Massachusetts Code — 79
Browse 62 sections in division 79 of the Massachusetts code. Each section page includes the full statutory text, official source links, and citation guidance.
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- § 1. Order of taking; contents
- § 2. Officials authorized to exercise eminent domain
- § 3. Recordation of taking order; procedure to acquire possession
- § 4. Taking registered land
- § 5. Taking of land already in public use
- § 5A. Historical or archeological landmarks; ancient landmarks; taking
- § 5B. Agricultural land
- § 5C. Notice of intent prior to taking; exceptions
- § 6. Taking by public; award of damages; amendment of award; payment
- § 6A. Moving expenses; exemption from attachment or execution
- § 7. Taking by private corporations; award of damages; time of payment
- § 7A. Appraisal as pre-requisite to payment of damages
- § 7B. Payment of damages; execution of necessary documents; time of issuance of checks
- § 7C. Notice of taking and amount of damages; contents; service
- § 7D. Unknown persons or persons under legal disability; manner of payment of damages; apportionment of damages; deposits
- § 7E. Unclaimed checks
- § 7F. Copies of notice or notice of deposit; sending to tax collectors
- § 7G. Receipt of payment or deposit; effect; recovery of interest; refund of overpayment; recovery of payment made to person not entitled thereto
- § 7H. Payment of damages of less than $2000 to prevent hardship notwithstanding title deficiencies
- § 8A. Offer of settlement; payment pro tanto; refund of excess
- § 8B. Time for vacation of dwellings
- § 9. Injuries to realty caused by improvements not constituting a taking
- § 10. Damages for injuries to property caused by acts in pais
- § 10A. Payment of damages; enforcement of provisions of certain sections; petition for writ of mandamus
- § 11. Land lying in more than one governmental unit; petition for award of damages
- § 12. Measure of damages; federal reimbursement
- § 12A. Property taken diminished in value by disaster; full compensation; determination of fair market value; time limit
- § 13. Buildings and trees on land taken
- § 14. Petition to superior court
- § 16. Time for filing petition
- § 17. Time for filing petition when original proceedings quashed
- § 18. Time for filing petition when validity of taking is contested
- § 19. Time for filing petition if improvement delayed by law
- § 20. Petition by guardian, conservator or trustee
- § 21. Procedure on death of person entitled to damages
- § 22. Pleading and procedure; entry of judgment
- § 23. Petition of persons holding different interests in same property
- § 24. Damages sustained by tenant for life or years and remaindermen; trust
- § 25. Amount of damages placed in trust; damages special to separate estate
- § 26. Trustees for persons with legal disability; appointment; bond
- § 27. Persons holding unusual interests; right to petition
- § 28. Notice to other holders of interests
- § 29. Award to persons holding different interests; apportionment
- § 30. Appointment of guardian ad litem or trustee
- § 31. Petition by tenant in possession of encumbered property
- § 32. Mortgaged land; procedure
- § 33. Apportionment of damages between mortgagors and mortgagees
- § 34. Request for speedy trial
- § 35. Evidence of assessed or fair market value of property; admissibility
- § 35A. Apportionment of taxes
- § 36. Discontinuance of petition
- § 36A. Payment of damages after exhaustion or waiver of right to appeal
- § 37. Interest on award of damages
- § 38. Costs
- § 39. Settlement and tender; interest
- § 40. Taking by private corporations; security for damages
- § 41. Finality of award; remedy for collection
- § 42. Remedies to enforce payment by private corporations
- § 43. Right less than fee; effect of abandonment on award of damages
- § 44. Taking by United States
- § 44A. Tax liens on realty taken
- § 45. Applicability of chapter