Massachusetts Code — 186
Browse 39 sections in division 186 of the Massachusetts code. Each section page includes the full statutory text, official source links, and citation guidance.
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- § 1A. Land demised for term of 100 years or more regarded as estate in fee simple
- § 3. Tenancy at sufferance; liability for rent
- § 4. Liability of tenant for rent for proportion of land in possession
- § 5. Action to recover rent; evidence
- § 6. Survival of action
- § 7. Remedies of landlords
- § 8. Recovery of rent accruing before determination of lease
- § 9. Recovery of rent paid in advance
- § 10. Rent as a necessary
- § 11. Determination of lease for nonpayment of rent
- § 11A. Termination of lease for nonpayment of rent
- § 12. Notice to determine estate at will
- § 13. Recovery of possession after termination of tenancy at will
- § 13A. Tenants deemed to be at will upon foreclosure of residential real property; status of tenancy agreements where rental payment subsidized under state or federal law
- § 14. Wrongful acts of landlord; premises used for dwelling or residential purposes; utilities, services, quiet enjoyment; penalties; remedies; waiver
- § 15. Non-liability of landlord; provisions in lease or rental agreement
- § 15A. Waiver of notices; lease or rental agreement provisions; validity
- § 15B. Entrance of premises prior to termination of lease; payments; receipts; interest; records; security deposits
- § 15C. Residential real estate, lease payments based on real estate tax increases
- § 15D. Oral agreement to execute lease; delivery of lease copy; penalty; waiver
- § 15E. Action against owner; injuries due to defects violating building code; defense; waiver
- § 15F. Residential leases or rental agreements restricting litigation or landlord liability; ouster of tenant; remedies
- § 16. Leases or rental agreements restricting occupancy of children
- § 17. Occupancy constituting tenancy at will; termination
- § 17A. Residential care and services; housing facility providers; eviction; hearing; jurisdiction
- § 18. Reprisal for reporting violations of law or for tenant's union activity; damages and costs; notice of termination, presumption; waiver in leases or other rental agreements prohibited
- § 19. Notice to landlord of unsafe condition; tort actions for injuries resulting from uncorrected condition
- § 20. Attorneys' fees and expenses; residential lease provisions; implied covenant; waiver
- § 21. Disclosure of insurance information by lessor; violations; waiver
- § 22. Definitions; submeter installation; testing; water use charges; public housing development exemption
- § 23. Definitions applicable to Secs. 23 to 29
- § 24. Termination of rental agreement or tenancy by victim of domestic violence, rape, sexual assault or stalking
- § 25. Refusal of rental agreement or assistance based on termination of rental agreement under Sec. 24 or request for change of lock under Sec. 26 prohibited
- § 26. Change of locks upon request of tenant, co-tenant or household member believed to be under imminent threat of domestic violence, rape, sexual assault or stalking
- § 27. Jurisdiction of courts to restrain violation of Secs. 23 to 26; applicability of other laws to requests to change locks
- § 28. Waivers of Secs. 23 to 27 void and unenforceable
- § 29. Owner immunity from liability
- § 30. Inspection of vacated property for presence of abandoned animals
- § 31. Notice to quit for nonpayment of rent