{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-204-9","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 204, § 9","heading":"Proceeds of sales; surplus; disposition","body":"Section 9. In every sale of the real estate of a deceased person or a ward by an executor, administrator, guardian or conservator, the surplus of the proceeds remaining on the final settlement of the accounts shall be considered as real estate, and shall be disposed of to the same persons and in the same proportions to whom and in which the real estate if not sold would have descended or have been disposed of by law.","path":["Part II","Title II","Chapter 204"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartII/TitleII/Chapter204/Section9","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:24:36Z","sha256":"a72591e10e1d5b7dbad6ab9fa88c78e8c1c37db14f29fc0974fa96dc23005c36","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-204-8","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-204-10"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}