{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-246-28a","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 246, § 28A","heading":"Monies held by banks or similar institutions; exemption; limitations","body":"Section 28A. Twenty-five hundred dollars of any natural person in an account in a trust company, savings bank, cooperative bank, credit union, national banking association or other banking institution doing business in the commonwealth shall be exempt from attachment by trustee process. A trustee summons served on any such institution shall describe the exemption with reference to this section. Upon service of a trustee summons, the trustee shall answer as subject to attachment only so much money of the defendant that exceeds $2,500.\nNo business, trust or organization shall be entitled to the exemption in this section and no natural person shall be entitled to more than a $2,500 exemption at any one time. In any action, the plaintiff may apply to the court for further attachments upon proof by certified records of a trustee that the defendant has received an exemption not authorized under this section or that the $2,500 exemption of the defendant has been in whole or in part exhausted or exceeded.","path":["Part III","Title IV","Chapter 246"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIII/TitleIV/Chapter246/Section28A","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:25:00Z","sha256":"0e1ab991df3a03156b80659ba3b7dab601c3ee17458c0cb5df1039c90bff0182","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-246-28","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-246-29"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}