{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-183-57","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 183, § 57","heading":"Home mortgage notes; prepayment penalty; effect of taking by eminent domain","body":"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.","path":["Part II","Title I","Chapter 183"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartII/TitleI/Chapter183/Section57","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:24:22Z","sha256":"d39f5eca533faab90a43d75dbee1a78ef04e581187347bdfc4b2c2c33d09be74","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-183-56","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-183-58"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}