Massachusetts General Laws
Chapter 246 - Trustee Process
Section 40 - Second Attachment; Recovery by Defendant

Section 40. If the goods, effects and credits in the hands of a person adjudged a trustee are not demanded of him by force of the execution within thirty days after final judgment, they shall be liable to another attachment, whether made before or after the judgment; or if there has been no such second attachment, they may be recovered by the defendant.

Structure Massachusetts General Laws

Massachusetts General Laws

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

Title IV - Certain Writs and Proceedings in Special Cases

Chapter 246 - Trustee Process

Section 1 - Actions Maintainable; Trustees

Section 2 - Venue

Section 3 - Change of Venue

Section 4 - Venue in District Courts

Section 4a - Change of Venue in District Courts

Section 4b - Venue in Actions to Enforce Support Orders

Section 5 - Trustee Summons; Service

Section 6 - Foreign Corporations; Service

Section 7 - Partnerships; Service

Section 8 - New Trustees; Successive Services

Section 9 - Proceedings if Trustees Discharged

Section 10 - Answer; Filing; Contents

Section 11 - Answer Under Oath; Written Declarations

Section 12 - Interrogatories; Answer

Section 13 - Discharge of Trustees

Section 14 - Admissions by Trustees; Interrogatories

Section 15 - Corporations; Appearance and Answer

Section 16 - Truth of Answer

Section 17 - Questions of Fact; Trial

Section 18 - Default of Trustee

Section 19 - False Answers; Penalty

Section 20 - Effect of Attachment

Section 20a - Attachment of Wages; Proceedings Outside Commonwealth Against Resident Debtors and Employers Prohibited

Section 22 - Liability as Trustee of Assignee in Insolvency

Section 23 - Liability of Receivers

Section 24 - Money, etc., Due but Not Payable; Attachment

Section 25 - Conveyances Void as to Creditors; Persons Having Property as Trustees

Section 26 - Mutual Demands Between Trustee and Defendant; Liability of Trustee

Section 27 - Liability of Trustee Before Knowledge of Service

Section 28 - Wages and Pensions; Exemptions; Exceptions

Section 28a - Monies Held by Banks or Similar Institutions; Exemption; Limitations

Section 29 - Offer of Judgment; Costs

Section 30 - Attaching Exempt Wages; Penalty

Section 31 - Bonds; Savings Banks as Trustees

Section 32 - Claims Not Attachable by Trustee Process

Section 33 - Claims by Third Persons

Section 34 - Assignments as Security for Debts

Section 35 - Actions Pending by Defendant Against Trustees; Continuance

Section 36 - Actions Not Continued; Liability of Judgment Debtor as Trustee

Section 37 - Defendant in Pending Action Adjudged Trustee; Proceedings

Section 38 - Counterclaim by Defendant in Pending Action; Proceedings

Section 39 - Form of Judgment Charging Trustee

Section 40 - Second Attachment; Recovery by Defendant

Section 41 - Liability of Trustee After Thirty Days

Section 42 - Demand on Absent Trustee; Service

Section 43 - Effect of Judgment Against Trustee

Section 44 - Discharge of Trustee; Actions by Defendant

Section 45 - Action to Satisfy Judgment Upon Default of Trustee

Section 46 - Default of Trustee; Judgment in Absence of Answer or Examination in Original Action

Section 47 - Default of Trustee; Judgment in Case of Answer or Examination in Original Action

Section 48 - Appearance of Trustee; Proceedings; Judgments

Section 49 - Limitations

Section 50 - Death of Trustee Before Judgment Satisfied

Section 51 - Death of Trustee Before Judgment; Proceedings; Prior Examination of Deceased

Section 52 - Default Judgments; Payments

Section 53 - Death of Trustee After Judgment

Section 54 - Death Within Thirty Days After Judgment

Section 55 - Service of Execution

Section 56 - Failure of Executor or Administrator to Pay Amount Charged; Remedies

Section 57 - Proceedings if Trustee Is Charged for Specific Property

Section 58 - Determination of Value of Property Delivered

Section 59 - Delivery of Specific Property According to Contract

Section 60 - Property Held by Trustee as Security; Tender by Attaching Creditor

Section 61 - Property Held for Other Than Security Purposes

Section 62 - Property Received by Officer; Disposal; Proceeds

Section 63 - Sale by Trustee of Property Held for Security

Section 64 - Failure of Trustee to Deliver Property

Section 65 - Common Carriers as Trustees; Liability for Nondelivery

Section 66 - Bonds; Persons Entitled to File

Section 67 - Delivery of Property by Trustee; Limitation of Action on Bond

Section 68 - Allowable to Trustee

Section 69 - Payable Out of Effects

Section 70 - Payable by Plaintiff

Section 71 - Persons Absent From Commonwealth

Section 72 - Persons Out of County

Section 73 - Trustees Neglecting to Appear; Liability for Costs

Section 74 - Recovery of Costs

Section 75 - Several Trustees; Liability for Costs

Section 76 - Actions Against Trustees

Section 77 - Action Against Defaulting Trustee; Liability for Costs

Section 78 - Action Against Defaulting Trustee; Costs, Nonliability, Recovery Precluded

Section 79 - Action Against Defaulting Trustee; Costs, Nonliability, Recovery

Section 80 - Action Against Defaulting Trustee; Execution Against Trustee for Costs

Section 81 - Action Against Several Defaulting Trustees; Liability for Costs

Section 82 - Adverse Claimants

Section 83 - Costs Where Damages Less Than Ten Dollars