Section 57. It shall be unlawful for a mortgagee to enforce, in any mortgage note secured by a first lien on a dwelling house of three or less separate households occupied or to be occupied in whole or in part by the mortgagor, a penalty, charge, premium, or fee on account of payment of the amount due before the date fixed for payment, when such payment is made on the occasion of a taking of the property for any public purpose.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part II - Real and Personal Property and Domestic Relations
Title I - Title to Real Property
Chapter 183 - Alienation of Land
Section 1 - Acts or Ceremonies Necessary for Conveyance by Deed
Section 1a - Instruments Not Under Seal
Section 2 - Estate Conveyed by Quitclaim Deed
Section 3 - Estate Created Without Instrument in Writing
Section 5 - Recording of Instruments; Evidence of Delivery
Section 5a - Recording of Statements Relating to Title; Use as Evidence
Section 5b - Affidavits Relating to Title; Recording
Section 6 - Name and Address of Grantee; Recital of Consideration; Failure to Comply
Section 6b - Address of Property Affected
Section 6c - Residence and Address of Mortgagee or Assignee
Section 8 - Statutory Forms; Alteration or Substitution; ''incorporation by Reference'' Defined
Section 9 - Rules and Definitions Relating to Deeds or Other Instruments
Section 12 - ''grant'' as Word of Conveyance
Section 13 - Words of Inheritance
Section 15 - Easements, Privileges and Appurtenances Belonging to Granted Estate
Section 16 - ''warranty Covenants''
Section 17 - ''quitclaim Covenants'' or ''limited Covenants''
Section 19 - ''mortgage Covenants''
Section 20 - ''statutory Condition'' in Mortgages
Section 21 - ''statutory Power of Sale'' in Mortgage
Section 22 - Co-Operative Bank Mortgage
Section 23 - ''statutory Co-Operative Bank Mortgage Condition''
Section 24 - ''statutory Co-Operative Bank Power of Sale''
Section 25 - Purchase by Holder of Mortgage at Foreclosure Sale
Section 26 - Possessory Interest of Mortgagor
Section 27 - Disposition of Proceeds of Foreclosure Sale; Itemized Accounting Provided to Mortgagor
Section 28 - Assignment of Mortgage; Words of Transfer
Section 28a - Subsequent Loans From Mortgagee; Priority
Section 28b - Open-End Mortgage; Subsequent Loans From Mortgagee
Section 28c - Refinancing in the Borrower's Interest
Section 29 - Necessity of Acknowledgment of Deed; Recordation
Section 30 - Method of Making Acknowledgment
Section 31 - Acknowledgment of Married Woman
Section 32 - Letters of Attorney; Applicability of Law
Section 33 - Certificates of Authority
Section 34 - Proof of Execution of Deed by Testimony of Subscribing Witness
Section 35 - Proof of Execution by Proving Handwriting
Section 37 - Refusal of Grantor to Acknowledge; Proof of Execution by Proving Handwriting
Section 38 - Recording of Unacknowledged Deed; Effect
Section 39 - Proof of Execution of Deed; Necessity of Subscribing Witness
Section 40 - Certificate of Proof of Execution
Section 41 - Proof of Deed Made Outside Commonwealth
Section 42 - Forms for Acknowledgments and Certificates of Authority
Section 43 - Vesting of Title or Interest by Operation of Decree in Equity
Section 44 - Effect of Recording or Registration of Copy of Decree
Section 45 - Conveyance in Fee by Person Seized as Tenant in Tail
Section 46 - Conveyance in Fee by Life Tenant and Vested Remainderman in Tail
Section 47 - Barring of Equitable Estates Tail
Section 48 - Conveyance of Equitable Fee; Entitlement to Conveyance of Outstanding Legal Estate
Section 49 - Sale and Conveyance or Mortgage by Trustee Appointed by Probate Court
Section 50 - Notice of Petition to Appoint Trustee; Appointment of Next Friend
Section 51 - Bond of Trustee; Proceeds of Sale or Mortgage
Section 52 - Sale of Land Charged With Payment of Money; Petition; Decree; Bond of Trustee
Section 53 - Effect of Deed, Bond or Other Instrument Made in Defeasance
Section 54 - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 54 to 55; Method of Discharge of Mortgage
Section 54a - Defective Discharges of Mortgages Held by Entirety; Effect
Section 56 - Mortgage Notes; Provisions for Prepayment
Section 57 - Home Mortgage Notes; Prepayment Penalty; Effect of Taking by Eminent Domain
Section 58 - Real Estate Abutting a Way, Watercourse, Wall, Fence, or Other Monument
Section 59 - Late Charges or Penalties
Section 61 - Payment of Interest by Mortgagee; Request for Exemption
Section 62 - Payment of Taxes to City or Town by Mortgagee; Due Date
Section 63 - Loan Fees; Residential Property Mortgages; Disclosure
Section 63a - Revisions in Mortgage Terms; Restrictions; Fees
Section 64 - Discrimination in Residential Mortgage Loans on Basis of Location of Property
Section 65 - Acceptance of Written Memorandum as Evidence of Insurance
Section 66 - Required Insurance; Limitation
Section 67 - Reverse Mortgage Loans on Residential Property; Requirements
Section 69 - Flood Insurance; Limits on Amount of Coverage Required to Be Purchased