{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-190b-3-1006","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 190B, § 3-1006","heading":"Limitations on actions and proceedings against distributees","body":"Section 3–1006. [Limitations on Actions and Proceedings Against Distributees.]\nUnless previously adjudicated in a formal testacy proceeding or in a proceeding settling the accounts of a personal representative or otherwise barred, the claim of a claimant to recover from a distributee who is liable to pay the claim, and the right of an heir or devisee, or of a successor personal representative acting in their behalf, to recover property improperly distributed or its value from any distributee is forever barred at the later of 3 years after the decedent's death or 1 year after the time of its distribution thereof, but all claims of creditors of the decedent are barred 1 year after the decedent's death. This section shall not bar an action to recover property or value received as a result of fraud.","path":["Part II","Title II","Chapter 190B"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartII/TitleII/Chapter190B/Section3-1006","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:24:29Z","sha256":"bf4c139dae0804feba0f5c183ec341222f284bcbe6459bf02dedcd91669a28ce","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-190b-3-1005","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-190b-3-1007-3-1008"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}