{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-223-44a","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 44A","heading":"Motor vehicles; conditions precedent","body":"Section 44A. Motor vehicles registered under the law of this commonwealth and not exempt from execution under clause Sixteenth of section thirty-four of chapter two hundred and thirty-five shall not be attached by writ of attachment in a civil action based upon a contract unless written consent to such attachment is endorsed on the writ and signed by a justice, associate justice or special justice of the court wherein such action is commenced. Costs in any action in which such a motor vehicle has been attached shall be in the discretion of the court.","path":["Part III","Title II","Chapter 223"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIII/TitleII/Chapter223/Section44A","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:24:49Z","sha256":"10771a267c426a0a65619ee0e01e3ece76bd3d1a45759343d3faba69413c9fef","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-223-44","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-223-45"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}