Massachusetts Code — 239
Browse 20 sections in division 239 of the Massachusetts code. Each section page includes the full statutory text, official source links, and citation guidance.
Sections (showing up to 300)
- § 1. Persons entitled to summary process
- § 1A. Land or tenements used for residential purposes; action by lessor under this chapter to recover possession; conditions and restrictions
- § 2. Jurisdiction; venue; form of writ
- § 2A. Reprisal for reporting violations of law, for tenant's union activity, or actions taken pursuant to laws protecting tenants who are victims of domestic violence, rape, sexual assault or stalking; defense; presumption
- § 3. Judgment and execution; costs; appeal
- § 4. Storage of property removed; notice of presence and condition of animals; liens and enforcement; penalties
- § 5. Appeal; bond; actions thereon; waiver; appeal of waiver or periodic payments; notice of decision
- § 6. Condition of bond in action for possession after foreclosure of mortgage; after purchase
- § 6A. Condition of bond after foreclosure of tax title
- § 7. Judgments; effect
- § 8. Three years quiet possession; effect
- § 8A. Rent withholding; grounds; amount claimed; presumptions and burden of proof; procedures
- § 9. Stay of proceedings
- § 10. Stay of proceedings; hearings
- § 11. Stay of proceedings; deposit of applicant
- § 12. Stay of proceedings; validity of waiver in lease
- § 13. Stay of proceedings; costs
- § 14. Inspection of property for presence of abandoned animals
- § 15. Action for summary process for nonpayment of rent; monthly report
- § 16. Eviction; petition to seal record; petition to access sealed record; consumer reporting agency; housing or credit screening applications; notice of satisfaction