{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-247-7","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 247, § 7","heading":"Goods unlawfully taken, detained or attached","body":"Section 7. If goods exceeding twenty dollars in value are unlawfully taken or detained from the owner or person entitled to their possession, or if goods of that value, which have been attached on mesne process or taken on execution, are claimed by a person other than the defendant in the action in which they have been so attached or taken, the owner or such other person may cause them to be replevied.","path":["Part III","Title IV","Chapter 247"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIII/TitleIV/Chapter247/Section7","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:25:01Z","sha256":"82e2f2b56ff0ecaaad03c77637a899b977fc23b1536dd961624408baa2ed7e06","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-247-6","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-247-8"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}