Massachusetts General Laws
Part II - Real and Personal Property and Domestic Relations
Title I - Title to Real Property

Section 4 - Effect of Recordation or Actual Notice of Deeds or Leases, or of Assignments of Rents or Profits - Section 4. A conveyance of an estate in fee simple,...

Section 5 - Recording of Instruments; Evidence of Delivery - Section 5. The record of a deed, lease, power of...

Section 5a - Recording of Statements Relating to Title; Use as Evidence - Section 5A. A statement of a person's married or unmarried...

Section 5b - Affidavits Relating to Title; Recording - Section 5B. Subject to section 15 of chapter 184, an...

Section 6 - Name and Address of Grantee; Recital of Consideration; Failure to Comply - Section 6. Every deed presented for record shall contain or...

Section 6a - Instruments Conveying Unregistered Land; Sufficient Description or Identification; Recording; Failure to Comply - Section 6A. No instrument conveying unregistered land shall be accepted...

Section 6b - Address of Property Affected - Section 6B. All documents to be recorded in the land...

Section 6c - Residence and Address of Mortgagee or Assignee - Section 6C. Every mortgage and assignment of a mortgage presented...

Section 6d - Endorsement on Mortgages and Assignments of Mortgages Secured by Residential Property; Contents; Failure to Comply - Section 6D. Every mortgage and assignment of mortgage secured by...

Section 7 - Conveyance by Grantor Notwithstanding Disseisin or Adverse Possession; Title; Grantee's Rights - Section 7. A conveyance of land, if otherwise valid, shall,...

Section 8 - Statutory Forms; Alteration or Substitution; ''incorporation by Reference'' Defined - Section 8. The forms set forth in the appendix to...

Section 9 - Rules and Definitions Relating to Deeds or Other Instruments - Section 9. For the purpose of avoiding the unnecessary use...

Section 10 - Warranty Deed - Section 10. A deed in substance following the form entitled...

Section 11 - Quitclaim Deed - Section 11. A deed in substance following the form entitled...

Section 12 - ''grant'' as Word of Conveyance - Section 12. In a conveyance of real estate the word...

Section 13 - Words of Inheritance - Section 13. In a conveyance or reservation of real estate...

Section 14 - Uses and Trusts - Section 14. When a conveyance or devise of real estate...

Section 15 - Easements, Privileges and Appurtenances Belonging to Granted Estate - Section 15. In a conveyance of real estate all rights,...

Section 16 - ''warranty Covenants'' - Section 16. In a conveyance of real estate the words...

Section 17 - ''quitclaim Covenants'' or ''limited Covenants'' - Section 17. In a conveyance of real estate the words...

Section 18 - Mortgage Deeds - Section 18. A deed in substance following the form entitled...

Section 19 - ''mortgage Covenants'' - Section 19. In a conveyance of real estate the words...

Section 20 - ''statutory Condition'' in Mortgages - Section 20. The following ''condition'' shall be known as the...

Section 21 - ''statutory Power of Sale'' in Mortgage - Section 21. The following ''power'' shall be known as the...

Section 22 - Co-Operative Bank Mortgage - Section 22. A co-operative bank mortgage following in substance the...

Section 23 - ''statutory Co-Operative Bank Mortgage Condition'' - Section 23. The following ''co-operative bank mortgage condition'' shall be...

Section 24 - ''statutory Co-Operative Bank Power of Sale'' - Section 24. The following ''co-operative bank power'' shall be known...

Section 25 - Purchase by Holder of Mortgage at Foreclosure Sale - Section 25. The holder of a mortgage of real estate,...

Section 26 - Possessory Interest of Mortgagor - Section 26. Until default in the performance or observance of...

Section 27 - Disposition of Proceeds of Foreclosure Sale; Itemized Accounting Provided to Mortgagor - Section 27. The holder of a mortgage of real estate,...

Section 28 - Assignment of Mortgage; Words of Transfer - Section 28. In an assignment of a mortgage of real...

Section 28a - Subsequent Loans From Mortgagee; Priority - Section 28A. Any sum or sums which shall be loaned...

Section 28b - Open-End Mortgage; Subsequent Loans From Mortgagee - Section 28B. Any sum which shall be lent by the...

Section 28c - Refinancing in the Borrower's Interest - Section 28C. (a) A lender shall not knowingly make a...

Section 29 - Necessity of Acknowledgment of Deed; Recordation - Section 29. No deed shall be recorded unless a certificate...

Section 30 - Method of Making Acknowledgment - Section 30. The acknowledgment of the execution of a deed...

Section 31 - Acknowledgment of Married Woman - Section 31. The acknowledgment by a married woman may be...

Section 32 - Letters of Attorney; Applicability of Law - Section 32. The law relative to the acknowledgment and recording...

Section 33 - Certificates of Authority - Section 33. Whenever, under clause (b) of section thirty or...

Section 34 - Proof of Execution of Deed by Testimony of Subscribing Witness - Section 34. If the grantor dies or removes from the...

Section 35 - Proof of Execution by Proving Handwriting - Section 35. If all the subscribing witnesses to the deed...

Section 36 - Refusal of Grantor to Acknowledge; Proof of Execution by Testimony of Subscribing Witness - Section 36. If a grantor refuses to acknowledge his deed,...

Section 37 - Refusal of Grantor to Acknowledge; Proof of Execution by Proving Handwriting - Section 37. If a grantor refuses to acknowledge his deed...

Section 38 - Recording of Unacknowledged Deed; Effect - Section 38. A person interested in a deed which has...

Section 39 - Proof of Execution of Deed; Necessity of Subscribing Witness - Section 39. The execution of a deed shall not be...

Section 40 - Certificate of Proof of Execution - Section 40. A certificate of proof of the execution of...

Section 41 - Proof of Deed Made Outside Commonwealth - Section 41. The proof of a deed or other instrument,...

Section 42 - Forms for Acknowledgments and Certificates of Authority - Section 42. The forms set forth in the appendix to...

Section 43 - Vesting of Title or Interest by Operation of Decree in Equity - Section 43. Whenever a final decree in equity shall be...

Section 44 - Effect of Recording or Registration of Copy of Decree - Section 44. The recording or registration of a duly certified...

Section 45 - Conveyance in Fee by Person Seized as Tenant in Tail - Section 45. A person seized of land as tenant in...

Section 46 - Conveyance in Fee by Life Tenant and Vested Remainderman in Tail - Section 46. If land is held by one person for...

Section 47 - Barring of Equitable Estates Tail - Section 47. Equitable estates tail, in possession or remainder, and...

Section 48 - Conveyance of Equitable Fee; Entitlement to Conveyance of Outstanding Legal Estate - Section 48. The person to whom an equitable fee simple...

Section 49 - Sale and Conveyance or Mortgage by Trustee Appointed by Probate Court - Section 49. If land is subject to a vested or...

Section 50 - Notice of Petition to Appoint Trustee; Appointment of Next Friend - Section 50. Notice of a petition under the preceding section...

Section 51 - Bond of Trustee; Proceeds of Sale or Mortgage - Section 51. A trustee appointed under section forty-nine shall give...

Section 52 - Sale of Land Charged With Payment of Money; Petition; Decree; Bond of Trustee - Section 52. If land is charged with the payment of...

Section 53 - Effect of Deed, Bond or Other Instrument Made in Defeasance - Section 53. If a deed purports to contain an absolute...

Section 54 - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 54 to 55; Method of Discharge of Mortgage - Section 54. (a) For the purposes of sections 54 to...

Section 54a - Defective Discharges of Mortgages Held by Entirety; Effect - Section 54A. After the expiration of a period of ten...

Section 54b - Mortgage Discharge, Release, Assignment, Foreclosure, etc.; Execution Before Officer Entitled to Acknowledge Instruments; Effect - Section 54B. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, (1) a...

Section 54c - Recordation of Discharge; Effect; Discharge by Mortgage Servicer or Note Holder Who Is Not Holder of Record - Section 54C. (a) The recordation of a duly executed and...

Section 54d - Request for Written Payoff Statement; Time for Transmittal; Contents; Corrected Statement; Penalties; Fees - Section 54D. (a) Upon request of 1 or more obligors...

Section 55 - Discharge of Mortgage; Contents and Recording; Liability for Failure to Discharge or Negligent Discharge; Affidavits - Section 55. (a)(1) A mortgagee, mortgage servicer or note holder...

Section 56 - Mortgage Notes; Provisions for Prepayment - Section 56. Any mortgage note secured by a first lien...

Section 57 - Home Mortgage Notes; Prepayment Penalty; Effect of Taking by Eminent Domain - Section 57. It shall be unlawful for a mortgagee to...

Section 58 - Real Estate Abutting a Way, Watercourse, Wall, Fence, or Other Monument - Section 58. Every instrument passing title to real estate abutting...

Section 59 - Late Charges or Penalties - Section 59. A mortgagee, assignee or holder of a mortgage...

Section 60 - Notes Secured by Liens, Amortization of Principal by Maturity; Conditions; Variable Rate of Amortization; Exemptions - Section 60. Whenever any note made to finance or refinance...

Section 61 - Payment of Interest by Mortgagee; Request for Exemption - Section 61. A mortgagee holding a first mortgage or lien...

Section 62 - Payment of Taxes to City or Town by Mortgagee; Due Date - Section 62. Any mortgagee who requires the prepayment of taxes...

Section 63 - Loan Fees; Residential Property Mortgages; Disclosure - Section 63. A mortgagee, or a mortgage lender or mortgage...

Section 63a - Revisions in Mortgage Terms; Restrictions; Fees - Section 63A. A mortgagee may, at the request of the...

Section 63b - Recordation of Real Estate Mortgage Prohibited Until Proceeds of Loan Paid to Mortgagor - Section 63B. No mortgagee who makes a loan to be...

Section 64 - Discrimination in Residential Mortgage Loans on Basis of Location of Property - Section 64. No mortgagee shall discriminate, on a basis that...

Section 65 - Acceptance of Written Memorandum as Evidence of Insurance - Section 65. Any mortgagee doing business in the commonwealth who...

Section 66 - Required Insurance; Limitation - Section 66. A bank, lending institution, mortgage company or any...

Section 67 - Reverse Mortgage Loans on Residential Property; Requirements - Section 67. No mortgagee shall make a reverse mortgage loan...

Section 68 - Mortgagees Licensed as Insurance Producers; Mortgage Loans Secured by Residential Real Estate; Conditions and Limitations - Section 68. Any mortgagee doing business in the commonwealth and...

Section 69 - Flood Insurance; Limits on Amount of Coverage Required to Be Purchased - Section 69. No creditor or creditor's representative, as defined in...

Chapter 183a - Condominiums

Section 1 - Definitions - Section 1. As used in this chapter, the following words...

Section 2 - Application of Chapter; Creation of Other Interests in Realty - Section 2. This chapter shall apply only when the owner...

Section 3 - Nature of Interest; Sale or Descent - Section 3. Each unit together with its undivided interest in...

Section 4 - Exclusive Ownership and Possession; Restrictions - Section 4. Each unit owner shall be entitled to the...

Section 5 - Interest in Common Areas or Facilities; Percentage; Division - Section 5. (a) Each unit owner shall be entitled to...

Section 6 - Common Profits and Expenses; Lien - Section 6. (a) (i) Except as provided in paragraph (ii),...

Section 7 - Contribution Toward Common Expenses; Liability; Offset, Deduction, or Waiver Prohibited - Section 7. No unit owner may exempt himself from liability...

Section 8 - Master Deed; Recording; Contents - Section 8. The master deed shall be recorded in the...

Section 8a - Leasehold Condominiums; Rights of Unit Owners - Section 8A. (a) The consent of every lessor of each...

Section 9 - Deeds of Units; Contents - Section 9. Deeds of units shall include the following particulars:—...

Section 10 - Corporation, Trust or Unincorporated Association; Owner's Interest; Powers and Duties; Management - Section 10. (a) Each unit owner shall have the same...

Section 11 - By-Laws; Mandatory Provisions - Section 11. In addition to other provisions required or permitted...

Section 12 - By-Laws; Additional Provisions - Section 12. The by-laws may also provide:— (a) A method...

Section 13 - Claims Involving Common Areas and Facilities; Liability - Section 13. All claims involving the common areas and facilities...

Section 14 - Taxation and Betterment Assessments; Lien - Section 14. Each unit and its interest in the common...

Section 15 - Subdivision Control Law - Section 15. The subdivision control law shall not apply to...

Section 16 - Submission of Property to This Chapter - Section 16. The owners of any land may submit the...

Section 17 - Rebuilding Following Casualty Loss; Partition Upon Disapproval; Repair or Restoration Upon Approval; Purchase From Dissenting Owner - Section 17. (a) Rebuilding of the common areas and facilities...

Section 18 - Improvements; Costs - Section 18. (a) If fifty per cent or more but...

Section 19 - Removal From Provisions of This Chapter - Section 19. (a) Seventy-five per cent of the unit owners,...

Section 20 - Municipal Participation in Condominium Organization and Ownership - Section 20. Notwithstanding any other provision of general or special...

Section 21 - Multiple Family Condominium Units; By-Laws; Master Deed - Section 21. If a condominium does not contain any unit...

Section 22 - Foreclosure of Condominium Development; Liability of Lender and Developer - Section 22. In the event of a foreclosure upon a...

Section 23 - Prior Consent for Amendment of Deed, Trust or Bylaw - Section 23. Where the master deed, declaration of trust or...

Chapter 183b - Real Estate Time-Shares

Section 1 - Citation - Section 1. This chapter may be cited as the Real...

Section 2 - Definitions - Section 2. As used in this chapter, the following words...

Section 3 - Estates in Fee Simple; Estates for Years; Separate Estates; Taxes and Assessments; Recording Documents - Section 3. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter...

Section 4 - Agreements Varying Chapter Prohibited; Waiver of Rights - Section 4. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this chapter,...

Section 5 - Unconscionable Contracts - Section 5. (a) The court, upon finding as a matter...

Section 6 - Good Faith Obligation - Section 6. Every contract or duty governed by this chapter...

Section 7 - Remedies; Liberal Administration; Damages; Judicial Enforcement - Section 7. (a) The remedies provided by this chapter shall...

Section 8 - Laws Supplementary to Chapter - Section 8. The principles of law and equity, including the...

Section 9 - Conflicts With Other Laws - Section 9. In the event of any conflict between this...

Section 10 - Implied Repeals by Subsequent Legislation - Section 10. This chapter being intended as a unified coverage...

Section 11 - Project Instruments; Creation of Time-Shares; Amendments - Section 11. If all of the documents constituting the project...

Section 12 - Instruments for Creation of More Than Twelve Time-Shares in Single Property; Recording; Contents - Section 12. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), more...

Section 13 - Instruments; Allocation of Votes and Expense Liabilities; Alteration - Section 13. (a) The time-share instrument shall state the amount...

Section 14 - Partition of Units - Section 14. No action for partition of a time-share unit...

Section 15 - Termination Agreements - Section 15. (a) This section shall apply to time-share licenses...

Section 16 - Sales or Management Offices; Models; Signs - Section 16. A developer may maintain sales offices, management offices,...

Section 17 - Instruments; Approval of Actions of Owners, Developer, or Managing Entity - Section 17. The time-share instrument may require that all or...

Section 18 - Deeds; Notice of Lease or License; Recording; Contents - Section 18. A time-share estate, coupled with a freehold estate,...

Section 19 - Managing Entity - Section 19. (a) If the number of time-shares in a...

Section 20 - Powers of Association - Section 20. (a) Subject to the provisions of subsection (b)...

Section 21 - Powers and Duties of Developer - Section 21. The developer shall have the duties imposed on...

Section 22 - Special Developer Right - Section 22. (a) For the purposes of this section, ''special...

Section 23 - Contracts or Leases Between Developer and Managing Entity; Termination by Association or Owners - Section 23. (a) If, before the developer ceases to appoint,...

Section 24 - Duties of Managing Entity; Access to Units; Alteration of Unit by Owner - Section 24. Except to the extent otherwise provided by the...

Section 25 - Liability of Owners; Actions Involving Owners, Developers, or Associations; Tolling of Limitations; Judgments Against Associations - Section 25. (a) A time-share owner shall be personally liable...

Section 26 - Insurance - Section 26. (a) Commencing not later than the time a...

Section 27 - Surplus Funds - Section 27. Unless otherwise provided in the time-share instrument, the...

Section 28 - Expenses; Assessments; Late Charges; Interest; Reserve Funds - Section 28. (a) Until time-share expense assessments are made against...

Section 29 - Liens for Assessments Levied or Fines Imposed - Section 29. (a) A person who has a duty to...

Section 29a - Forfeiture of Rights of Time-Share Owner for Breach of Condition of Any Mortgage; Proceedings - Section 29A. The rights of a time-share owner shall be...

Section 29b - Forfeiture of Rights of Time-Share Owner for Non-Payment of Assessments; Proceedings - Section 29B. The rights of a time-share owner shall be...

Section 30 - Financial Records - Section 30. A person who has a duty to make...

Section 31 - Third Persons Dealing With Trustee - Section 31. A third person dealing with a trustee, pursuant...

Section 32 - Definitions; List of Addresses of Owners; Ballots; Communication Expenses; Vote Allocation; Notice; Recording Amendments - Section 32. (a) For the purposes of this section and...

Section 33 - Amendment of Project Instruments or Unrecorded Documents; Approval of Expenditures; Procedure - Section 33. (a) The owners may amend the project instrument...

Section 34 - Referendum to Amend Project Instrument or Other Matters - Section 34. (a) No amendment to the project instrument may...

Section 35 - Discharge of Manager - Section 35. (a) During the period of time the developer...

Section 36 - Dispositions or Offerings for Which Public Offering Statement or Other Materials Not Required - Section 36. (a) Sections thirty-six to fifty-five, inclusive, shall apply...

Section 37 - Public Offering Statements; Responsibility for Preparation; Liability for Misleading Statement; Multi-Location Plans - Section 37. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a...

Section 38 - Public Offering Statements; Furnishing to Purchaser; Contents - Section 38. (a) A public offering statement shall be written...

Section 39 - Public Offering Statements; Conversion Buildings; Contents - Section 39. (a) If a conversion building that includes or...

Section 39a - Conformity of Units to Regulations - Section 39A. The units created or constructed under this chapter...

Section 40 - Public Offering Statements; Time-Share Registered With Securities Exchange Commission - Section 40. If a time-share is currently registered with the...

Section 41 - Providing Prospective Purchaser With Public Offering Statement and Resale Disclosures; Cancellation of Contract; Damages - Section 41. (a) A person required to deliver a public...

Section 42 - Copy of Instrument and Certificate; Delivery to Purchaser; Limitation on Expense Liability - Section 42. (a) Except in the case of a sale...

Section 42a - Resale Service Providers; Disclosure Obligations - Section 42A. (a)(1) Before engaging in resale advertising services, a...

Section 43 - Deposits Placed in Escrow; Holding Instrument of Payment - Section 43. (a) Any deposit made in connection with the...

Section 44 - Release of Liens; Surety Bond; Service of Process for Foreclosure of Lien - Section 44. (a) In the case of a sale of...

Section 45 - Express Warranties - Section 45. (a) Express warranties made by any seller to...

Section 46 - Implied Warranties of Developer or Person in Business of Selling Real Estate for Own Account - Section 46. (a) A developer and any person in the...

Section 47 - Implied Warranties of Quality; Exclusions or Modifications - Section 47. (a) Except as limited by subsection (b) implied...

Section 48 - Limitation of Actions for Breach of Warranties - Section 48. (a) A judicial proceeding for breach of any...

Section 49 - Failure to Comply With Chapter - Section 49. If a developer or any other person subject...

Section 50 - Improvements Not Required to Be Built - Section 50. If any improvement in the time-share property is...

Section 51 - Completion of Promised Improvements; Responsibility for Recording Deed or Notice - Section 51. (a) The developer shall complete all promised improvements...

Section 52 - Advertisements Including Prize Offer - Section 52. Any advertisement of a time-share property which includes...

Section 53 - Exchange Programs; Information; Promotional Literature; Liability - Section 53. (a) If a purchaser may participate in any...

Section 54 - Multi-Location Developers; Information for Purchasers; Violations - Section 54. (a) A multi-location developer shall, except as provided...

Section 55 - Project Brokers - Section 55. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person...

Section 56 - Transfer of Interest; Time-Share Services Agreements; Transfer Services; Penalties; Prohibitions - Section 56. (a) In the course of offering time-share transfer...

Chapter 183c - Predatory Home Loan Practices

Section 1 - Title - Section 1. This chapter may be known and cited as...

Section 2 - Definitions - Section 2. As used in this chapter, the following words...

Section 3 - Certification From Counselor With Third-Party Nonprofit Organization - Section 3. A creditor may not make a high-cost home...

Section 4 - Obligor's Ability to Make Payments; Presumption - Section 4. A lender shall not make a high-cost home...

Section 5 - Prepayment Fees and Penalties - Section 5. A high-cost home mortgage loan shall not contain...

Section 6 - Limitation on Financing of Points and Fees - Section 6. A high-cost home mortgage loan shall not include...

Section 7 - Interest Rate Increases - Section 7. A high-cost home mortgage loan shall not contain...

Section 8 - Limitation on Scheduled Payments - Section 8. A high-cost home mortgage loan shall not contain...

Section 9 - Demand for Repayment - Section 9. A high-cost home mortgage loan shall not contain...

Section 10 - Periodic Payment Schedule - Section 10. A high-cost home mortgage loan shall not contain...

Section 11 - No Fee to Modify or Defer Payment - Section 11. A lender shall not charge a borrower a...

Section 12 - Consolidation of Payments - Section 12. A high-cost home mortgage loan shall not include...

Section 13 - Forum for Disputes - Section 13. Without regard to whether a borrower is acting...

Section 14 - Lender's Payment of Contractor - Section 14. A lender shall not pay a contractor under...

Section 15 - Affirmative Claims and Defenses Available; Applicability - Section 15. (a) Any person who purchases or is otherwise...

Section 16 - Default in Connection With Refinancing - Section 16. A lender shall not recommend or encourage default...

Section 17 - Application of Chapter; Violations - Section 17. (a) This chapter shall apply to any lender...

Section 18 - Relief; Remedies - Section 18. (a) A violation of this chapter shall constitute...

Section 19 - Regulations - Section 19. The commissioner shall promulgate regulations necessary to carry...

Chapter 184 - General Provisions Relative to Real Property

Section 1 - Rights of Aliens - Section 1. Aliens may take, hold, transmit and convey real...

Section 2 - Conveyance of Land Subject to Contingent Remainder, Executory Devise or Other Estate in Expectancy - Section 2. If a contingent remainder, executory devise or other...

Section 3 - Contingent Remainders; Taking Effect; Limitations - Section 3. A contingent remainder shall take effect, notwithstanding any...

Section 4 - Land Held in Fee Tail; Liability for Debts of Tenant in Tail - Section 4. Land held in fee tail, except an estate...

Section 5 - Conveyance Vesting Life Estate and Remainder to Heirs - Section 5. If land is granted or devised to a...

Section 6 - Interpretation of Words Importing Want or Failure of Issue - Section 6. In a limitation of real or personal property...

Section 6a - ''heirs'' and ''next of Kin'' Construed - Section 6A. In a limitation of real or personal property...

Section 7 - Creation of Estate in Common, Joint Tenancy or Tenancy by the Entirety - Section 7. A conveyance or devise of land to two...

Section 8 - Conveyance to Grantor and Another - Section 8. Real estate, including any interest therein, may be...

Section 8a - Name and Address of Owner; Request for Information; Records; Penalty - Section 8A. In any city or town which accepts this...

Section 9 - Conveyance by Tenant for Life or Years of Greater Estate - Section 9. A conveyance by a tenant for life or...

Section 10 - Acts of Owner of Precedent Estate Upon Expectant Estate; Effect - Section 10. No expectant estate shall be defeated or barred...

Section 11 - Barring of Estates Tail - Section 11. The two preceding sections shall not prevent the...

Section 12 - Fixtures Annexed by Life Tenant; Determination; Removal - Section 12. Fixtures annexed to the freehold by a life...

Section 14 - Sale of Timber Standing on Land Used by Other Than Owner of Fee - Section 14. If the supreme judicial court or the probate...

Section 15 - Proceedings Affecting Title to Real Property; Recording and Registration of Memoranda of Lis Pendens; Persons Affected - Section 15. (a) A wit of entry or other proceeding...

Section 16 - Certificate of Judgment, Decree or Final Disposition; Recording - Section 16. At any time after final judgment or a...

Section 17 - Judgments or Decrees; Effect of Recording - Section 17. A judgment or decree, at law or in...

Section 17a - Agreement for Purchase and Sale of Real Estate; Acknowledgment; Recordation - Section 17A. No agreement for the purchase and sale of...

Section 17b - Mortgage Loan Application; Real Estate Consisting of a Certain Dwelling House; Required Statements and Information - Section 17B. Every application for a mortgage loan on 1–to–4–family...

Section 17b1/2 - Variable or Adjustable Rate Subprime Loans for First-Time Home Loan Borrowers; Written Affirmation and Counseling Certificate Required; Approved Counseling Programs; Violations; Regulations - Section 17B1/2. No mortgagee who makes a loan to a...

Section 18 - Entry Into Land; Legal Proceedings Required to Recover Possession of Land or Tenements; Jurisdiction - Section 18. No person shall make an entry into land...

Section 19 - Entry for Breach of Condition; Certificate; Recordation - Section 19. If real property has been conveyed by deed...

Section 20 - Right of Entry or Action for Recovery of Real Property; Descent or Discontinuance - Section 20. No descent or discontinuance shall take away or...

Section 21 - Encumbrances Upon Real Property; Duty of Grantor to Inform Grantee - Section 21. If real property upon which any encumbrance exists...

Section 22 - Encumbrance of Record; Liability for Removal - Section 22. Whoever conveys real property by a deed or...

Section 23 - Conditions or Restrictions; Term of Years; Applicability - Section 23. Conditions or restrictions, unlimited as to time, by...

Section 23a - Proceedings Relating to Building Restrictions; Limitation of Actions - Section 23A. No action, suit, or proceeding shall be maintained...

Section 23b - Restrictive Covenants Based on Race, Religion, National Origin or Sex; Validity; Exception - Section 23B. A provision in an instrument relating to real...

Section 23c - Solar Energy Systems; Installation or Use; Restrictive Provisions - Section 23C. Any provision in an instrument relative to the...

Section 23d - Community Residences for Disabled Persons; Restrictive Provisions - Section 23D. Any restriction, reservation, condition, exception, or covenant in...

Section 24 - Defects, Irregularities or Omissions in Deeds; Curative Period - Section 24. When any owner of land the title to...

Section 25 - Indefinite References; Effect; Application - Section 25. No indefinite reference in a recorded instrument shall...

Section 26 - Land Use or Construction Restrictions Subject to This Section and Secs. 27 to 30; Definitions; Sufficiency of Description; Presumptions - Section 26. All restrictions on the use of land or...

Section 27 - Restrictions Imposed After December 31, 1961; Limitations on Enforceability; Extension of Period - Section 27. No restriction imposed after December thirty-first, nineteen hundred...

Section 28 - Restrictions Imposed Before January 1, 1962; Limitations on Enforceability; Extension of Period - Section 28. No restriction imposed before January first, nineteen hundred...

Section 29 - Notice or Extension of Restriction; Prerequisites - Section 29. No notice or extension of restriction under sections...

Section 30 - Enforceability of Restrictions; Presumptions and Prerequisites; Temporary Injunction - Section 30. No restriction shall in any proceeding be enforced...

Section 31 - Restrictions, Defined - Section 31. A conservation restriction means a right, either in...

Section 32 - Effect, Enforcement, Acquisition, and Release of Restrictions - Section 32. No conservation restriction, agricultural preservation or watershed preservation...

Section 33 - Public Restriction Tract Index - Section 33. Any city or town may file with the...

Section 34 - Good Faith Purchasers of Interests in Real Estate From Trustees; Binding Effect on Trust; Recording Conditions - Section 34. Any recordable instrument purporting to affect an interest...

Section 35 - Trustee's Certificate; Requirements; Effect - Section 35. Notwithstanding section 25 to the contrary, a certificate...

Chapter 184a - Statutory Rule Against Perpetuities

Section 5 - Options; Preemptive Rights; Leases; Easements; Validity - Section 5. (a) An option in gross with respect to...

Section 7 - Fee Simple Determinable in Land or Fee Simple Subject to Right of Entry for Condition Broken; Term - Section 7. A fee simple determinable in land or a...

Section 8 - Application to Legal and Equitable Interests - Section 8. This chapter shall apply to both legal and...

Section 9 - Effect of Act on Validity of Prior Limitations - Section 9. Except as provided in the first sentence of...

Section 10 - Application and Construction of Act; Uniformity of Law - Section 10. This chapter shall be applied and construed to...

Chapter 184b - Short Form Terms for Wills and Trusts

Section 1 - Terms; Incorporation by Reference; Copy of Section Defining Term - Section 1. The terms defined in this chapter may be...

Section 2 - Statutory Optional Fiduciary Powers; Limitation of Powers - Section 2. The following powers shall be known as the...

Section 3 - Statutory Disability Discretionary Powers - Section 3. The following discretionary powers, which shall be known...

Section 4 - Statutory Principal Discretionary Powers - Section 4. The following discretionary powers, which shall be known...

Chapter 185 - The Land Court and Registration of Title to Land

Section 1 - Jurisdiction; Place of Sittings; Rules and Forms of Procedure - Section 1. The land court department established under section one...

Section 2 - Justices and Chief Justice - Section 2. The land court department shall consist of 7...

Section 21/2 - Deputy Court Administrator - Section 21/2. The administrator as provided under section 1 of...

Section 3 - Scheduling of Sessions - Section 3. The court may be held by one judge...

Section 3a - Permit Session of the Land Court Department; Jurisdiction; Transfer of Actions; Assignment of Cases; Case Management; Mediation - Section 3A. There shall be established a separate session of...

Section 4 - Processes - Section 4. Processes issuing from the court shall bear teste...

Section 6 - Recorder; Appointment; Powers and Duties - Section 6. The governor, with the advice and consent of...

Section 7 - Custody and Control of Papers and Documents - Section 7. The recorder shall be under the direction of...

Section 8 - Places Recorder or Deputy Allowed to Act - Section 8. The recorder and any deputy recorder may act...

Section 9 - Facsimile Signature of Recorder - Section 9. A facsimile of the signature of the recorder,...

Section 10 - Registers of Deeds Acting as Assistant Recorders - Section 10. The register of deeds in each district where...

Section 10a - Technical Assistants; Termination - Section 10A. The assistant recorder in any registry, with the...

Section 11 - Oath and Bond of Recorder and Assistant Recorders; Additional Duties - Section 11. The recorder and all assistant recorders shall be...

Section 12 - Examiners of Title; Appointment; Acting for Recorder - Section 12. The chief justice of the land court department...

Section 13 - Court Officers - Section 13. Upon request of the chief justice, the sheriff...

Section 13a - Stenographers - Section 13A. At the trial of any issue of fact...

Section 14 - Salaries and Expenses; Practice of Law; Fees - Section 14. The salary of the recorder of the land...

Section 15 - Trial of Causes and Questions of Fact; Jury Trials; Transfer of Actions to Superior Court - Section 15. Except as provided in section sixteen, all cases...

Section 16 - Appeal From Judgment for Jury Trial - Section 16. At any time before the expiration of thirty...

Section 17 - Certification From Clerk of Superior Court to Land Court; Further Proceedings Before Land Court - Section 17. The clerk of the superior court, after the...

Section 21 - Costs - Section 21. Costs shall be taxed and the collection enforced...

Section 22 - Filing of Writs, Complaints, Bills and Pleadings - Section 22. Writs, complaints, bills and pleadings in proceedings in...

Section 23 - Filing and Indexing of Final Judgments and Executions in County Where Land Lies - Section 23. The recorder shall transmit copies of all final...

Section 24 - Reference to Examiner; Examination and Report - Section 24. The court may refer any such proceeding to...

Section 25 - Powers of Land Court - Section 25. In all matters within its jurisdiction, the court...

Section 25a - Power of Land Court to Enforce Orders, Sentences, Judgments and Decrees; Contempts - Section 25A. The court shall have like power and authority...

Section 26 - Complaints for Registration of Title - Section 26. Complaints for registration of title may be made...

Section 26a - Complaints for Confirmation of Title Without Registration - Section 26A. Complaints for the confirmation of title without registration...

Section 27 - Filing of Petition; Memorandum Relating to Petition; Duties of Assistant Recorder - Section 27. The petition may be filed with the recorder,...

Section 28 - Form and Content of Complaint - Section 28. The complaint shall be in writing, signed and...

Section 29 - Land Bounded on Public or Private Way; Content of Complaint - Section 29. If the complaint describes the land as bounded...

Section 30 - Complaint or Registration Made Subject to Existing Recorded Mortgage or Lease - Section 30. If a complaint is made subject to an...

Section 31 - Inclusion of Two or More Parcels; Joinder - Section 31. A complaint may include two or more contiguous...

Section 32 - Amendments - Section 32. Amendments to the complaint, including joinder, substitution, or...

Section 33 - Plan of Land and Muniments of Title; Filing; Withdrawal; Further Survey - Section 33. The plaintiff shall file with the complaint a...

Section 34 - Additional Facts in Complaint; Additional Papers - Section 34. The court may by general rule require additional...

Section 35 - Agent for Non-Resident Plaintiff - Section 35. If the plaintiff is not a resident of...

Section 36 - Transactions Dealing With Land After Filing of Complaint; Record of Disposition of Case - Section 36. After the filing of a complaint and before...

Section 37 - Reference to Examiner to Search Records and Investigate Facts; Report; Notice of Report to Plaintiff - Section 37. Immediately after the filing of a complaint, the...

Section 38 - Publication of Notice of Filing of Complaint - Section 38. Unless the plaintiff withdraws his petition within fourteen...

Section 39 - Return Day of Notice; Mailing of Copies; Posting of Copies - Section 39. The return day of said notice shall be...

Section 40 - Appointment of Guardian Ad Litem; Compensation - Section 40. Upon the return of the notice, and upon...

Section 41 - Answer - Section 41. Any person who claims an interest, whether named...

Section 42 - General Default; Order; Judgment Confirming Title - Section 42. If no person appears and answers within the...

Section 43 - Hearing of Contested Cases; Default of Persons Not Appearing; Reference to Examiner; Report; Compensation of Examiner - Section 43. If, in any case, an appearance is entered...

Section 44 - Dismissal; Withdrawal - Section 44. If the court finds that the plaintiff has...

Section 45 - Judgment of Confirmation and Registration; Opening of Judgment; Remedies of Aggrieved Persons - Section 45. If the court, after hearing, finds that the...

Section 46 - Encumbrances Affecting Certificates of Title - Section 46. Every plaintiff receiving a certificate of title in...

Section 47 - Contents of Judgment of Registration - Section 47. Every judgment of registration shall bear date of...

Section 48 - Transcription of Judgment in District Where Land Lies; Owner's Duplicate Certificate; Land Lying in More Than One District - Section 48. Immediately upon the entry of the judgement of...

Section 49 - Original and Transfer Certificates - Section 49. The certificate first registered in pursuance of a...

Section 51 - Subdivision; Application for New Certificates - Section 51. An owner who subdivides a tract of registered...

Section 52 - Perpetuation of Registration; Withdrawal; Notice of Voluntary Withdrawal - Section 52. The obtaining of a judgment of registration and...

Section 53 - Prescription, Adverse Possession or Right of Way by Necessity - Section 53. No title to registered land, or easement or...

Section 54 - Evidentiary Effect of Original Certificate or Copies Thereof - Section 54. The original certificate in the registration book and...

Section 55 - Contents of Certificate of Title - Section 55. Every certificate of title shall set forth the...

Section 56 - Recorder's Duties Relating to Indexes and Records - Section 56. The recorder, under the direction of the court,...

Section 56a - Complaints for Confirmation of Title; Application of Chapter - Section 56A. Complaints for the confirmation of title without registration...

Section 57 - Dealings by Owner; Registration as Act of Conveyance - Section 57. An owner of registered land may convey, mortgage,...

Section 58 - Notice of Registering, Filing or Entering - Section 58. Every conveyance, lien, attachment, order, decree, instrument or...

Section 59 - Interests Less Than Estate in Fee Simple; Registration - Section 59. No new certificate shall be entered or issued...

Section 60 - Form of Memorandum; Presentation of Doubtful Questions to Court - Section 60. If the assistant recorder is in doubt upon...

Section 61 - Information Concerning Grantee and Others Appearing on Instrument; Endorsement of Changes - Section 61. Every deed or other voluntary instrument presented for...

Section 61a - Address of Property Affected - Section 61A. All documents to be recorded in the land...

Section 62 - Fraudulent Registration - Section 62. In all cases of registration procured by fraud,...

Section 63 - Assistant Recorder's Entry Book; Processing of Instruments; Public Inspection of Records; Duplicates and Copies - Section 63. Each assistant recorder shall keep a legible entry...

Section 64 - Procedure to Convey Fee - Section 64. An owner desiring to convey his registered land...

Section 65 - Procedure to Convey Part of Land Described on Certificate - Section 65. If a deed in fee is for a...

Section 66 - Statement of Encumbrances or Claims on New Certificate - Section 66. If, at the time of any transfer, encumbrances...

Section 67 - Authority to Mortgage - Section 67. The owner of registered land may mortgage it...

Section 68 - Registration of Mortgage - Section 68. Registration of a mortgage shall be made in...

Section 69 - Discharge of Mortgage - Section 69. A mortgage on registered land may be discharged...

Section 70 - Foreclosure - Section 70. Mortgages of registered land may be foreclosed in...

Section 71 - Registration of Leases or Notices of Leases - Section 71. Leases, or notices of leases as defined in...

Section 72 - Trusts in Registered Land - Section 72. If a deed or other instrument is filed...

Section 73 - Trusts With Powers of Sale, Mortgage, Etc. - Section 73. If the instrument creating or declaring a trust...

Section 74 - Appointment of New Trustee; Proceedings - Section 74. If a new trustee of registered land is...

Section 75 - Implied or Constructive Trusts; Filing of Statement - Section 75. Whoever claims an interest in registered land by...

Section 76 - Registration of Land Held in Trust - Section 76. A trustee may bring an action for registration...

Section 77 - Burdens and Incidents Attaching by Law - Section 77. Registered land, and ownership therein, shall in all...

Section 78 - Filing and Registration of Attachments or Liens - Section 78. A writing of any description or a copy...

Section 80 - Filing of Instruments Evidencing Continuation, Reduction, Discharge or Dissolution - Section 80. Attachments on mesne process and liens of every...

Section 81 - Applicability of Laws Relating to Attachment on Mesne Process - Section 81. All laws relative to attachments of real estate...

Section 82 - Endorsement of Plaintiff's Attorney Upon Writ - Section 82. If an attachment is made, the name and...

Section 83 - Registration of Order Continuing, Reducing or Dissolving Attachment on Mesne Process - Section 83. If an attachment on mesne process is continued,...

Section 84 - Enforcement of Liens - Section 84. Any lien on registered land shall be enforced...

Section 85 - New Certificate to Person Claiming Under Execution - Section 85. When the time has expired for redemption after...

Section 86 - Filing and Registration of Memorandum of Proceedings Affecting Land; Registration of Judgment or Decree - Section 86. No civil action to recover a freehold estate,...

Section 87 - Certificate of Manner of Disposal - Section 87. At any time after final judgment or decree...

Section 88 - Registration of Judgment - Section 88. If judgment is entered for the plaintiff or...

Section 89 - Filing and Registration of Execution or Writ of Seisin - Section 89. If an execution or writ of seisin has...

Section 90 - Registration of Certificates of Judgment in Writs of Dower and Waste - Section 90. If, in a writ of dower, judgment is...

Section 91 - Registration of Decrees - Section 91. A decree of a court of competent jurisdiction...

Section 92 - Filing and Registration of Judgment in Partition Proceedings or Proceedings for Assignment of Spouse's Statutory Share - Section 92. In proceedings for partition of registered land, or...

Section 93 - Registration of Prior Mortgage or Lease With Decree for Partition - Section 93. If a certified copy of a decree for...

Section 94 - Registration of Notices in Insolvency and Copies of Decrees in Bankruptcy - Section 94. Such notices in insolvency and copies of decrees...

Section 95 - Registration of Discharge - Section 95. If proceedings in insolvency or bankruptcy against a...

Section 96 - Entry of New Certificate Upon Reverter - Section 96. If land taken for a public use reverts...

Section 97 - Entry of New Certificate Upon Descent or Devise; Notice; Hearing; Memorandum of Pendency of Settlement of Estate - Section 97. Upon the death of a registered owner, his...

Section 98 - Right of Probate Court to License Sale or Mortgage; New Certificate or Memorandum of Registration - Section 98. This chapter shall not affect or impair the...

Section 99 - Assurance Fund; Payment; Amount - Section 99. Upon original registration, there shall be paid to...

Section 100 - Custody; Investment; Annual Report - Section 100. All money received by the recorder under the...

Section 101 - Grounds for Recovery From Assurance Fund; Exhausting Other Remedies; Continuance of Action to Await Result of Tort Action - Section 101. A person who, without negligence on his part,...

Section 102 - Defendants in Action to Recover From Fund - Section 102. If such action of contract is brought to...

Section 103 - Recovery Upon Judgment - Section 103. If there are defendants other than the state...

Section 104 - Deficiencies in Assurance Fund - Section 104. If the assurance fund at any time is...

Section 105 - Subrogation Rights - Section 105. In every case where payment has been made...

Section 106 - Application and Investment of Income of Assurance Fund - Section 106. The income of the assurance fund shall be...

Section 107 - Limitations Upon Liability and Amount of Compensation - Section 107. The assurance fund shall not be liable for...

Section 108 - Limitations Upon Commencement Time of Actions - Section 108. Actions of contract for compensation under this chapter...

Section 109 - Evidence of Value of Land, Estate or Interest - Section 109. In any action to recover damages for loss...

Section 110 - Powers of Attorney; Acknowledgment and Filing of Letters of Attorney - Section 110. Any person may, by attorney, procure land to...

Section 112 - Statement Alleging Right or Interest Adverse to Registered Owner - Section 112. Whoever claims any right or interest in registered...

Section 114 - Changes Upon Registration Book; Grounds for Motion to Change - Section 114. No erasure, alteration or amendment shall be made...

Section 115 - Filing and Entitling of Petitions and Motions After Registration - Section 115. Petitions and motions filed under this chapter after...

Section 116 - Mailing of Notices After Registration - Section 116. All notices required by or given under this...

Section 117 - Sectional Plans; Authority of Court - Section 117. The court may make sectional plans showing registered...

Section 118 - Fraudulent Conveyance; Imprisonment Term - Section 118. Whoever, with intent to defraud, sells and conveys...

Chapter 185a - Housing Court of the City of Boston - [Repealed, 1978, 478, Sec. 91.]

Chapter 185b - Housing Court of the County of Hampden - [Repealed, 1978, 478, Sec. 91.]

Chapter 185c - Housing Court Department

Section 1 - Housing Court Department; Composition; Definitions - Section 1. The housing court department established pursuant to section...

Section 2 - Superior and General Jurisdiction; Presumption; Processes - Section 2. The divisions of the housing court department shall...

Section 3 - Concurrent Jurisdiction; Powers of Superior Court Department; Enforcement Authority - Section 3. The divisions of the housing court department shall...

Section 4 - Sittings of Court - Section 4. The western division of the housing court department...

Section 5 - Time for Transaction of Business - Section 5. The divisions of the housing court department shall...

Section 6 - Seal - Section 6. Each division of the housing court department shall...

Section 7 - Rules and Forms of Procedure - Section 7. The chief justice of the housing court department...

Section 8 - Justices; Appointment; Disputes Between Justices and Clerks; Appeals; Removal - Section 8. There shall be 2 justices appointed for the...

Section 8a - Chief Justice Authority and Responsibility - Section 8A. The justice as provided under section 1 of...

Section 8b - Deputy Court Administrator - Section 8B. The deputy court administrator for the housing court...

Section 9 - Clerks; Appointment; Disputes Between Justices and Clerks - Section 9. There shall be a clerk, appointed by the...

Section 9a - Salaries of Clerks and Assistant Clerks; Practice of Law - Section 9A. The salaries of the clerks of the housing...

Section 10 - Temporary Clerks - Section 10. In case of the illness or absence of...

Section 11 - Assistant Clerks - Section 11. The clerk of a division of the housing...

Section 12 - Oath of Office of Clerks - Section 12. The clerk, any temporary clerk and all assistant...

Section 13 - Bond of Clerks - Section 13. The clerk, any temporary clerk and every assistant...

Section 14 - Powers and Duties of Clerks - Section 14. The clerk, temporary clerk and assistant clerks or...

Section 15 - Court Officers - Section 15. The first justice of a division may appoint...

Section 16 - Housing Specialists - Section 16. The first justice of a particular housing court...

Section 17 - Practice of Law by Clerks or Housing Specialists - Section 17. No clerk, temporary clerk, assistant clerk or housing...

Section 18 - Recording System; Procurement of Law Books, Stationery, Etc. - Section 18. At the trial of any issue of fact,...

Section 19 - Commencement of Proceedings; Fees; Non-Willful Offense Deemed Non-Criminal - Section 19. Proceedings shall be commenced in the housing court...

Section 20 - Transfer of Civil Actions - Section 20. Any civil action within the jurisdiction of the...

Section 21 - Trial Without Jury; Exception; Report of Inspector as Prima Facie Evidence - Section 21. All cases in the housing court department, including...

Section 22 - Entry of Judgment or Order - Section 22. Every judgment or order entered by a division...

Section 23 - Bond of Receiver - Section 23. The bond of any receiver appointed by a...

Chapter 186 - Estates for Years and at Will

Section 1a - Land Demised for Term of 100 Years or More Regarded as Estate in Fee Simple - Section 1A. If land is demised for the term of...

Section 3 - Tenancy at Sufferance; Liability for Rent - Section 3. Tenants at sufferance in possession of land or...

Section 4 - Liability of Tenant for Rent for Proportion of Land in Possession - Section 4. A person in possession of land out of...

Section 5 - Action to Recover Rent; Evidence - Section 5. Such rent may be recovered in contract, and...

Section 6 - Survival of Action - Section 6. Such action may be brought by or against...

Section 7 - Remedies of Landlords - Section 7. The six preceding sections shall not deprive landlords...

Section 8 - Recovery of Rent Accruing Before Determination of Lease - Section 8. If land is held by lease of a...

Section 9 - Recovery of Rent Paid in Advance - Section 9. If, upon the determination of a tenancy, in...

Section 10 - Rent as a Necessary - Section 10. Debts for the rent of a dwelling house...

Section 11 - Determination of Lease for Nonpayment of Rent - [ Section impacted by 2020, 65, Secs. 3 and 6...

Section 11a - Termination of Lease for Nonpayment of Rent - Section 11A. Upon the neglect or refusal by the tenant...

Section 12 - Notice to Determine Estate at Will - [ Section impacted by 2020, 65, Secs. 3 and 6...

Section 13 - Recovery of Possession After Termination of Tenancy at Will - Section 13. Whenever a tenancy at will of premises occupied...

Section 13a - Tenants Deemed to Be at Will Upon Foreclosure of Residential Real Property; Status of Tenancy Agreements Where Rental Payment Subsidized Under State or Federal Law - Section 13A. Upon a foreclosure of residential real property pursuant...

Section 14 - Wrongful Acts of Landlord; Premises Used for Dwelling or Residential Purposes; Utilities, Services, Quiet Enjoyment; Penalties; Remedies; Waiver - Section 14. Any lessor or landlord of any building or...

Section 15 - Non-Liability of Landlord; Provisions in Lease or Rental Agreement - Section 15. Any provision of a lease or other rental...

Section 15a - Waiver of Notices; Lease or Rental Agreement Provisions; Validity - Section 15A. Any provision of a lease or other rental...

Section 15b - Entrance of Premises Prior to Termination of Lease; Payments; Receipts; Interest; Records; Security Deposits - [Section impacted by 2020, 65, Secs. 3, 4 and 6...

Section 15c - Residential Real Estate, Lease Payments Based on Real Estate Tax Increases - Section 15C. No lease relating to residential real estate shall...

Section 15d - Oral Agreement to Execute Lease; Delivery of Lease Copy; Penalty; Waiver - Section 15D. A lessor who has agreed orally to execute...

Section 15e - Action Against Owner; Injuries Due to Defects Violating Building Code; Defense; Waiver - Section 15E. An owner of a building shall be precluded...

Section 15f - Residential Leases or Rental Agreements Restricting Litigation or Landlord Liability; Ouster of Tenant; Remedies - Section 15F. Any provision of a lease or other rental...

Section 16 - Leases or Rental Agreements Restricting Occupancy of Children - Section 16. Any provision of a lease or other rental...

Section 17 - Occupancy Constituting Tenancy at Will; Termination - Section 17. For the purposes of this chapter, chapter one...

Section 17a - Residential Care and Services; Housing Facility Providers; Eviction; Hearing; Jurisdiction - Section 17A. (a) Section 18 of chapter 184, section 17...

Section 18 - Reprisal for Reporting Violations of Law or for Tenant's Union Activity; Damages and Costs; Notice of Termination, Presumption; Waiver in Leases or Other Rental Agreements Prohibited - Section 18. Any person or agent thereof who threatens to...

Section 19 - Notice to Landlord of Unsafe Condition; Tort Actions for Injuries Resulting From Uncorrected Condition - Section 19. A landlord or lessor of any real estate...

Section 20 - Attorneys' Fees and Expenses; Residential Lease Provisions; Implied Covenant; Waiver - Section 20. Whenever a lease of residential property shall provide...

Section 21 - Disclosure of Insurance Information by Lessor; Violations; Waiver - Section 21. The landlord or lessor of any residential or...

Section 22 - Definitions; Submeter Installation; Testing; Water Use Charges; Public Housing Development Exemption - Section 22. (a) For the purposes of this section the...

Section 23 - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 23 to 29 - Section 23. (a) As used in sections 23 to 29,...

Section 24 - Termination of Rental Agreement or Tenancy by Victim of Domestic Violence, Rape, Sexual Assault or Stalking - Section 24. (a) A tenant or co-tenant may terminate a...

Section 25 - Refusal of Rental Agreement or Assistance Based on Termination of Rental Agreement Under Sec. 24 or Request for Change of Lock Under Sec. 26 Prohibited - Section 25. An owner shall not refuse to enter into...

Section 26 - Change of Locks Upon Request of Tenant, Co-Tenant or Household Member Believed to Be Under Imminent Threat of Domestic Violence, Rape, Sexual Assault or Stalking - Section 26. (a) For purposes of this section, the term...

Section 27 - Jurisdiction of Courts to Restrain Violation of Secs. 23 to 26; Applicability of Other Laws to Requests to Change Locks - Section 27. The superior court, housing court, district court and...

Section 28 - Waivers of Secs. 23 to 27 Void and Unenforceable - Section 28. A waiver of sections 23 to 27, inclusive,...

Section 29 - Owner Immunity From Liability - Section 29. (a) An owner complying with sections 23 to...

Section 30 - Inspection of Vacated Property for Presence of Abandoned Animals - Section 30. Not more than 3 days after a property...

Chapter 186a - Tenant Protections in Foreclosed Properties

Section 1 - Definitions - Section 1. (a) As used in this chapter, the following...

Section 2 - Eviction of Tenants Prohibited; Exceptions - Section 2. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the...

Section 3 - Written Notice of Identity and Address of Foreclosing Owner - Section 3. Within 30 days of the foreclosure, the foreclosing...

Section 4 - Just Cause Eviction; Prerequisites - Section 4. (a) A foreclosing owner shall not evict a...

Section 5 - Claim by Foreclosing Owner to Set New Use and Occupancy Rate - Section 5. If a foreclosing owner disagrees with the amount...

Section 6 - Penalties for Illegal Eviction; Jurisdiction; Defenses - Section 6. A foreclosing owner that evicts a tenant in...

Chapter 187 - Easements

Section 1 - Right to Light and Air - Section 1. Whoever erects a house or other building with...

Section 1a - Solar Easements - Section 1A. An easement of direct sunlight may be acquired...

Section 2 - Easements by Prescription - Section 2. No person shall acquire by adverse use or...

Section 3 - Notice of Intention to Prevent Acquisition by Custom - Section 3. If a person apprehends that a right of...

Section 4 - Effect of Notice - Section 4. A notice given under the preceding section shall...

Section 5 - Installation of Public Utility Services for Abutting Owners on Private Ways Authorized - Section 5. The owner or owners of real estate abutting...

Chapter 188 - Homesteads

Section 1 - Definitions - Section 1. For the purposes of this chapter, the following...

Section 2 - Homestead Protection for Elderly or Disabled Persons - Section 2. (a) The estate of homestead of each owner...

Section 3 - Acquisition and Creation of Estate of Homestead; Exemptions - Section 3. (a) An estate of homestead to the extent...

Section 4 - Automatic Homestead Exemption in Absence of a Valid Recorded Declaration of Homestead; Subordination of Automatic Exemption to Subsequent New Loan or Line of Credit - Section 4. In the absence of a valid declaration of...

Section 5 - Declaration of Homestead; Contents; Recording - Section 5. (a) A declaration of homestead shall be in...

Section 6 - Use and Enjoyment of Homestead Estate by Spouse and Minor Children During Pendency of Case Filed in Probate Court; Prohibition Against Disposing of the Estate Upon Order of Probate Court - Section 6. In a case where a complaint for divorce,...

Section 7 - Continuation of Estate of Homestead Existing at Death or Divorce of Holder for Benefit of Surviving or Former Spouse and Minor Children; Effect of Remarriage of Surviving or Former Spouse - Section 7. The estate of homestead existing at the death...

Section 8 - Prior Mortgages, Lien or Other Encumbrance - Section 8. No estate of homestead shall affect a mortgage,...

Section 9 - Subordination of Estate of Homestead to Mortgage Executed by All Owners - Section 9. An estate of homestead shall be subordinate to...

Section 10 - Termination of Estate of Homestead - Section 10. (a) An estate of homestead created under section...

Section 11 - Protection of Proceeds Received on Account of Sale, Taking or Damage of Home Subject to an Estate of Homestead; Period of Protection - Section 11. (a) If a home that is subject to...

Section 12 - Set Off of Homestead Estate to Insolvent Debtor; Appraisal of Property - Section 12. If the property of a debtor is assigned...

Section 13 - Effect of Statement of Marital Status of Grantor Contained in Deed, Release or Mortgage; Affidavit of Grantor, Releaser or Mortgagor as to Existence of Spouse - Section 13. A deed, release or mortgage containing a statement...

Section 14 - Notice of Right to Declare Homestead Protection Required in All Mortgage Transactions - Section 14. In all mortgage transactions, the closing attorney or...

Chapter 189 - Dower and Curtesy - [Repealed, 2008, 521, Sec. 6.]

Next >>

Massachusetts General Laws Part II - Real and Personal Property and Domestic Relations Title I - Title to Real Property

Massachusetts General Laws
Part II - Real and Personal Property and Domestic Relations
Title I - Title to Real Property