{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-233-53","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 233, § 53","heading":"Application to perpetuate testimony of nonresidents","body":"Section 53. The person who desires to take such deposition shall file in either of said courts the application provided for in section forty-six; and if the subject of the proposed deposition relates to land within the commonwealth, a copy of the application with the statement therein shall be filed in the registry of deeds for the county or district where the land or any part thereof lies; otherwise, in the registry of deeds for the county or district where the parties or some of them reside.","path":["Part III","Title II","Chapter 233"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIII/TitleII/Chapter233/Section53","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:24:54Z","sha256":"fa496d7b48c921330094e3086ab047307820fcfbfb2733789366b9760c95a54f","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-233-52","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-233-54"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}