{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-236-38","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 236, § 38","heading":"Tender; refusal to release land; remedies","body":"Section 38. If the debtor tenders the amount justly due for redemption, and the creditor or, in case of a sale, the purchaser does not within seven days after the tender release the land as before provided, the debtor may recover it, with costs, in an action to recover a freehold estate against the creditor or purchaser as a disseisor; but before judgment therein is entered for him, he shall bring into court for the use of the creditor or purchaser the amount so tendered.","path":["Part III","Title II","Chapter 236"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIII/TitleII/Chapter236/Section38","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:24:57Z","sha256":"edff278f96927c36d62f01c9903b5d8ee2dbfb05a0a7623795db23ad803e5f6b","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-236-37","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-236-39"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}