{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-161-62","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 161, § 62","heading":"Limitations","body":"Section 62. A company shall not lease or contract for the operation of its railway for a period of more than ninety-nine years without the consent of the general court, nor, except as provided in the three following sections and in section one hundred and twenty-three, shall it sell its railway unless authorized so to do by its charter or by special act of the general court.","path":["Part I","Title XXII","Chapter 161"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXXII/Chapter161/Section62","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:23:49Z","sha256":"3573a16dd0d76394a5071d2b810b49067f4b588bd125384b91240b2d97c0eecb","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-161-61","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-161-63"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}