Massachusetts General Laws
Title IV - Certain Writs and Proceedings in Special Cases
Chapter 247 - Replevin

Section 1 - Distrained or Impounded Beasts - Section 1. A person whose beasts have been distrained or...

Section 2 - Bond - Section 2. Before the officer serving the writ delivers the...

Section 3 - Amount of Bond; Appraisal of Property - Section 3. The writ shall require that the bond be...

Section 4 - Return of Writ - Section 4. The officer shall return such bond with the...

Section 5 - Judgment for Defendant - Section 5. If the court finds that the beasts were...

Section 6 - Judgment for Plaintiff - Section 6. If the court finds that the beasts were...

Section 7 - Goods Unlawfully Taken, Detained or Attached - Section 7. If goods exceeding twenty dollars in value are...

Section 8 - Bond; Amount; Appraisal of Goods - Section 8. Except as otherwise provided in section thirty-seven of...

Section 9 - Judgment for Defendant - Section 9. If the court finds that the defendant is...

Section 10 - Damages; Assessment; Rate - Section 10. If the goods when replevied had been taken...

Section 11 - Money Recovered by Officer After Replevin of Goods Attached, etc.; Disposition - Section 11. Money recovered by an officer in an action...

Section 12 - Application of Amounts Received by Creditor - Section 12. All amounts received by such creditor from the...

Section 13 - Judgment for Plaintiff - Section 13. If the court finds that the goods were...

Section 14 - Sureties on Bond; Approval - Section 14. Sureties on a replevin bond may be approved...

Section 15 - Approval of Sureties; Proceedings - Section 15. If such sureties are to be approved by...

Section 16 - Fees of Master - Section 16. The fee of the master for the hearing...

Section 17 - Defects in Bond; Dismissal of Action - Section 17. An action of replevin shall not be dismissed...

Section 18 - Actions Against Sureties; Serving and Entering Writ; Limitations - Section 18. An action shall not be maintained against a...

Section 19 - Damages; Assessment - Section 19. Damages in replevin shall be assessed by the...

Section 20 - Judgment for Return of Goods Attached - Section 20. If the goods replevied had been attached, they...

Section 21 - Writ of Return; Form - Section 21. The writ of return in actions of replevin...

Section 22 - Effect of Foregoing Provisions - Section 22. The foregoing provisions shall not preclude the defendant...