Profits; Payment of Debts; Limitations - Section 4A. If the personal property of a deceased person...

Section 5 - Realty of Ward; Sale - Section 5. If the personal property in the hands of...

Section 6 - Grant of License - Section 6. A license to an executor or administrator to...

Section 7 - Petition; Contents - Section 7. To obtain such license, the executor, administrator, guardian...

Section 8 - Realty; Detrimental Effect of Partial Sale; Disposition of Whole Estate - Section 8. If it is represented in such petition and...

Section 9 - Marshaling Assets; Testamentary Provisions - Section 9. If a will contains a provision for the...

Section 10 - Notice of Petition; Service - Section 10. No license to sell real estate shall be...

Section 11 - Notice of Petition; Interested Persons - Section 11. No license to sell real estate shall be...

Section 12 - License to Guardian of Spendthrift; Notice - Section 12. No license to sell real estate shall be...

Section 13 - Bond; Posting by Interested Party to Satisfy Debts; Effect - Section 13. No license shall be granted to an executor...

Section 14 - Public or Private Sale of Realty - Section 14. Upon a petition of an executor or administrator...

Section 15 - Notice of Sale by Auction - Section 15. An executor, administrator, guardian or conservator shall give...

Section 16 - Affidavits; Evidence of Notice - Section 16. An affidavit of the executor, administrator, guardian or...

Section 17 - Adjournment of Sale - Section 17. If at the time appointed for such sale...

Section 18 - Fraudulent Conveyances; Recovery - Section 18. If an executor or administrator is licensed to...

Section 19 - Distribution; Sale of Realty; Procedure - Section 19. The probate court may, upon petition of an...

Section 20 - Sale of Realty for Payment of Debts; Limitation of Time - Section 20. No interest in the real estate of a...

Section 20a - Estate Expenses; Execution on Conveyed Property; Limitation of Time - Section 20A. No interest in the real estate of a...

Section 21 - Sales for Maintenance or Investment; Purpose and Nature of Sale - Section 21. If the income of the estate of a...

Section 22 - Petition and License to Sell Property for Maintenance or Investment; Form - Section 22. To obtain such license, the guardian or conservator...

Section 23 - Maintenance; Disposition of Proceeds of Sale - Section 23. If the sale is made for the maintenance...

Section 24 - Investment; Disposition of Proceeds of Sale - Section 24. If the property is sold in order to...

Section 25 - Property of Minors Sold for Investment; Persons Authorized to Sell - Section 25. A sale of the property of a minor...

Section 26 - Property of Minors Sold for Investment; Disposition of Proceeds of Sale - Section 26. If the sale is made by a person...

Section 27 - Sales by Guardian of Non-Resident Ward; Transfer of Proceeds to Foreign Executor - Section 27. A guardian or conservator appointed within the commonwealth,...

Section 28 - Executor or Administrator; Authority to Mortgage - Section 28. The probate court may, upon petition and after...

Section 29 - Guardian or Conservator; Authority to Mortgage - Section 29. The probate court may, upon petition of a...

Section 30 - Petition and Decree for Mortgage; Form - Section 30. A petition under either of the two preceding...

Section 31 - Leases; Realty of Ward - Section 31. The probate court may, upon the petition of...

Section 32 - Foreign Executor; License to Sell Realty - Section 32. An executor or administrator appointed in another state...

Section 33 - Foreign Guardian or Conservator; License to Sell Realty of Ward - Section 33. If a person who resides out of the...

Section 34 - Foreign Fiduciary; Bond; Sufficiency; Filing - Section 34. If the court finds that such foreign guardian...

Section 35 - Foreign Fiduciary; Proceedings; Notice - Section 35. A foreign executor, administrator, guardian or conservator who...

Section 36 - Tenants by Entirety; Joinder in Sale, Mortgage or Lease of Realty - Section 36. On petition under any provision of this chapter...

Section 37 - Decree Upon Petition for Leave to Sell Property; Scope - Section 37. The decree of a probate court upon a...

Section 38 - Decree; Presumptions; Highest Possible Price - Section 38. After the entry of a decree authorizing or...