{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-183b-19","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 183B, § 19","heading":"Managing entity","body":"Section 19. (a) If the number of time-shares in a time-share property is more than twelve, the developer, before the first transfer of a time-share, shall create or provide a managing entity to manage the time-share property. The managing entity may be (i) a manager, who may be the developer, or (ii) an association, which shall be a profit or nonprofit corporation or an unincorporated association, the membership of which shall at all times consist exclusively of all the time-share owners. If the time-share property is part of a project containing time-share units and other units, the manager may be the entity that governs the project. If the number of time-shares in the time-share property is twelve or fewer and there is no managing entity, the time-share owners may form an association meeting the requirements specified above.\n(b) In the absence of a managing entity required by this section, a court upon application of a party in interest, including a time-share owner or a lien holder, may appoint and prescribe the powers of a managing entity.","path":["Part II","Title I","Chapter 183B"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartII/TitleI/Chapter183B/Section19","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:24:23Z","sha256":"ee90fff678b68321f0e3a9451b782e8f527839eee01573a2404061798d89dac1","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-183b-18","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-183b-20"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}