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- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 80 · Filing of instruments evidencing continuation, reduction, discharge or dissolution
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 81 · Applicability of laws relating to attachment on mesne process
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 82 · Endorsement of plaintiff's attorney upon writ
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 83 · Registration of order continuing, reducing or dissolving attachment on mesne process
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 84 · Enforcement of liens
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 85 · New certificate to person claiming under execution
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 86 · Filing and registration of memorandum of proceedings affecting land; registration of judgment or decree
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 87 · Certificate of manner of disposal
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 88 · Registration of judgment
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 89 · Filing and registration of execution or writ of seisin
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 90 · Registration of certificates of judgment in writs of dower and waste
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 91 · Registration of decrees
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 92 · Filing and registration of judgment in partition proceedings or proceedings for assignment of spouse's statutory share
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 93 · Registration of prior mortgage or lease with decree for partition
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 94 · Registration of notices in insolvency and copies of decrees in bankruptcy
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 95 · Registration of discharge
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 96 · Entry of new certificate upon reverter
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 97 · Entry of new certificate upon descent or devise; notice; hearing; memorandum of pendency of settlement of estate
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 98 · Right of probate court to license sale or mortgage; new certificate or memorandum of registration
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 99 · Assurance fund; payment; amount
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 100 · Custody; investment; annual report
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 101 · Grounds for recovery from assurance fund; exhausting other remedies; continuance of action to await result of tort action
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 102 · Defendants in action to recover from fund
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 103 · Recovery upon judgment
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 104 · Deficiencies in assurance fund
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 105 · Subrogation rights
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 106 · Application and investment of income of assurance fund
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 107 · Limitations upon liability and amount of compensation
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 108 · Limitations upon commencement time of actions
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 109 · Evidence of value of land, estate or interest
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 110 · Powers of attorney; acknowledgment and filing of letters of attorney
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 111 · Repealed, 1996, 481, Sec. 18
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 112 · Statement alleging right or interest adverse to registered owner
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 113 · Repealed, 1996, 481, Sec. 19
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 114 · Changes upon registration book; grounds for motion to change
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 115 · Filing and entitling of petitions and motions after registration
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 116 · Mailing of notices after registration
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 117 · Sectional plans; authority of court
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, § 118 · Fraudulent conveyance; imprisonment term
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185C, § 1 · Housing court department; composition; definitions
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185C, § 2 · Superior and general jurisdiction; presumption; processes
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185C, § 3 · Concurrent jurisdiction; powers of superior court department; enforcement authority
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185C, § 4 · Sittings of court
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185C, § 5 · Time for transaction of business
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185C, § 6 · Seal
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185C, § 7 · Rules and forms of procedure
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185C, § 8 · Justices; appointment; disputes between justices and clerks; appeals; removal
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185C, § 8A · Chief justice authority and responsibility
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185C, § 8B · Deputy court administrator
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185C, § 9 · Clerks; appointment; disputes between justices and clerks
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185C, § 9A · Salaries of clerks and assistant clerks; practice of law
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185C, § 10 · Temporary clerks
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185C, § 11 · Assistant clerks
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185C, § 12 · Oath of office of clerks
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185C, § 13 · Bond of clerks
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185C, § 14 · Powers and duties of clerks
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185C, § 15 · Court officers
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185C, § 16 · Housing specialists
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185C, § 17 · Practice of law by clerks or housing specialists
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185C, § 18 · Recording system; procurement of law books, stationery, etc.
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185C, § 19 · Commencement of proceedings; fees; non-willful offense deemed non-criminal
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185C, § 20 · Transfer of civil actions
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185C, § 21 · Trial without jury; exception; report of inspector as prima facie evidence
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185C, § 22 · Entry of judgment or order
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185C, § 23 · Bond of receiver
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 186, § 1 · Repealed, 2008, 521, Sec. 5
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 186, § 1A · Land demised for term of 100 years or more regarded as estate in fee simple
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 186, § 2 · Repealed, 2012, 140, Sec. 2
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 186, § 3 · Tenancy at sufferance; liability for rent
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 186, § 4 · Liability of tenant for rent for proportion of land in possession
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 186, § 5 · Action to recover rent; evidence
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 186, § 6 · Survival of action
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 186, § 7 · Remedies of landlords
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 186, § 8 · Recovery of rent accruing before determination of lease
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 186, § 9 · Recovery of rent paid in advance
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 186, § 10 · Rent as a necessary
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 186, § 11 · Determination of lease for nonpayment of rent
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 186, § 11A · Termination of lease for nonpayment of rent
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 186, § 12 · Notice to determine estate at will
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 186, § 13 · Recovery of possession after termination of tenancy at will
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 186, § 13A · Tenants deemed to be at will upon foreclosure of residential real property; status of tenancy agreements where rental payment subsidized under state or federal law
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 186, § 14 · Wrongful acts of landlord; premises used for dwelling or residential purposes; utilities, services, quiet enjoyment; penalties; remedies; waiver
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 186, § 15 · Non-liability of landlord; provisions in lease or rental agreement
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 186, § 15A · Waiver of notices; lease or rental agreement provisions; validity
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 186, § 15B · Entrance of premises prior to termination of lease; payments; receipts; interest; records; security deposits
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 186, § 15C · Residential real estate, lease payments based on real estate tax increases
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 186, § 15D · Oral agreement to execute lease; delivery of lease copy; penalty; waiver
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 186, § 15E · Action against owner; injuries due to defects violating building code; defense; waiver
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 186, § 15F · Residential leases or rental agreements restricting litigation or landlord liability; ouster of tenant; remedies
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 186, § 16 · Leases or rental agreements restricting occupancy of children
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 186, § 17 · Occupancy constituting tenancy at will; termination
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 186, § 17A · Residential care and services; housing facility providers; eviction; hearing; jurisdiction
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 186, § 18 · Reprisal for reporting violations of law or for tenant's union activity; damages and costs; notice of termination, presumption; waiver in leases or other rental agreements prohibited
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 186, § 19 · Notice to landlord of unsafe condition; tort actions for injuries resulting from uncorrected condition
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 186, § 20 · Attorneys' fees and expenses; residential lease provisions; implied covenant; waiver
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 186, § 21 · Disclosure of insurance information by lessor; violations; waiver
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 186, § 22 · Definitions; submeter installation; testing; water use charges; public housing development exemption
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 186, § 23 · Definitions applicable to Secs. 23 to 29
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 186, § 24 · Termination of rental agreement or tenancy by victim of domestic violence, rape, sexual assault or stalking
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 186, § 25 · Refusal of rental agreement or assistance based on termination of rental agreement under Sec. 24 or request for change of lock under Sec. 26 prohibited