Massachusetts General Laws
Part III - Courts, Judicial Officers and Proceedings in Civil Cases
Title IV - Certain Writs and Proceedings in Special Cases

Section 20a - Attachment of Wages; Proceedings Outside Commonwealth Against Resident Debtors and Employers Prohibited - Section 20A. No person shall send out of this commonwealth...

Section 22 - Liability as Trustee of Assignee in Insolvency - Section 22. After a dividend on the estate of an...

Section 23 - Liability of Receivers - Section 23. Funds, credits or dividends due from or in...

Section 24 - Money, etc., Due but Not Payable; Attachment - Section 24. Money or any other thing due to the...

Section 25 - Conveyances Void as to Creditors; Persons Having Property as Trustees - Section 25. A person summoned as trustee having goods, effects...

Section 26 - Mutual Demands Between Trustee and Defendant; Liability of Trustee - Section 26. A trustee may retain or deduct from the...

Section 27 - Liability of Trustee Before Knowledge of Service - Section 27. If, after the service of process on the...

Section 28 - Wages and Pensions; Exemptions; Exceptions - Section 28. If wages for personal labor or personal services...

Section 28a - Monies Held by Banks or Similar Institutions; Exemption; Limitations - Section 28A. Twenty-five hundred dollars of any natural person in...

Section 29 - Offer of Judgment; Costs - Section 29. If, after wages for personal labor or services...

Section 30 - Attaching Exempt Wages; Penalty - Section 30. Whoever wilfully causes, or aids and abets in...

Section 31 - Bonds; Savings Banks as Trustees - Section 31. If a savings bank is charged as trustee,...

Section 32 - Claims Not Attachable by Trustee Process - Section 32. No person shall be adjudged a trustee in...

Section 33 - Claims by Third Persons - Section 33. If a person claiming, by assignment from the...

Section 34 - Assignments as Security for Debts - Section 34. If it appears that the claimant holds a...

Section 35 - Actions Pending by Defendant Against Trustees; Continuance - Section 35. If, while an action is pending, the defendant...

Section 36 - Actions Not Continued; Liability of Judgment Debtor as Trustee - Section 36. If the action is not so continued and...

Section 37 - Defendant in Pending Action Adjudged Trustee; Proceedings - Section 37. If, before final judgment in such pending action,...

Section 38 - Counterclaim by Defendant in Pending Action; Proceedings - Section 38. If, while an action is pending, the plaintiff...

Section 39 - Form of Judgment Charging Trustee - Section 39. If a person is adjudged a trustee, the...

Section 40 - Second Attachment; Recovery by Defendant - Section 40. If the goods, effects and credits in the...

Section 41 - Liability of Trustee After Thirty Days - Section 41. If no such second attachment of the goods,...

Section 42 - Demand on Absent Trustee; Service - Section 42. If the trustee cannot be found in the...

Section 43 - Effect of Judgment Against Trustee - Section 43. The judgment against a trustee shall acquit and...

Section 44 - Discharge of Trustee; Actions by Defendant - Section 44. If a person summoned as trustee is discharged,...

Section 45 - Action to Satisfy Judgment Upon Default of Trustee - Section 45. If a person adjudged a trustee does not,...

Section 46 - Default of Trustee; Judgment in Absence of Answer or Examination in Original Action - Section 46. If a trustee duly served with a summons...

Section 47 - Default of Trustee; Judgment in Case of Answer or Examination in Original Action - Section 47. If a trustee defaulted in an action brought...

Section 48 - Appearance of Trustee; Proceedings; Judgments - Section 48. In a proceeding brought under section forty-five, if...

Section 49 - Limitations - Section 49. No action provided under section forty-five shall be...

Section 50 - Death of Trustee Before Judgment Satisfied - Section 50. If a person summoned as trustee in his...

Section 51 - Death of Trustee Before Judgment; Proceedings; Prior Examination of Deceased - Section 51. If a person so summoned dies before judgment...

Section 52 - Default Judgments; Payments - Section 52. If the executor or administrator does not appear,...

Section 53 - Death of Trustee After Judgment - Section 53. If a person summoned as trustee dies after...

Section 54 - Death Within Thirty Days After Judgment - Section 54. If a person, against whom as trustee execution...

Section 55 - Service of Execution - Section 55. If an executor or administrator as such is...

Section 56 - Failure of Executor or Administrator to Pay Amount Charged; Remedies - Section 56. If, after final judgment against an executor or...

Section 57 - Proceedings if Trustee Is Charged for Specific Property - Section 57. If a person is charged as trustee by...

Section 58 - Determination of Value of Property Delivered - Section 58. The value of any property so delivered shall...

Section 59 - Delivery of Specific Property According to Contract - Section 59. If a person summoned as trustee is bound...

Section 60 - Property Held by Trustee as Security; Tender by Attaching Creditor - Section 60. If the court finds that property in the...

Section 61 - Property Held for Other Than Security Purposes - Section 61. If the court finds that the property is...

Section 62 - Property Received by Officer; Disposal; Proceeds - Section 62. Property received by an officer under either of...

Section 63 - Sale by Trustee of Property Held for Security - Section 63. The preceding sections shall not prevent the trustee...

Section 64 - Failure of Trustee to Deliver Property - Section 64. If a trustee refuses or neglects to deliver...

Section 65 - Common Carriers as Trustees; Liability for Nondelivery - Section 65. When a common carrier, summoned as trustee in...

Section 66 - Bonds; Persons Entitled to File - Section 66. A person having an interest by assignment or...

Section 67 - Delivery of Property by Trustee; Limitation of Action on Bond - Section 67. After the filing of such bond, the trustee...

Section 68 - Allowable to Trustee - Section 68. A person summoned as a trustee in the...

Section 69 - Payable Out of Effects - Section 69. If a person is adjudged a trustee, his...

Section 70 - Payable by Plaintiff - Section 70. If a person summoned as trustee is discharged,...

Section 71 - Persons Absent From Commonwealth - Section 71. If a person so summoned is out of...

Section 72 - Persons Out of County - Section 72. If a person so summoned does not dwell...

Section 73 - Trustees Neglecting to Appear; Liability for Costs - Section 73. A person so summoned, who dwells or has...

Section 74 - Recovery of Costs - Section 74. If a person so summoned does not pay...

Section 75 - Several Trustees; Liability for Costs - Section 75. If several persons are summoned as trustees who...

Section 76 - Actions Against Trustees - Section 76. If, while an action by the trustee process...

Section 77 - Action Against Defaulting Trustee; Liability for Costs - Section 77. If a person summoned as trustee, who dwells...

Section 78 - Action Against Defaulting Trustee; Costs, Nonliability, Recovery Precluded - Section 78. He shall not be liable for costs under...

Section 79 - Action Against Defaulting Trustee; Costs, Nonliability, Recovery - Section 79. He shall not be liable for costs under...

Section 80 - Action Against Defaulting Trustee; Execution Against Trustee for Costs - Section 80. If a person summoned as trustee is held...

Section 81 - Action Against Several Defaulting Trustees; Liability for Costs - Section 81. If several trustees are liable in an action...

Section 82 - Adverse Claimants - Section 82. If an adverse claimant is admitted as a...

Section 83 - Costs Where Damages Less Than Ten Dollars - Section 83. If the damages recovered in an action brought...

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...

Chapter 248 - Habeas Corpus and Personal Liberty

Section 1 - Persons Entitled to Writ; Exceptions - Section 1. Whoever is imprisoned or restrained of his liberty...

Section 2 - By Whom Issued - Section 2. The writ may be issued, irrespective of the...

Section 3 - Petition for Writ; Contents; Annexed Papers - Section 3. The petition for the writ shall be in...

Section 4 - Issuance of Writ; Return - Section 4. The court or magistrate to whom the petition...

Section 5 - Form of Writ - Section 5. If the imprisonment or restraint is not by...

Section 6 - Signature of Magistrate or Clerk; Service - Section 6. If the writ is issued by the court...

Section 7 - Designation of Custodian of Prisoner - Section 7. The person who has the custody of the...

Section 8 - Designation of Prisoner - Section 8. The person restrained shall be designated by name,...

Section 9 - Expense of Transporting Prisoner; Advance Payment - Section 9. If the person restrained is confined in jail...

Section 10 - Return of Writ - Section 10. Any person to whom the writ is directed...

Section 11 - Contents of Return - Section 11. The person in whose custody the prisoner is...

Section 12 - Production of Prisoner - Section 12. The person who makes the statement shall at...

Section 13 - Illness Preventing Production of Prisoner - Section 13. If by reason of the illness or infirmity...

Section 14 - Return Before Justice of Court - Section 14. If the court to which the writ is...

Section 15 - Causes of Imprisonment; Examination - Section 15. After the writ has been returned, the prisoner...

Section 16 - Notice to Persons Interested in Continuing Imprisonment - Section 16. If it appears from the return of the...

Section 17 - Notice; Prisoners Held for Crimes - Section 17. If it appears from the return of the...

Section 18 - Custody of Prisoner Pending Examination - Section 18. Until judgment is given, the court or justice...

Section 19 - Bail - Section 19. If the prisoner is detained for a cause...

Section 20 - Prisoners Committed in Civil Actions for Want of Bail; Bail - Section 20. If the prisoner has been committed on mesne...

Section 21 - Prisoners Committed on Criminal Charges; Bail - Section 21. If a person is committed to jail on...

Section 22 - Remanding Prisoner - Section 22. If the prisoner is lawfully imprisoned or restrained...

Section 23 - Discharging Prisoner - Section 23. If no legal cause is shown for the...

Section 24 - Imprisonment After Discharge - Section 24. No person who has been discharged upon a...

Section 25 - Scope of Chapter - Section 25. This chapter shall not affect the power of...

Section 26 - Refusal of Officer to Deliver Copy of Warrant; Penalty - Section 26. An officer who refuses or neglects for six...

Section 27 - Refusal to Obey Writ; Attachment - Section 27. If a person to whom a writ of...

Section 28 - Attachment; Executing Officers - Section 28. If such attachment is issued against a sheriff...

Section 29 - Refusal to Obey Writ; Precept Commanding Production of Prisoner - Section 29. Upon the refusal or neglect of the person...

Section 30 - Refusal to Obey Writ; Penalty - Section 30. Whoever refuses or neglects to receive and execute...

Section 31 - Resistance or Disobedience of Writ; Attachment - Section 31. Whoever resists the service of the writ of...

Section 32 - Removing or Concealing Prisoner; Penalty - Section 32. Whoever, having in his custody or power a...

Section 33 - Recovery of Penalties; Effect on Actions by Aggrieved Parties - Section 33. The recovery of any penalty imposed by the...

Section 34 - Persons in Custody of United States Marshal - Section 34. This chapter shall not authorize the taking of...

Section 35 - Personal Liberty; How Secured - Section 35. No person shall be deprived of his liberty...

Section 36 - Petition to Obtain Personal Liberty - Section 36. Whoever has reason to believe that another person...

Section 37 - Notice to Custodians, Etc. - Section 37. Upon the filing of such petition, the court...

Section 38 - Examination of Witnesses - Section 38. The court may examine the witnesses separately and...

Section 39 - Conducting Examinations; Assistance From District Attorneys - Section 39. The probate court may request the district attorney...

Section 40 - Payment of Fees - Section 40. The fees for the service of process and...

Chapter 249 - Audita Querela, Certiorari, Mandamus and Quo Warranto

Section 4 - Action in the Nature of Certiorari; Limitation; Joinder of Party Defendant; Injunction; Judgment - Section 4. A civil action in the nature of certiorari...

Section 4a - Service Upon Board, Commission or Voluntary Association - Section 4A. If a defendant in an action authorized by...

Section 5 - Action in the Nature of Mandamus - Section 5. A civil action to obtain relief formerly available...

Section 6 - Action in the Nature of Quo Warranto - Section 6. A person whose private right or interest has...

Section 7 - Intervention by Attorney General - Section 7. The attorney general may intervene in such action...

Section 8 - Judgment; Costs - Section 8. If the court finds that the defendant has...

Section 9 - Jurisdiction of Actions Against Persons Holding or Claiming Public Office - Section 9. The supreme judicial and superior courts shall have...

Section 13 - Effect of Chapter - Section 13. This chapter shall not affect the duty of...

Chapter 250 - Writs of Error, Vacating Judgment, Writs of Review

Section 13 - Convictions; Effect of Age on Validity - Section 13. Upon a proceeding to reverse or avoid a...

Chapter 251 - Uniform Arbitration Act for Commercial Disputes

Section 1 - Validity of Agreements; Non-Applicability to Collective Bargaining Agreements - Section 1. A written agreement to submit any existing controversy...

Section 2 - Refusal to Arbitrate; Application to Superior Court - Section 2. (a) A party aggrieved by the failure or...

Section 2a - Consolidation or Severance of Arbitration Proceedings; Application; Determination - Section 2A. A party aggrieved by the failure or refusal...

Section 3 - Appointment of Arbitrators - Section 3. If the arbitration agreement provides a method of...

Section 4 - Powers of Arbitrators - Section 4. The powers of the arbitrators may be exercised...

Section 5 - Hearings; Time and Place; Rights of Parties; Conduct of Hearings - Section 5. Unless otherwise provided by the agreement:— (a) The...

Section 6 - Representation by Counsel - Section 6. A party shall have the right to be...

Section 7 - Witnesses; Production of Documents and Things; Entry on Land for Inspection - Section 7. (a) The arbitrators may cause to be issued...

Section 8 - Award; Form; Delivery; Time; Waiver of Objections - Section 8. (a) The award shall be in writing and...

Section 9 - Award; Modification by Arbitrators - Section 9. Upon application of a party or, if an...

Section 10 - Costs and Expenses - Section 10. Unless otherwise provided in the agreement to arbitrate,...

Section 11 - Award; Confirmation by Court - Section 11. Upon application of a party, the court shall...

Section 12 - Vacation of Award; Grounds; Time for Application; Rehearing; Confirmation - Section 12. (a) Upon application of a party, the court...

Section 13 - Award; Modification by Court; Time for Application; Grounds; Joinder With Application to Vacate - Section 13. (a) Upon application made within thirty days after...

Section 14 - Judgment or Decree; Costs - Section 14. Upon the granting of an order confirming, modifying...

Section 15 - Applications to Court - Section 15. Except as otherwise provided, an application to the...

Section 16 - Court; Jurisdiction - Section 16. The term ''court'' means any court of competent...

Section 17 - Venue - Section 17. An initial application shall be made to the...

Section 18 - Appeals - Section 18. (a) An appeal may be taken from:— (1)...

Section 19 - Uniformity of Interpretation - Section 19. This chapter shall be so construed as to...

Chapter 252 - Improvement of Low Land and Swamps

Section 1 - General Provisions - Section 1. If it is necessary or useful (1) to...

Section 2 - State Reclamation and Mosquito Control Board - Section 2. One employee of the department of environmental protection...

Section 3 - Board; Investigations; Reports - Section 3. The board may investigate the question of utilizing...

Section 4 - Board; Power to Employ Engineers, etc.; Expenses - Section 4. In carrying out the provisions of this chapter,...

Section 4a - Proceedings Under Secs. 1 to 14c; Parties; Petition; Notice - Section 4A. The commonwealth, acting through one or more state...

Section 5 - Petition to the Board; Investigation; Appointment and Compensation of District Commissioners - Section 5. The proprietors of any area described in section...

Section 5a - Improvements; Undertaking Without Forming District; Commissioners; Powers; Mosquito Control - Section 5A. If the board determines that the proposed improvements...

Section 5b - Mosquito Breeding Areas; Designation as Public Nuisance; Control Programs - Section 5B. The board of health of a city or...

Section 6 - Reclamation District; Formation - Section 6. The district commissioners, in this and the ten...

Section 6a - Reclamation District; Liability Insurance - Section 6A. Any district established under this chapter may pay...

Section 7 - Surveys and Investigations; Expense of Improvements; Hearings; Recording of Improvements - Section 7. As soon as the district shall have been...

Section 8 - Expenses; Contribution by State - Section 8. Should the board be of the opinion that...

Section 9 - Meeting; Choosing Method of Financing; Bonds - Section 9. As soon as possible after the recording of...

Section 10 - Financing; Power of District to Adopt Alternative Methods - Section 10. The district may vote to adopt any of...

Section 11 - Assessments; Collections - Section 11. The clerk of the district shall certify to...

Section 12 - Commissioners; Powers and Duties - Section 12. If sections one to seven, inclusive, have been...

Section 13 - Erection of Temporary Dams; Aggrieved Parties; Notice; Appeal - Section 13. If the commissioners find it necessary or expedient...

Section 14 - Expenses; Submission to the Board; Approval; Payment - Section 14. The commissioners shall at least once a month...

Section 14a - Reclamation Districts; Further Improvements; Procedure - Section 14A. A reclamation district organized under this chapter may...

Section 14b - Additional Water Power or Supply; Prescriptive Rights; Necessity of Vote Before Development - Section 14B. No person obtaining an additional water power or...

Section 14c - Injury to Improvements; Penalty; Damages - Section 14C. Whoever obstructs or injures any ditch, tide gate,...

Section 14d - Personnel Decisions by Mosquito Control Projects and Mosquito Control Districts - Section 14D. Mosquito control projects and mosquito control districts shall...

Section 15 - General Provisions - Section 15. A town or person owning low land, ponds,...

Section 16 - Petition; Security - Section 16. A party desiring to make such improvements shall...

Section 17 - Notice - Section 17. The commissioners at their first meeting after the...

Section 18 - Laying Out; Taking; Damages - Section 18. If, after examination, inspection and a hearing, they...

Section 19 - Benefits; Duty of Commissioner to Assess - Section 19. The commissioners shall assess the amount awarded as...

Section 20 - Repairs - Section 20. If it is necessary to repair an improvement...

Section 21 - Petition to Mayor and Aldermen or Selectmen - Section 21. If the land mentioned in section fifteen lies...

Section 22 - Fees - Section 22. The mayor and aldermen or selectmen shall each...

Section 23 - Appeal - Section 23. A party aggrieved by the refusal of the...

Section 24 - Establishment; Proceedings - Section 24. With the approval of the state reclamation board,...

Chapter 253 - Mills, Dams and Reservoirs

Section 1 - Erection - Section 1. A person may, as hereinafter provided, erect and...

Section 2 - Dams; Injury to Existing Mill; Prohibition - Section 2. Such dam shall not be erected to the...

Section 3 - Height of Water - Section 3. The height to which the water may be...

Section 4 - Overflow or Injury to Land; Action for Compensation; Limitation; Venue - Section 4. The owner or occupant of land which has...

Section 7 - Jury - Section 7. Such action shall be tried by a jury...

Section 8 - Assessment of Damages - Section 8. If the jury finds that the plaintiff has...

Section 9 - Height of Dam; Determination by Jury - Section 9. If it is alleged in the plaintiff's complaint...

Section 10 - Annual and Gross Damages; Assessment by Jury - Section 10. They shall also determine by their verdict what...

Section 11 - Plaintiff; Right to Elect Gross Amount - Section 11. The plaintiff may, within three months after the...

Section 12 - Gross Amount; Time for Payment - Section 12. The owner or occupant of the mill or...

Section 13 - Annual Compensation - Section 13. If the plaintiff does not file an election,...

Section 14 - Damages; Lien on Mill - Section 14. The person who is entitled to receive said...

Section 15 - Recovery of Damages; Enforcement of Lien - Section 15. Such person may recover, in contract in the...

Section 16 - Sale on Execution - Section 16. The execution issued on such judgment, if not...

Section 17 - Redemption - Section 17. A person who is entitled to the land...

Section 18 - Costs - Section 18. The party prevailing upon such action shall be...

Section 19 - Remedies - Section 19. No action shall be maintained at common law...

Section 20 - Existing Mills and Dams; Effect of This Chapter - Section 20. This chapter shall not, except as herein expressly...

Section 21 - Reassessment; New Action - Section 21. If either party is dissatisfied with the annual...

Section 22 - Reassessment; Parties; Time - Section 22. Such new action may be maintained by and...

Section 23 - Costs; Avoidance by Offer to Pay Increased Compensation - Section 23. The owner of the mill or dam may,...

Section 24 - Costs; Avoidance by Offer to Accept Smaller Compensation - Section 24. The owner of the land may, within said...

Section 25 - Offer to Tenants - Section 25. Such offers may be made by or to...

Section 26 - Acceptance of Offer; Effect - Section 26. If the offer so made by either party...

Section 27 - Verdict; Effect Upon Action for New Damages - Section 27. If, upon an action by the owner of...

Section 28 - Tender; Effect on Costs - Section 28. In every civil action brought by the owner...

Section 29 - Tender; Judgment Upon Acceptance; Costs - Section 29. If the plaintiff accepts the amount so offered...

Section 30 - Action; Joinder of Parties - Section 30. Two or more persons who are jointly or...

Section 32 - Reversal of Judgment for Plaintiff; New Action; Time Limit - Section 32. If a judgment for the plaintiff is reversed...

Section 33 - Overflowing Public Ways; Petition - Section 33. If a person who owns, erects or maintains...

Section 34 - Notice - Section 34. Notice of the hearing upon such petition shall...

Section 35 - Change of Grade of Ways; Power of Commissioner to Order - Section 35. The commissioner may, after a hearing, order such...

Section 36 - Damages; Duty of Commissioner to Assess - Section 36. The commissioner shall assess and order the petitioner...

Section 37 - Costs - Section 37. The costs of proceedings under the preceding four...

Section 38 - Order of Commissioner; Compliance; Exoneration From Criminal Liability - Section 38. The order of the commissioner, duly issued under...

Section 39 - Dam to Flow Cranberry Land; Erection; License - Section 39. An owner or lessee of land appropriated or...

Section 40 - Expense; Apportionment; Appeal - Section 40. If a dam has been so erected or...

Section 41 - Ice Ponds; Erection of Dams; Consent of Owners; Damages - Section 41. An owner or lessee of land used for...

Section 42 - Land Flowed; Compensation - Section 42. A domestic reservoir corporation may flow the land...

Section 43 - Security - Section 43. The court in which an action for such...

Section 44 - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 44 to 48b - Section 44. For the purposes of sections 44 to 48B,...

Section 45 - Dam Registration Form; Failure to File; Penalties; Notice on Transfer of Legal Title or Change - Section 45. The owner of any dam shall file with...

Section 45a - Construction or Alteration of Dams; Permit Approval - Section 45A. No person shall construct or materially alter a...

Section 46 - Dam Inspection Form; Evaluation, Examination and Tests; Costs and Penalties - Section 46. The owner of any dam shall cause to...

Section 46a - Dam Approval; Certificate of Compliance - Section 46A. When a dam has been deemed safe, removed,...

Section 47 - Unsafe or Inadequate Dams; Action by Commissioner; Enforcement; Regulations - Section 47. (a) If the owner fails to take corrective...

Section 48 - Costs; Lien; Enforcement - Section 48. The commissioner shall make such orders as he...

Section 48a - Dam Inspection and Regulation Program; Effectiveness Report - Section 48A. During each fiscal year, the department of environmental...

Section 48b - Liability of Owner - Section 48B. The owner of a dam shall be responsible...

Section 49 - Acts of Commissioner; Effect on Liability of Owners - Section 49. No order, approval, request or advice of the...

Section 50 - Jurisdiction - Section 50. The supreme judicial and the superior courts shall...

Section 50a - Roll Dams; Warning Signs; Failure to Comply - Section 50A. The department of environmental management shall, subject to...

Section 51 - Power of Majority - Section 51. If a mill which is owned by joint...

Section 52 - Meeting of Proprietors - Section 52. One or more of the proprietors may call...

Section 53 - Notice - Section 53. The notice shall be served by an officer...

Section 54 - Repairs and Rebuilding; Mills and Dams - Section 54. At such meeting, or at any adjournment thereof,...

Section 55 - Expense of Work; Apportionment - Section 55. Each proprietor shall, upon demand, after the work...

Section 56 - Lien for Advancements - Section 56. The proprietors who advance the money so expended...

Section 57 - Guardian; Powers - Section 57. The guardian of a proprietor may act for...

Section 58 - Tenants and Remainderman; Apportionment of Expenses - Section 58. If part of the mill is held by...

Section 59 - Mortgagor and Mortgagee; Apportionment of Expenses - Section 59. A mortgagee in possession shall be considered a...

Section 60 - Tenant in Tail - Section 60. A tenant in tail of a part of...

Section 61 - Advancement for Repairs; Recovery - Section 61. All amounts due from one or more proprietors...

Section 62 - Contracts; Effect of This Chapter - Section 62. This chapter shall not affect any contract or...

Chapter 254 - Liens on Buildings and Land

Section 1 - Labor Performed; Limitation on Lien; Filing - Section 1. A person to whom a debt is due...

Section 2 - Written Contract; Notice; Time for Filing; Form - Section 2. A person entering into a written contract with...

Section 2a - Written Contract; Substantial Completion; Definitions; Notice; Filing; Form; Certified Mail - Section 2A. As used in this chapter the following words...

Section 2b - Termination of Written Contract; Notice; Filing; Form; Certified Mail - Section 2B. If, prior to the filing or recording in...

Section 2c - Design Professional's Lien Upon Real Property; Form and Filing of Notice - Section 2C. A design professional entering into a written contract...

Section 2d - Subcontractor of Design Professional; Lien; Form and Filing of Notice - Section 2D. Any person who furnishes professional services under a...

Section 4 - Subcontractors; Written Contract; Notice; Filing; Form; Indirect Contractual Relationship; Notice of Identification - Section 4. Whoever furnishes labor, including subcontractor construction management services,...

Section 5 - Enforcement of Lien; Procedure - Section 5. A lien upon land for the erection, alteration,...

Section 5a - Court Order Authorizing Sale of Real Estate; Procedure - Section 5A. When the amount of a lien under section...

Section 6 - Public Property; Exemption - Section 6. No lien shall attach to any land, building...

Section 7 - Mortgages; Invalidity of Subsequent Liens - Section 7. (a) No lien under section one shall avail...

Section 8 - Statement of Amount Due; Time for Filing; Dissolution of Lien - Section 8. Liens under sections two and four shall be...

Section 9 - Notice or Statement; Public Inspection; Recording - Section 9. Any notice or any statement provided for in...

Section 10 - Dissolution by Notice - Section 10. The lien of any person may, so far...

Section 11 - Action to Enforce Lien; Time to Commence; Validity of Lien - Section 11. The lien shall be dissolved unless a civil...

Section 12 - Written Contract; Recording of Bond; Form; Enforcement - Any person, including the owner, in interest in connection with...

Section 13 - Attachments - Section 13. The rights of an attaching creditor shall not...

Section 14 - Dissolution by Bond Recording; Labor and Materials; Form of Bond - Section 14. Any person in interest may dissolve a lien...

Section 15 - Dissolution by Judgment - Section 15. If it appears to the court that no...

Section 15a - Application to Court for Order Ruling on or Discharging Lien - Section 15A. If any person in interest, including but not...

Section 17 - Claims; Allowance - Section 17. A claim due absolutely and without condition, although...

Section 18 - Sale of Property - Section 18. If a lien is established the court shall...

Section 19 - Notice of Sale - Section 19. The officer shall give notice of the time...

Section 20 - Redemption; Limitation - Section 20. An interest in land sold under this chapter...

Section 21 - Distribution of Assets - Section 21. If all the claims against the property covered...

Section 22 - Costs - Section 22. Costs shall be in the discretion of the...

Section 23 - Original Owner; Death or Conveyance of Interest; Action to Enforce Lien - Section 23. If the person for whom the labor or...

Section 24 - Death of Creditor; Effect - Section 24. If the creditor dies without having commenced such...

Section 25 - Estate Less Than Fee Simple; Effect of Sale - Section 25. If the person for whom the labor has...

Section 26 - Remedies - Section 26. This chapter shall not prevent a person entitled...

Section 27 - Written Contract; Form of Notice - Section 27. A person entering into a written contract with...

Section 28 - Subcontractor; Written Contract; Notice; Filing; Form - Section 28. Whoever, subsequent to the date of the original...

Section 29 - Laws Applicable to Sec. 27 or 28 - Section 29. All the provisions of this chapter relative to...

Section 30 - Recording; Duty of Register of Deeds - Section 30. All liens for labor and notices of contract,...

Section 31 - Apportionment; Priority; Proceedings; Public Contracts - Section 31. In the event that a general contractor or...

Section 32 - Void and Unenforceable Covenants, Promises, etc.; Exceptions - Section 32. A covenant, promise, agreement of understanding in, or...

Section 33 - Mortgagee's Right to Withhold Funding, Financing or Payment for Labor and Materials - Section 33. Except with respect to any construction project containing...

Chapter 255 - Mortgages, Conditional Sales and Pledges of Personal Property, and Liens Thereon

Section 7d - Interest of Landlord in Crops; Subordination of Liens; Assignment or Agreement Concerning - Section 7D. No assignment of, or agreement affecting, the rights...

Section 12c - Consumer Note; Non-Negotiability; Violations; Penalty; Construction of Section - Section 12C. If any contract for sale of consumer goods...

Section 12f - Creditors in Consumer Loan Transactions; Defenses of Borrower - Section 12F. As used in this section the following words...

Section 12g - Credit Life or Accident and Health or Involuntary Unemployment Insurance Charges; Prepayment; Refunds; Death Benefits; Disclosure Statements; Violations - Section 12G. Except as otherwise provided in section ten of...

Section 12h - Definitions; Delinquency or Late Charge; Annual Fee - Section 12H. As used in this section the following words,...

Section 12j - Actions for Failure to Disclose Real Property Was Insulated With Urea Formaldehyde Foam Prohibited - Section 12J. No cause of action shall arise or be...

Section 13i - Default Under Consumer Credit Transactions; Enforcement; Notice; Curing of Default; Deficiency Judgment - Section 13I. (a) In any consumer credit transaction involving a...

Section 13j - Repossession of Collateral Under a Consumer Credit Transaction; Hearing; Redemption; Disposition; Deficiency; Insurance Proceeds; Determination of Value - Section 13J. (a) Subject to the provisions of this section...

Section 13k - Personal Service Contracts Between Certain Schools and Students; Termination Notice Provisions Required; Applicability; Violations; Penalties - Section 13K. Every written contract between a private occupational school,...

Section 13l - Prepayment; Refund of Charges - Section 13L. Except as otherwise provided in section one hundred...

Section 14 - General Provisions - Section 14. If by virtue of a contract, express or...

Section 14a - Storage and Incidental Expenses - Section 14A. If by virtue of a contract, express or...

Section 15 - Statement; Effect of Filing; Fees - Section 15. Such lien shall be dissolved unless the person...

Section 16 - Inaccuracies of Description; Effect on Lien - Section 16. A place in which the vessel is wholly...

Section 17 - Enforcement; Procedure - Section 17. A person having such lien, unless the contract...

Section 20 - Proceeds of Sale; Distribution - Section 20. If money is due to more than one...

Section 21 - Payment by Owner of Vessel - Section 21. If a contractor or sub-contractor unreasonably neglects or...

Section 22 - Foreign Vessels; Effect of This Chapter - Section 22. The eight preceding sections shall not affect any...

Section 24 - Domestic Animals; Care and Custody - Section 24. Persons having proper charges due them for pasturing,...

Section 25 - Garage Keepers; Effects of Liens on Motor Vehicles Obtained by Fraud; etc.; Lien for Charges Reimbursed by Insurance Company - Section 25. Persons maintaining public garages for the storage and...

Section 25a - Manufactured Housing Communities Operators - Section 25A. Persons maintaining manufactured housing communities for the rental...

Section 26 - Enforcement - Section 26. A person who has a lien, which is...

Section 29 - Order for Sale - Section 29. If, upon a default or a trial it...

Section 31 - Effects of Secs. 24 to 29 - Section 31. Sections twenty-four to twenty-nine, inclusive, shall not restrict...

Section 31a - Spinners and Others; Work and Materials - Section 31A. A lien on account of work, labor and...

Section 31b - Spinners and Others; Enforcement - Section 31B. If any part of the amount for which...

Section 31c - Jewelers - Section 31C. A person engaged in performing work upon any...

Section 31d - Articles of Clothing or Household Goods; Cleaning or Storing - Section 31D. Any person engaged in cleaning, pressing, glazing, washing,...

Section 31e - Aircraft Facilities; Aircraft Repairs; Filing of Lien - Section 31E. Persons, including but not limited to the commonwealth...

Section 31f - Paintings, Photographs and Other Personal Property - Section 31F. Any person engaged in performing work upon any...

Section 31g - Molders; Lien on Customer Dies, Molds, Forms, Engraving Plates, Original Art or Patterns - Section 31G. (a) As used in this section, the words...

Section 32 - Dissolution of Liens on Personalty; Manner - Section 32. Liens claimed by public warehousemen and others upon...

Section 33 - Dissolution of Liens on Personalty; Procedure - Section 33. A person who owns or has an interest...

Section 34 - Termination of Certain Liens of Bailees - Section 34. The lien of a bailee of personal property...

Section 35 - Priority Between Certain Liens - Section 35. As against a conditional vendor or lessor, or...

Section 36 - Recovery of Personalty Held Under Lien - Section 36. If personal property exceeding twenty dollars in value...

Section 37 - Bond; Hearing on Sufficiency of Sureties - Section 37. Before the officer serving the writ delivers the...

Section 38 - Trial of Claim - Section 38. If the court finds that the defendant has...

Section 39 - Costs - Section 39. In actions of replevin brought under section thirty-six,...

Section 39a - Vehicles; Sale for Storage; Procedure - Section 39A. Any motor vehicle removed from the scene of...

Chapter 255a - Trust Receipts and Pledges Without Possession in the Pledgee - [Repealed, 1957, 765, Sec. 2.]

Chapter 255b - Retail Instalment Sales of Motor Vehicles

Section 1 - Definitions - Section 1. In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires,...

Section 2 - Licenses; Application; Fees; Assignment or Transfer; Multi-State Licensing System - Section 2. No person, other than a bank as defined...

Section 3 - Rules and Regulations; Examinations by Commissioner, Accountant; Preservation of Business Records; Service of Subpoena; Annual Report, Failure to File, Fine - Section 3. The commissioner may prescribe from time to time...

Section 4 - Summoning of Licensees; Failure to Appear; Effect - Section 4. The commissioner, or such other of his assistants...

Section 5 - Refusal to Issue License; Notice; Appeal; Hearing - Section 5. If the commissioner refuses to issue a license,...

Section 6 - Violations of This Chapter; Investigations by Commissioner - Section 6. The commissioner, if he has reason to believe...

Section 7 - Revocation or Suspension of License; Grounds - Section 7. A license may be suspended or revoked by...

Section 8 - Revocation or Suspension of License; Procedure - Section 8. No license shall be suspended or revoked except...

Section 9 - Contracts; Form and Contents - Section 9. A retail instalment contract shall be in writing...

Section 10 - Life or Accident and Health or Involuntary Unemployment Insurance Charges; Prepayment; Refunds; Death Benefits; Disclosure Statements; Violations - Section 10. The amount, if any, included for insurance on...

Section 11 - Delinquency and Collection Charge; Amount - Section 11. The holder of a retail installment contract may,...

Section 12 - Signing of Contract; Effect of Blank Spaces; Exceptions; Buyer's Written Acknowledgment - Section 12. No retail instalment contract shall be signed by...

Section 13 - Copy of Contract; Delivery to Buyer; Failure to Deliver; Effect; Cancellation of Contract - Section 13. The seller shall deliver to the buyer, or...

Section 14 - Finance Charges; Rate; Computation - Section 14. A retail seller may charge, receive and collect...

Section 15 - Full Payment by Buyer; Duty of Holder of Retail Instalment Contract - Section 15. After the payment of all sums for which...

Section 16 - Payment in Full Before Maturity; Refund Credit - Section 16. Notwithstanding the provisions of any retail installment contract...

Section 17 - Deferment or Renewal of Payment Dates; Refinancing; Computation of Rates; Rebates - Section 17. The holder of an instalment sale contract may,...

Section 18 - Sale or Assignment of Contracts - Section 18. A sales finance company may purchase a retail...

Section 19 - Statement of Payments; Forwarding to Buyer; Receipts for Payments - Section 19. Upon written request from the buyer, the holder...

Section 19a - Holder of Retail Installment Contract Subject to Buyer's Defenses Against Seller - Section 19A. The holder of a retail installment contract or...

Section 20 - Non-Enforceability of Certain Provision of Contract - Section 20. A provision in a retail instalment contract (1)...

Section 20a - Default; Enforcement; Notice; Accelerated Payment; Curing of Default - Section 20A. (a) An agreement of the parties in a...

Section 20b - Repossession of Collateral on Default; Hearing; Redemption; Disposition; Deficiency; Insurance Proceeds; Determination of Value - Section 20B. (a) Subject to the provisions of this section...

Section 20c - Repossession of Motor Vehicle; Notice to Police - Section 20C. Any creditor obtaining possession of a motor vehicle...

Section 21 - Penalties - Section 21. Whoever violates any provision of this chapter or...

Section 22 - Violation of Secs. 9 to 14 or Secs. 18 to 20; Effect - Section 22. A violation of sections nine to fourteen, inclusive,...

Section 23 - Waiver of Provisions of This Chapter; Effect - Section 23. Any waiver of the provisions of this chapter...

Section 24 - Severability of Law - Section 24. If any provision of this chapter or the...

Section 25 - Truth-in-Lending Act; Application - Section 25. A transaction subject to the provisions of this...

Chapter 255c - Insurance Premium Finance Agencies

Section 1 - Definitions - Section 1. In this chapter unless the context otherwise requires,...

Section 2 - Necessity of License - Section 2. No person, except a credit union, a bank...

Section 3 - Application for License; Issuance or Refusal of License; Fees; Duration of License; Multi-State Licensing System - Section 3. Each application for a license to engage in...

Section 4 - Name and Address of Licensee; Posting of License; Change of Location - Section 4. Such license shall state the name and address...

Section 5 - Revocation or Suspension of License; Grounds; Surrender of License; Effect - Section 5. The commissioner may forthwith revoke or suspend any...

Section 6 - Rules and Regulations; Examination of Business Records; Confidential Communications; Annual Report - Section 6. The commissioner may prescribe from time to time...

Section 8 - Witnesses; Summoning; Examination; Fees - Section 8. In conducting any hearing or investigation pursuant to...

Section 9 - Penalties - Section 9. Whoever violates any provision of this chapter, or...

Section 11 - License Fees of Agents or Brokers; Basis; Application; Subsidiaries - Section 11. The fee for an insurance agent or an...

Section 12 - Rebates; Prohibition; Effect of Filing of Premium Finance Agreement - Section 12. No premium finance agency, and no employee of...

Section 13 - Form of Agreement - Section 13. A premium finance agreement shall be in writing...

Section 14 - Excessive Charges - Section 14. A premium finance agency shall not, except as...

Section 14a - Group Credit Life or Accident and Health or Involuntary Unemployment Insurance Charges; Prepayment; Refunds; Death Benefits; Disclosure Statements; Violations - Section 14A. In the event the charge or any portion...

Section 15 - Delinquency, Collection and Cancellation Charges - Section 15. A premium finance agreement may provide for the...

Section 16 - Prohibited Provisions in Agreements - Section 16. No premium finance agreement shall contain any provision...

Section 17 - Payment in Absence of Notice of Assignment - Section 17. Unless the insured has notice of actual or...

Section 18 - Statement of Payments and Unpaid Amounts; Full Payment by Insured - Section 18. At any time after its execution, but not...

Section 19 - Payment in Full Before Maturity; Refund - Section 19. Notwithstanding the provisions of any premium finance agreement...

Section 21 - Cancellation of Insurance Contract; Refund of Finance Charges; Deficiency; Notice of Cancellation - Section 21. Upon the cancellation of an insurance contract the...

Section 22 - Scope and Application of Chapter - Section 22. This chapter shall not affect the inclusion of...

Section 23 - Truth-in-Lending Act; Application - Section 23. A transaction subject to the provisions of this...

Chapter 255d - Retail Installment Sales and Services

Section 1 - Definitions - Section 1. In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires,...

Section 2 - Licenses; Application; Fees; Assignment or Transfer; Multi-State Licensing System - Section 2. No person, other than a bank as defined...

Section 3 - Rules and Regulations; Examination of Business Records; Annual Report - Section 3. The commissioner may prescribe from time to time...

Section 4 - Summoning of Licensees; Failure to Appear; Effect - Section 4. The commissioner, or such of his assistants as...

Section 5 - Refusal to Issue License; Notice; Appeal; Hearing - Section 5. If the commissioner refuses to issue a license,...

Section 6 - Violations of This Chapter; Investigations by Commissioner - Section 6. The commissioner, if he has reason to believe...

Section 7 - Suspension or Revocation of License; Grounds - Section 7. A license may be suspended or revoked by...

Section 8 - Suspension or Revocation of License; Procedure - Section 8. No license shall be suspended or revoked except...

Section 9 - Retail Installment Sale Agreements; Form and Contents - Section 9. A. The printed terms of every retail installment...

Section 9a - Improvement of Realty; Completion of Statement - Section 9A. In any transaction involving the modernization, rehabilitation, repair,...

Section 10 - Prohibited Agreements - Section 10. No seller, sales finance company or holder shall...

Section 10a - Discrimination Against Cash Buyers - Section 10A. No retail establishment offering goods and services for...

Section 11 - Finance Charges, Computation, Rates; Multiple Agreements Prohibited - Section 11. A. No fee, expense or other charge whatsoever...

Section 11a - Merchandise Certificates or Coupons; Right to Return - Section 11A. The buyer shall have the right to return...

Section 11b - Merchandise Certificates or Coupons; Return Statement Required - Section 11B. Any written agreement for the purchase of a...

Section 12 - Receipts for Payments; Sale or Assignment of Agreement - Section 12. A. When any payment is made on account...

Section 13 - Payment in Full Before Maturity; Refund Credit - Section 13. A. Notwithstanding the provisions of any retail installment...

Section 14 - Cancellation of Agreement by Buyer; Notice; Refund of Deposits; Reclamation of Goods by Seller - Section 14. A. The buyer shall have the right to...

Section 15 - Security Interest in Certain Goods; Prohibition - Section 15. No retail installment sale agreement shall provide for...

Section 16 - Extension Agreements; Form and Contents - A. A holder may by agreement with the buyer extend...

Section 17 - Refinancing Agreements; Form and Contents - Section 17. A. A holder may by agreement with the...

Section 18 - Subsequent Add-on Purchases; Consolidated Agreement; Payments; Termination of Security Interest - Section 18. A. If a buyer purchases goods or services...

Section 18a - Modification of Agreement or Extension of Credit Prohibited; Exceptions; Notice to Buyer; Violations - Section 18A. (1) No retail installment sale agreement may be...

Section 19 - Statement of Account; Contents - Section 19. A. Within six months after the execution of...

Section 20 - Delinquency and Collection Charge; Dishonored Check Charge - Section 20. The holder of a retail installment sale agreement...

Section 21 - Default; Enforcement; Notice; Accelerated Payment; Curing of Default - Section 21. (a) An agreement of the parties in a...

Section 22 - Repossession of Collateral on Default; Hearing; Redemption; Disposition; Deficiency; Insurance Proceeds; Determination - Section 22. (a) Subject to the provisions of this section...

Section 22a - Avoidance of Chapter - Section 22A. No seller shall directly or indirectly in connection...

Section 24 - Waiver - Section 24. No act, agreement or statement of any buyer...

Section 25 - Application of This Chapter - Section 25. Any holder of a retail installment sale agreement,...

Section 25a - Holder of Agreement Subject to Buyer's Defenses Against Seller - Section 25A. The holder of a retail installment sale agreement,...

Section 26 - Insurance - Section 26. A. Where a seller or sales finance company...

Section 27 - Revolving Credit Agreement; Form and Contents - Section 27. A. Every revolving credit agreement shall contain the...

Section 28 - Instruments Indicating Payment; Mailing to Buyer - Section 28. After payment of all sums for which the...

Section 29 - Violation of Certain Provisions; Effect - Section 29. A. The violation of sections nine, ten, eleven,...

Section 30 - Penalties - Section 30. Whoever violates any provision of this chapter shall...

Section 31 - Truth-in-Lending Act; Application - Section 31. A transaction subject to the provisions of this...

Section 32 - Delivery of Notice - Section 32. Any notice required to be given under this...

Chapter 255e - Licensing of Certain Mortgage Lenders and Brokers

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

Section 2 - Mortgage Broker or Lender License Requirement; Exempted Entities - Section 2. No person shall act as a mortgage broker...

Section 3 - License Application; Multi-State Licensing System - Section 3. The application for a license shall be in...

Section 4 - Issuance of License by Commissioner; Notice of License Denial; Appeal - Section 4. Upon the filing of an application for a...

Section 5 - Information on License; Changes; Notice Requirements - Section 5. Each license shall state the address at which...

Section 6 - License Suspension or Revocation; Notice and Hearing - Section 6. The commissioner may suspend or revoke any license...

Section 7 - Commissioner's Order to Cease and Desist From Unlawful Act or Practice; Prior Notice and Opportunity for Hearing; Temporary Order - Section 7. (a) If the commissioner determines, after giving notice...

Section 8 - Annual Report; Examination of Business Records - Section 8. Each licensee shall annually, on or before a...

Section 9 - Civil Actions Filed by Commissioner - Section 9. The commissioner may enforce the provisions of this...

Section 10 - Penalties - Section 10. Whoever violates section 2 or any rule or...

Section 11 - Penalties; No Limitation on Civil Action; Review - Section 11. (a) Whenever the commissioner finds that any licensee...

Section 12 - Written Notice of Intention to Prohibit; Statement of Facts; Order of Prohibition; Service - Section 12. (a) Whenever the commissioner determines that any person...

Chapter 255f - Licensing of Mortgage Loan Originators

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

Section 2 - License or Exemption Required; Registration With Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry - Section 2. (a) No individual shall act as a mortgage...

Section 3 - Application for License; Furnishing of Information to Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry; Waiver or Modification of Requirements of Chapter - Section 3. (a) Any person seeking a mortgage loan originator's...

Section 4 - Issuance of License; Maintenance of License by Employing Entity; Return of License Upon Termination of Employment - Section 4. (a) The commissioner shall issue a mortgage loan...

Section 5 - Pre-Licensing Education - Section 5. (a) An applicant for a mortgage loan originator's...

Section 6 - Qualified Written Examination - Section 6. (a) An applicant for a mortgage loan originator's...

Section 7 - Renewal, Expiration and Reinstatement of Licenses - Section 7. (a) A mortgage loan originator's license issued pursuant...

Section 8 - Continuing Education - Section 8. (a) A mortgage loan originator licensed pursuant to...

Section 9 - Participation in Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry; Establishment of Regulations Relating to Background Checks, Application and Renewal Fees, Renewal and Reporting Dates and Amendment or Surrender of License - Section 9. The commissioner may participate in the Nationwide Mortgage...

Section 10 - Challenge to Information Entered Into Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry - Section 10. The commissioner shall establish a process whereby mortgage...

Section 11 - Administration and Enforcement of Chapter - Section 11. (a) The commissioner may for the administration and...

Section 12 - Surety Bonds - Section 12. (a) Each mortgage loan originator shall be covered...

Section 13 - Privacy and Confidentiality of Information Provided to Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry; Sharing Agreements - Section 13. (a) Except as otherwise provided in Public Law...

Section 14 - Investigations and Examinations - Section 14. (a) The commissioner shall have the authority to...

Section 15 - Prohibited Conduct Constituting Violation of Chapter - Section 15. It shall be a violation of this chapter...

Section 16 - Reports of Condition - Section 16. Each licensed mortgage loan originator shall submit to...

Section 17 - Report of Violations and Enforcement Actions to Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry - Section 17. The commissioner shall report violations of this chapter,...

Section 18 - Unique Identifier of Any Person Originating Residential Mortgage Loan to Be Clearly Shown on Documents - Section 18. The unique identifier of any person originating a...

Section 19 - Rules and Regulations - Section 19. The commissioner may adopt, amend or repeal rules...

Chapter 256 - Recognizances for Debts

Section 1 - Form and Contents - Section 1. A person who is competent to contract by...

Section 2 - Record - Section 2. The recognizance shall be attested by the clerk...

Section 3 - Execution; Issuance; Service - Section 3. If the debt is not paid at the...

Section 4 - Execution; Conditions Precedent - Section 4. Before such execution issues, the original recognizance shall...

Section 5 - Death of Conusee - Section 5. If the conusee dies before the debt is...

Section 6 - Death of Conusor - Section 6. If the conusor dies before the debt is...

Section 7 - Death of One of Several Conusors or Conusees - Section 7. If one or more of several conusees or...

Section 8 - Original Execution; Limitation on Time for Issuance - Section 8. No original execution shall issue as of course...

Section 9 - Wrongful Execution; Remedies - Section 9. A person who is injured by the wrongful...

Chapter 257 - Seizure and Libelling of Forfeited Property

Section 1 - Persons Authorized - Section 1. Property which has been forfeited for an offence...

Section 2 - Libel; Contents; Time for Filing - Section 2. The person who makes the seizure shall, within...

Section 3 - Libel; Jurisdiction and Venue - Section 3. A libel may be brought either in the...

Section 4 - Superior Court; Notice of Libel - Section 4. Upon the filing of a libel in the...

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Massachusetts General Laws Part III - Courts, Judicial Officers and Proceedings in Civil Cases Title IV - Certain Writs and Proceedings in Special Cases

Massachusetts General Laws
Part III - Courts, Judicial Officers and Proceedings in Civil Cases
Title IV - Certain Writs and Proceedings in Special Cases