{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-186-9","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 186, § 9","heading":"Recovery of rent paid in advance","body":"Section 9. If, upon the determination of a tenancy, in any manner mentioned in the preceding section, before the end of a period for which rent is payable, the rent therefor has been paid before such determination, a proportionate part thereof, according to the portion of such period then unexpired, may be recovered back in contract.","path":["Part II","Title I","Chapter 186"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartII/TitleI/Chapter186/Section9","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:24:26Z","sha256":"ce229f2723ea3399c906ad6d6eeccf43da444e0ab8496dcd3c8469477d803e94","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-186-8","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-186-10"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}