{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-221-51","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 221, § 51","heading":"Failure to pay client's money; penalty","body":"Section 51. An attorney at law who unreasonably neglects to pay over money collected by him for and in behalf of a client, when demanded by the client, shall forfeit to such client five times the lawful interest of the money from the time of the demand.","path":["Part III","Title I","Chapter 221"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIII/TitleI/Chapter221/Section51","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:24:47Z","sha256":"301fa7b2f48a82439d90a1a961caa69cfc25d6cf89185bce53f3fef088ca13bd","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-221-50b","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-221-52"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}