General Laws of Massachusetts (Last Updated: January 16, 2020) |
PART III COURTS, JUDICIAL OFFICERS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CIVIL CASES |
TITLE III. REMEDIES RELATING TO REAL PROPERTY |
CHAPTER 244. FORECLOSURE AND REDEMPTION OF MORTGAGES |
SECTION 1. Foreclosure by entry or action; continued possession |
SECTION 2. Entry without judgment; memorandum or certificate; recording |
SECTION 3. Declaration by mortgagees; conditional judgment |
SECTION 4. Procedure |
SECTION 5. Form of conditional judgments generally |
SECTION 6. Form in special cases |
SECTION 7. Discharge or release on satisfaction of execution |
SECTION 8. Form of action; parties |
SECTION 9. Right of entry before breach |
SECTION 10. Foreclosure and redemption where entry made before breach |
SECTION 11. Mortgages containing power of sale; court order for sale |
SECTION 12. Procedure after sale |
SECTION 13. Necessary parties |
SECTION 14. Foreclosure under power of sale; procedure; notice; form |
SECTION 14A. Foreclosure database; annual report on developments and trends in residential property foreclosures |
SECTION 15. Copy of notice; affidavit; recording; evidence; effect of legal challenges |
SECTION 15A. Mortgagee taking possession or conveying title; notice |
SECTION 16. Repealed, 1971, 423, Sec. 22 |
SECTION 17. Conveyance by mortgagor; effect |
SECTION 17A. Limitation of actions |
SECTION 17B. Notice of intention to foreclose; necessity; form; notice and affidavit |
SECTION 17C. Waiver of provisions of Secs. 17A and 17B; validity |
SECTION 18. Persons authorized to redeem |
SECTION 19. Tender of payment or performance |
SECTION 20. Accounting |
SECTION 21. Time for tender; suit for redemption |
SECTION 22. Suit without previous tender |
SECTION 23. Amounts not in dispute; order for payment |
SECTION 24. Costs |
SECTION 25. Defective tender |
SECTION 26. Venue |
SECTION 27. Judgment of possession |
SECTION 28. Interest |
SECTION 29. Execution for possession |
SECTION 30. Judgment and execution for balance |
SECTION 31. Distribution of money tendered and paid into court |
SECTION 32. Intervention |
SECTION 33. Survival of right of redemption |
SECTION 34. Tender to guardian or conservator |
SECTION 35. Opening foreclosure; right of redemption |
SECTION 35A. Right of residential real property mortgagor to cure a default; notice required to accelerate maturity of balance; contents of notice; late fees; filing |
SECTION 35B. Requirement of reasonable steps and good faith effort to avoid foreclosure; criteria; notice of right to pursue modified mortgage; recording of affidavit of compliance |
SECTION 35C. Creditor actions in violation of chapter |
SECTION 36. Excess received by mortgagee; recovery |
SECTION 37. Discharge of mortgages held by commonwealth |
SECTION 38. Foreclosure |
SECTION 39. Redemption generally |
SECTION 40. Action for redemption; jurisdiction; process; payments; discharge |
SECTION 41. Inspection of property for presence of abandoned animals |