{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-236-49a","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 236, § 49A","heading":"Certain levies made void by operation of law","body":"Section 49A. If a levy on execution shall not have been completed by set-off under the provisions of sections six to twenty-three, inclusive, or by sale under the provisions of sections twenty-six to thirty, inclusive, within six years from the date on which notice of the execution was deposited in a registry of deeds under the provisions of section four, the levy if otherwise then valid shall be void as to any land within such registry district unless within said six-year period it shall be brought forward in such registry of deeds in the manner provided in section one hundred and fourteen A of chapter two hundred and twenty-three for bringing forward attachments of real estate. In case a levy becomes void under the provisions of this section the creditor may resort to any other legal remedy for the satisfaction of his judgment.","path":["Part III","Title II","Chapter 236"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIII/TitleII/Chapter236/Section49A","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:24:57Z","sha256":"9ef8f156625d0c6ae32aba03615bac8c5e41205dc9acef1f9a5ef32323de482e","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-236-49","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-236-50"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}