Section 23C. Any provision in an instrument relative to the ownership or use of real property which purports to forbid or unreasonably restrict the installation or use of a solar energy system as defined in section one A of chapter forty A or the building of structures that facilitate the collection of solar energy shall be void.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part II - Real and Personal Property and Domestic Relations
Title I - Title to Real Property
Chapter 184 - General Provisions Relative to Real Property
Section 3 - Contingent Remainders; Taking Effect; Limitations
Section 4 - Land Held in Fee Tail; Liability for Debts of Tenant in Tail
Section 5 - Conveyance Vesting Life Estate and Remainder to Heirs
Section 6 - Interpretation of Words Importing Want or Failure of Issue
Section 6a - ''heirs'' and ''next of Kin'' Construed
Section 7 - Creation of Estate in Common, Joint Tenancy or Tenancy by the Entirety
Section 8 - Conveyance to Grantor and Another
Section 8a - Name and Address of Owner; Request for Information; Records; Penalty
Section 9 - Conveyance by Tenant for Life or Years of Greater Estate
Section 10 - Acts of Owner of Precedent Estate Upon Expectant Estate; Effect
Section 11 - Barring of Estates Tail
Section 12 - Fixtures Annexed by Life Tenant; Determination; Removal
Section 14 - Sale of Timber Standing on Land Used by Other Than Owner of Fee
Section 16 - Certificate of Judgment, Decree or Final Disposition; Recording
Section 17 - Judgments or Decrees; Effect of Recording
Section 17a - Agreement for Purchase and Sale of Real Estate; Acknowledgment; Recordation
Section 19 - Entry for Breach of Condition; Certificate; Recordation
Section 20 - Right of Entry or Action for Recovery of Real Property; Descent or Discontinuance
Section 21 - Encumbrances Upon Real Property; Duty of Grantor to Inform Grantee
Section 22 - Encumbrance of Record; Liability for Removal
Section 23 - Conditions or Restrictions; Term of Years; Applicability
Section 23a - Proceedings Relating to Building Restrictions; Limitation of Actions
Section 23c - Solar Energy Systems; Installation or Use; Restrictive Provisions
Section 23d - Community Residences for Disabled Persons; Restrictive Provisions
Section 24 - Defects, Irregularities or Omissions in Deeds; Curative Period
Section 25 - Indefinite References; Effect; Application
Section 29 - Notice or Extension of Restriction; Prerequisites
Section 30 - Enforceability of Restrictions; Presumptions and Prerequisites; Temporary Injunction
Section 31 - Restrictions, Defined
Section 32 - Effect, Enforcement, Acquisition, and Release of Restrictions