{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-68-5","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 68, § 5","heading":"Succession of parsonage land","body":"Section 5. The minister of a church or religious society, if a citizen of the commonwealth, shall be capable of taking in succession any parsonage land granted to the minister and his successors, or to the use of the ministers, or granted by words of like import, and may prosecute or defend any action relative to such land.","path":["Part I","Title XI","Chapter 68"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXI/Chapter68/Section5","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:21:16Z","sha256":"81c0de81056a3d7cc240e060c5dfd6a12f88dc2b2cc5d4811b64221bde7c2d69","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-68-4","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-68-6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}