Section 15. If appraisers appointed under section thirteen certify that property so seized is perishable and likely to depreciate in value by being kept, any district court may order a sale by auction of such property at such time and after such notice as the order, which shall be endorsed on the inventory, shall direct; but this section shall not affect the power of the court in which the libel is pending to order a sale of the property for sufficient cause at any time during the pendency of the libel.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part III - Courts, Judicial Officers and Proceedings in Civil Cases
Title IV - Certain Writs and Proceedings in Special Cases
Chapter 257 - Seizure and Libelling of Forfeited Property
Section 1 - Persons Authorized
Section 2 - Libel; Contents; Time for Filing
Section 3 - Libel; Jurisdiction and Venue
Section 4 - Superior Court; Notice of Libel
Section 5 - District Court; Notice of Libel
Section 8 - Proceeds of Sale; Disposition
Section 9 - Seizure Without Probable Cause; Damages; Costs
Section 11 - Delivery of Property to Claimant; Conditions Precedent
Section 12 - Appraisal; Application of Claimant
Section 13 - Appraisal; Application of Person Making Seizure