{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-112-87ddd-1-2","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 112, § 87DDD 1/2","heading":"Real estate brokers and salesmen; persons finding dwelling accommodations for fee","body":"[ Text of section effective until August 1, 2025. For text effective August 1, 2025, see below.]\nSection 87DDD1/2. No person shall engage in the business of finding dwelling accommodations for prospective tenants for a fee unless such person is a licensed broker or salesman as defined in section eighty-seven PP of chapter one hundred and twelve.\n[ Text of section as amended by 2025, 9, Sec. 43 effective August 1, 2025. See 2025, 9, Sec. 136. For text effective until August 1, 2025, see above.]\nSection 87DDD1/2. No person shall engage in the business of finding dwelling accommodations for prospective tenants for a fee unless such person is a licensed broker or salesman as defined in section eighty-seven PP of chapter one hundred and twelve. A licensed broker or salesperson may solely contract with a prospective tenant to find rental residential real property for a tenant and present an offer to lease to the landlord or landlord's agent and negotiate on behalf of the tenant or may solely contract with a landlord or landlord's agent to find a tenant for a property. Any fee shall only be paid by the party, lessor or tenant who originally engaged and entered into a contract with the licensed broker or salesperson.","path":["Part I","Title XVI","Chapter 112"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXVI/Chapter112/Section87DDD%201~2","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:22:50Z","sha256":"16061d5c04257021522112285ee8daa1ae28f3554b125652231fcb2379745093","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-112-87ddd","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-112-87eee-to-87ooo"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}