{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-183c-13","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 183C, § 13","heading":"Forum for disputes","body":"Section 13. Without regard to whether a borrower is acting individually or on behalf of others similarly situated, any provision of a high cost home mortgage loan that allows a party to require a borrower to assert any claim or defense in a forum that is less convenient, more costly, or more dilatory for the resolution of a dispute than a judicial forum established in the commonwealth where the borrower may otherwise properly bring a claim or defense or limits in any way any claim or defense the borrower may have is unconscionable and void.","path":["Part II","Title I","Chapter 183C"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartII/TitleI/Chapter183C/Section13","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:24:24Z","sha256":"a1bb88171c355bc94f39437f6b756f5d8e0792e612b9627c69eaf6e8f58027d3","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-183c-12","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-183c-14"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}