Massachusetts General Laws
Title XIII - Eminent Domain and Betterments
Chapter 80a - Eminent Domain Takings and Betterment Assessments by Judicial Proceedings

Section 1 - Authorization - Section 1. A board of officers, hereinafter called the board,...

Section 2 - Order of Intention; Contents - Section 2. The board, having first complied with all the...

Section 3 - Order of Intention; Additional Provisions; Notice of Adoption - Section 3. The order shall contain an estimate of all...

Section 4 - Petition to Take Property - Section 4. Within ten days from the recording of such...

Section 5 - Answer - Section 5. Any of said respondents, and any other person...

Section 6 - Default Judgments; Appointment of Guardians - Section 6. The court shall, on motion of the petitioner,...

Section 7 - Hearing; Judgment - Section 7. If any person in his answer denies the...

Section 8 - Arbitration of Disputes; Appointment of Commissioners - Section 8. If the court shall enter an order establishing...

Section 9 - Redetermination of Damages; Procedure - Section 9. Any person aggrieved by the determination of the...

Section 10 - Final Adjudication - Section 10. If the verdict of the jury as finally...

Section 11 - Abandonment or Discontinuance of Proceedings - Section 11. The board may at any time before final...

Section 12 - Transfer of Property; Interest Transferred; Payment of Compensation - Section 12. The taking shall become absolute and the right...

Section 13 - Taxation of Costs - Section 13. If the petition is dismissed under section seven,...

Section 14 - Assessment of Improvements; Assessment Lien; Effective Date - Section 14. If the right to assess betterments has been...

Section 15 - Application of Sections Controlling Eminent Domain and Betterments; Fees of Guardians and Commissioners - Section 15. The provisions of chapters seventy-nine and eighty, and...

Section 16 - Election to Proceed Under This Chapter - Section 16. In any case where the commonwealth, or a...