Massachusetts General Laws
Chapter 254 - Liens on Buildings and Land
Section 27 - Written Contract; Form of Notice

Section 27. A person entering into a written contract with the owner of land or flats for reclaiming or raising the level thereof by suction, hydraulic or any other form of dredging, or for furnishing material therefor, or the trustee or trustees of any fund or funds, described in section one, providing coverage or benefits for persons, shall have a lien upon the interest of the owner in said land or flats as appears of record at the date when notice of said contract is filed or recorded in the registry of deeds for the county or district where such land or flats lie, to secure the payment of all labor and material which shall thereafter be furnished by virtue of said contract. Said notice shall be in substantially the following form:
Notice is hereby given that by virtue of a written contract dated , between , owner, and , contractor, said contractor is to furnish labor and material for reclaiming or raising the level of land or flats described as follows:

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Part III - Courts, Judicial Officers and Proceedings in Civil Cases

Title IV - Certain Writs and Proceedings in Special Cases

Chapter 254 - Liens on Buildings and Land

Section 1 - Labor Performed; Limitation on Lien; Filing

Section 2 - Written Contract; Notice; Time for Filing; Form

Section 2a - Written Contract; Substantial Completion; Definitions; Notice; Filing; Form; Certified Mail

Section 2b - Termination of Written Contract; Notice; Filing; Form; Certified Mail

Section 2c - Design Professional's Lien Upon Real Property; Form and Filing of Notice

Section 2d - Subcontractor of Design Professional; Lien; Form and Filing of Notice

Section 4 - Subcontractors; Written Contract; Notice; Filing; Form; Indirect Contractual Relationship; Notice of Identification

Section 5 - Enforcement of Lien; Procedure

Section 5a - Court Order Authorizing Sale of Real Estate; Procedure

Section 6 - Public Property; Exemption

Section 7 - Mortgages; Invalidity of Subsequent Liens

Section 8 - Statement of Amount Due; Time for Filing; Dissolution of Lien

Section 9 - Notice or Statement; Public Inspection; Recording

Section 10 - Dissolution by Notice

Section 11 - Action to Enforce Lien; Time to Commence; Validity of Lien

Section 12 - Written Contract; Recording of Bond; Form; Enforcement

Section 13 - Attachments

Section 14 - Dissolution by Bond Recording; Labor and Materials; Form of Bond

Section 15 - Dissolution by Judgment

Section 15a - Application to Court for Order Ruling on or Discharging Lien

Section 17 - Claims; Allowance

Section 18 - Sale of Property

Section 19 - Notice of Sale

Section 20 - Redemption; Limitation

Section 21 - Distribution of Assets

Section 22 - Costs

Section 23 - Original Owner; Death or Conveyance of Interest; Action to Enforce Lien

Section 24 - Death of Creditor; Effect

Section 25 - Estate Less Than Fee Simple; Effect of Sale

Section 26 - Remedies

Section 27 - Written Contract; Form of Notice

Section 28 - Subcontractor; Written Contract; Notice; Filing; Form

Section 29 - Laws Applicable to Sec. 27 or 28

Section 30 - Recording; Duty of Register of Deeds

Section 31 - Apportionment; Priority; Proceedings; Public Contracts

Section 32 - Void and Unenforceable Covenants, Promises, etc.; Exceptions

Section 33 - Mortgagee's Right to Withhold Funding, Financing or Payment for Labor and Materials