{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-255-21","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 255, § 21","heading":"Payment by owner of vessel","body":"Section 21. If a contractor or sub-contractor unreasonably neglects or refuses to pay for labor procured by him to be performed in constructing, repairing or launching a vessel upon which a lien exists therefor and the owner or other person who made the agreement with such contractor or sub-contractor pays the debt secured by the lien, he shall have the same claim against such contractor or sub-contractor as if the lien had been enforced by judgment.","path":["Part III","Title IV","Chapter 255"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIII/TitleIV/Chapter255/Section21","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:25:04Z","sha256":"922e029943bf94eca752c21ccb770b5a0026849707bace42a1e8fb7663da5342","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-255-20","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-255-22"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}