{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-246-20a","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 246, § 20A","heading":"Attachment of wages; proceedings outside commonwealth against resident debtors and employers prohibited","body":"Section 20A. No person shall send out of this commonwealth by assignment, transfer, or in any other manner, with or without consideration, or institute in a foreign court any action upon a claim against a resident debtor of this commonwealth, with the intent of depriving such resident debtor of the benefit of the exemptions and protection accorded by this commonwealth to wage earners whose wages are in the hands of their employers, so long as such resident debtor and the employer holding such wages intended to be reached by such proceedings are within the jurisdiction of the courts of this commonwealth.","path":["Part III","Title IV","Chapter 246"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIII/TitleIV/Chapter246/Section20A","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:25:00Z","sha256":"f762b1917aeccfb2cb84accf8c77c5dfc6c3839393349ade07185140d7496beb","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-246-20","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-246-21"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}