Section 49A. If a levy on execution shall not have been completed by set-off under the provisions of sections six to twenty-three, inclusive, or by sale under the provisions of sections twenty-six to thirty, inclusive, within six years from the date on which notice of the execution was deposited in a registry of deeds under the provisions of section four, the levy if otherwise then valid shall be void as to any land within such registry district unless within said six-year period it shall be brought forward in such registry of deeds in the manner provided in section one hundred and fourteen A of chapter two hundred and twenty-three for bringing forward attachments of real estate. In case a levy becomes void under the provisions of this section the creditor may resort to any other legal remedy for the satisfaction of his judgment.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part III - Courts, Judicial Officers and Proceedings in Civil Cases
Title II - Actions and Proceedings Therein
Chapter 236 - Levy of Executions on Land
Section 1 - Land and Rights Subject to Execution
Section 3 - Proceedings Upon Levy; Notice and Appraisal
Section 4 - Deposit of Notice of Land Taken on Execution or Mesne Process; Nantucket County
Section 5 - Entries by Register
Section 6 - Levy by Set-Off; Appointment of Appraisers
Section 7 - Qualifications and Duties of Appraisers; Certificates of Appraisal
Section 8 - Valuation of Estates as Fee Simple; Exception
Section 9 - Mortgaged Land; Appraisal
Section 10 - Appraisal When Several Parcels Are Levied Upon
Section 11 - Description of Land in Certificate of Appraisers; Return
Section 12 - Land Held Jointly or in Common; Levy Upon
Section 13 - Land Incapable of Division; Levy Upon
Section 14 - Life Estates; Levy Upon
Section 15 - Rents and Profits; Levy Upon; Expiration of Life Estates
Section 16 - Leased Land; Levy Upon
Section 17 - Levy on Leased Land Where Reversion of Part Only Is Taken
Section 18 - Homestead Property; Levy of Execution
Section 19 - Delivery of Seisin to Creditor; Debtor's Rights in Remainder, Etc.
Section 21 - Return and Record of Execution
Section 22 - Record as Prima Facie Evidence
Section 23 - Officer's Return; Requisites
Section 24 - Validity of Levy as Against Subsequent Attaching Creditors and Purchasers
Section 25 - Levy Valid Against Creditor
Section 26 - Levy by Sale; Disposition of Proceeds; Lands Taken on Behalf of Commonwealth
Section 27 - Conduct of Sale; Effect
Section 29 - Adjournment of Sale
Section 30 - Adjournment by Court
Section 31 - Suspension of Levy; Record; Effect; Liability of Land
Section 32 - Proceedings After Dissolution of Prior Attachment
Section 33 - Right of Redemption; Time; Amount Required; Deed or Release
Section 34 - Ascertainment of Amount Due; Tender
Section 35 - Redemption of Mortgage Paid by Creditor or Purchaser
Section 36 - Redemption of Right to Redeem From Tax Sale
Section 37 - Redemption Where Levy on Rents and Profits of Life Estate
Section 38 - Tender; Refusal to Release Land; Remedies
Section 39 - Action for Redemption
Section 42 - Rights of Debtors, Creditors or Purchasers Exercisable by Heirs, Etc.
Section 43 - When Levy Considered Made
Section 44 - Service of Notice
Section 46 - Lands, etc., in Different Counties
Section 47 - Time for Bringing Action for Possession
Section 48 - Levy on Land Subject to Lien Not Allowed For
Section 49 - Levy on Right of Redeeming Land Taken on Execution
Section 49a - Certain Levies Made Void by Operation of Law
Section 50 - Waiver of Levy; Remedies
Section 51 - Invalid Levy; Remedy