Liens on Buildings and Land

  1. Law
  2. Massachusetts General Laws
  3. Courts, Judicial Officers and Proceedings in Civil Cases
  4. Certain Writs and Proceedings in Special Cases
  5. Liens on Buildings and Land

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Section
1

Labor Performed; Limitation on Lien; Filing

Section
2

Written Contract; Notice; Time for Filing; Form

Section
2a

Written Contract; Substantial Completion; Definitions; Notice; Filing; Form; Certified Mail

Section
2b

Termination of Written Contract; Notice; Filing; Form; Certified Mail

Section
2c

Design Professional's Lien Upon Real Property; Form and Filing of Notice

Section
2d

Subcontractor of Design Professional; Lien; Form and Filing of Notice

Section
3

Repealed, 1996, 364, Sec. 4

Section
4

Subcontractors; Written Contract; Notice; Filing; Form; Indirect Contractual Relationship; Notice of Identification

Section
5

Enforcement of Lien; Procedure

Section
5a

Court Order Authorizing Sale of Real Estate; Procedure

Section
6

Public Property; Exemption

Section
7

Mortgages; Invalidity of Subsequent Liens

Section
8

Statement of Amount Due; Time for Filing; Dissolution of Lien

Section
9

Notice or Statement; Public Inspection; Recording

Section
10

Dissolution by Notice

Section
11

Action to Enforce Lien; Time to Commence; Validity of Lien

Section
12

Written Contract; Recording of Bond; Form; Enforcement

Section
13

Attachments

Section
14

Dissolution by Bond Recording; Labor and Materials; Form of Bond

Section
15

Dissolution by Judgment

Section
15a

Application to Court for Order Ruling on or Discharging Lien

Section
16

Repealed, 1973, 1114, Sec. 322

Section
17

Claims; Allowance

Section
18

Sale of Property

Section
19

Notice of Sale

Section
20

Redemption; Limitation

Section
21

Distribution of Assets

Section
22

Costs

Section
23

Original Owner; Death or Conveyance of Interest; Action to Enforce Lien

Section
24

Death of Creditor; Effect

Section
25

Estate Less Than Fee Simple; Effect of Sale

Section
26

Remedies

Section
27

Written Contract; Form of Notice

Section
28

Subcontractor; Written Contract; Notice; Filing; Form

Section
29

Laws Applicable to Sec. 27 or 28

Section
30

Recording; Duty of Register of Deeds

Section
31

Apportionment; Priority; Proceedings; Public Contracts

Section
32

Void and Unenforceable Covenants, Promises, etc.; Exceptions

Section
33

Mortgagee's Right to Withhold Funding, Financing or Payment for Labor and Materials