{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-223-6","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 6","heading":"Counties; actions by or against","body":"Section 6. A local or transitory action by a county shall be brought in the county where the defendant lives or in a county adjoining the plaintiff county. If the defendant lives in the plaintiff county, it shall be brought in an adjoining county. Such action against a county shall, at the election of the plaintiff, be brought in the county where he lives, in the defendant county or in an adjoining county.","path":["Part III","Title II","Chapter 223"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIII/TitleII/Chapter223/Section6","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:24:49Z","sha256":"ffaaad271fee5caeb52a43751c80fdd3301f68a285df136cf516de0b2c8258d8","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-223-5","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-223-7"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}