{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-190b-5-422","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 190B, § 5-422","heading":"Persons dealing with conservators; protection","body":"Section 5–422. [Persons Dealing With Conservators; Protection.]\n(a) A person who in good faith either assists or deals with a conservator for value in any transaction other than those requiring a court order as provided in section 5–407 is protected as if the conservator properly exercised the power. The fact that a person knowingly deals with a conservator shall not alone require the person to inquire into the existence of a power or the propriety of its exercise, but restrictions on powers of conservators which are endorsed on letters as provided in section 5–425 are effective as to third persons. A person is not bound to see to the proper application of estate assets paid or delivered to a conservator.\n(b) The protection expressed in this section extends to any procedural irregularity or jurisdictional defect occurring in proceedings leading to the issuance of letters and is not a substitution for protection provided by comparable provisions of the law relating to commercial transactions or to simplifying transfers of securities by fiduciaries.","path":["Part II","Title II","Chapter 190B"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartII/TitleII/Chapter190B/Section5-422","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:24:30Z","sha256":"7d4f5b760f4fcca5f01bbd8d6601eef2c9bdbbd92d1e2d743ea8c1f0573b588b","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-190b-5-421","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-190b-5-423"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}