{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-143-12","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 143, § 12","heading":"Restraint of construction, repair, or use of a structure; order for removal","body":"Section 12. The supreme judicial or superior court may restrain the construction, alteration, repair, maintenance or use of a building or structure in violation of any ordinance or by-law of a city or town or of the state building code and order its removal or abatement as a nuisance; and may restrain the further construction, alteration or repair, maintenance, use or occupancy of a building or structure reported to be dangerous, under a survey authorized by section eight, until the determination of the matter, as provided in section ten.","path":["Part I","Title XX","Chapter 143"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXX/Chapter143/Section12","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:23:22Z","sha256":"1797bd9dd7bf18c89291b9d2392293c875c5127eb189033de65bebffc318a1c5","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-143-11","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-143-13"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}