{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-190b-3-109","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 190B, § 3-109","heading":"Statutes of limitation on decedent's cause of action","body":"Section 3–109. [Statutes of Limitation on Decedent's Cause of Action.]\nNo statute of limitation running on a cause of action belonging to a decedent which had not been barred as of the date of death, shall apply to bar a cause of action surviving the decedent's death sooner than 4 months after death. A cause of action which, but for this section, would have been barred less than 4 months after death, is barred after 4 months unless tolled.","path":["Part II","Title II","Chapter 190B"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartII/TitleII/Chapter190B/Section3-109","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:24:28Z","sha256":"3bab300e768bf3bd5d4f8a18866361910e84ef8141b1396d624d0f7771d4d1e8","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-190b-3-108","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-190b-3-201"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}