{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-235-14","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 235, § 14","heading":"Executions in actions on judgments","body":"Section 14. (a) If a judgment is rendered for the plaintiff by a court in an action founded on a judgment rendered by a court outside of the commonwealth, execution shall not issue until the plaintiff files with the court rendering the judgment in the later action a transcript of the record of the judgment in the earlier case under the seal of the court rendering it, attested by the clerk of such court.\n(b) If a judgment is rendered for the plaintiff by a court in an action founded on a judgment rendered by a different court, within the commonwealth, execution shall not issue until the plaintiff files with the court rendering the judgment in the later action, a certificate of the judgment in the earlier case under the seal of the court rendering it, attested by the clerk of such court.","path":["Part III","Title II","Chapter 235"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIII/TitleII/Chapter235/Section14","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:24:56Z","sha256":"013f9c93bb91f5baa0c611e6537a7083b6440568e1b602812a08fadf33efe308","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-235-13","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-235-15"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}