{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-201a-16","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 201A, § 16","heading":"Exemption of third person from liability","body":"Section 16. A third person in good faith and without court order may act on the instructions of or otherwise deal with any person purporting to make a transfer or purporting to act in the capacity of a custodian and, in the absence of knowledge, shall not be responsible for determining:\n(1) the validity of the purported custodian's designation;\n(2) the propriety of, or the authority under this chapter for, any act of the purported custodian;\n(3) the validity or propriety under this chapter of any instrument or instructions executed or given either by the person purporting to make a transfer or by the purported custodian; or\n(4) the propriety of the application of any property of the minor delivered to the purported custodian.","path":["Part II","Title II","Chapter 201A"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartII/TitleII/Chapter201A/Section16","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:24:33Z","sha256":"fc34a765da10acf1bf1ba2607ad01946dd3ed952ef0b61683d67e540c576ebb4","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-201a-15","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-201a-17"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}