{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-230-7","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 230, § 7","heading":"Attachments; permission of probate court required","body":"Section 7. The real and personal property of a deceased person shall not be attached on mesne process in an action upon a debt due from, or upon a claim against, the deceased, except upon the permission of the probate court for the county where the executor or administrator of the deceased person was appointed. This section shall not apply to actions brought under section twenty-nine of chapter one hundred and ninety-seven.","path":["Part III","Title II","Chapter 230"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIII/TitleII/Chapter230/Section7","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:24:51Z","sha256":"82d327aec890286be5ebe5b4ac3abcce707fc342cb277593c535c703cab459db","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-230-6","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-230-8"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}