Massachusetts Codes

Selected Massachusetts statute sections, reproduced from the official public-domain source. This list grows as more sections are added.

Chapter 1 — Jurisdiction of the Commonwealth and of the United States11 sections
Chapter 2 — Arms, Great Seal and Other Emblems of the Commonwealth66 sections
Chapter 3 — The General Court83 sections
Chapter 4 — Statutes20 sections
Chapter 6 — The Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Council, Certain Officers Under the Governor and Council, and State Library466 sections
Chapter 6A — Executive Offices87 sections
Chapter 6C — Massachusetts Department of Transportation82 sections
Chapter 6D — Health Policy Commission26 sections
Chapter 6E — Massachusetts Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission14 sections
Chapter 7 — Executive Office for Administration and Finance106 sections
Chapter 7A — Office of the Comptroller21 sections
Chapter 7B — Asset Management Board9 sections
Chapter 7C — Capital Asset Management and Maintenance74 sections
Chapter 7D — Massachusetts Office of Information Technology14 sections
Chapter 8 — State Superintendent of Buildings, and State House28 sections
Chapter 9 — Department of the State Secretary55 sections
Chapter 9A — Address Confidentiality Program7 sections
Chapter 10 — Department of the State Treasurer171 sections
Chapter 11 — Department of the State Auditor10 sections
Chapter 12 — Department of the Attorney General, and the District Attorneys90 sections
Chapter 12A — Office of Inspector General15 sections
Chapter 12C — Center for Health Information and Analysis28 sections
Chapter 13 — Division and Boards of Registration117 sections
Chapter 14 — Department of Revenue14 sections
Chapter 15 — Department of Elementary and Secondary Education37 sections
Chapter 15A — Public Education74 sections
Chapter 15C — Massachusetts College Student Loan Authority36 sections
Chapter 15D — Department of Early Education and Care29 sections
Chapter 15E — Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children19 sections
Chapter 16 — Department of Highways15 sections
Chapter 17 — Department of Public Health28 sections
Chapter 18 — Department of Transitional Assistance53 sections
Chapter 18A — Department of Youth Services10 sections
Chapter 18B — Department of Social Services26 sections
Chapter 18C — Office of the Child Advocate15 sections
Chapter 19 — Department of Mental Health29 sections
Chapter 19A — Department of Elder Affairs46 sections
Chapter 19B — Department of Developmental Services22 sections
Chapter 19C — Disabled Persons Protection Commission15 sections
Chapter 19D — Assisted Living19 sections
Chapter 20 — Department of Food and Agriculture22 sections
Chapter 21 — Department of Environmental Management119 sections
Chapter 21A — Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs68 sections
Chapter 21B — Mining Regulation and Reclamation15 sections
Chapter 21C — Massachusetts Hazardous Waste Management Act28 sections
Chapter 21D — Massachusetts Hazardous Waste Facility Siting Act19 sections
Chapter 21E — Massachusetts Oil and Hazardous Material Release Prevention and Response Act30 sections
Chapter 21F — Coastal Facilities Improvement7 sections
Chapter 21G — Massachusetts Water Management Act20 sections
Chapter 21H — Solid Waste Facilities21 sections
Chapter 21I — Massachusetts Toxics Use Reduction Act24 sections
Chapter 21J — Underground Storage Tank Petroleum Product Cleanup Fund14 sections
Chapter 21K — Mitigation of Hazardous Materials9 sections
Chapter 21L — Environmental Endangerment Act4 sections
Chapter 21M — Vessel Traffic Service9 sections
Chapter 21N — Climate Protection and Green Economy Act14 sections
Chapter 21O — Operation and Removal of Underground Storage Tanks9 sections
Chapter 22 — Division of Professional Licensure Office of Public Safety and Inspections27 sections
Chapter 22A — Missing Persons9 sections
Chapter 22C — The Department of State Police80 sections
Chapter 22D — Department of Fire Services6 sections
Chapter 22E — State Dna Database15 sections
Chapter 23 — Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development38 sections
Chapter 23A — Department of Economic Development74 sections
Chapter 23B — Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities25 sections
Chapter 23D — EMPLOYEE–OWNERSHIP REVOLVING LOAN FUND26 sections
Chapter 23E — Division of Industrial Accidents15 sections
Chapter 23G — The Massachusetts Development Finance Agency54 sections
Chapter 23H — Workforce Development12 sections
Chapter 23I — The Massachusetts Life Sciences Center18 sections
Chapter 23J — Massachusetts Clean Energy Technology Center18 sections
Chapter 23K — THE MASSACHUSETTS GAMING COMMISSION fee or tax; penalties71 sections
Chapter 23L — Local Infrastructure Development Program10 sections
Chapter 23M — Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy3 sections
Chapter 23N — Authorization and Regulation of Sports Wagering24 sections
Chapter 24A — Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation5 sections
Chapter 25 — Department of Public Utilities43 sections
Chapter 25A — Division of Energy Resources31 sections
Chapter 25B — Massachusetts Appliance Efficiency Standards Act10 sections
Chapter 25C — Department of Telecommunications and Cable10 sections
Chapter 26 — Department of Banking and Insurance25 sections
Chapter 27 — Department of Correction8 sections
Chapter 29 — State Finance283 sections
Chapter 29A — Financing of the Judicial System7 sections
Chapter 29C — Massachusetts Clean Water Trust21 sections
Chapter 30 — General Provisions Relative to State Departments, Commissions, Officers and Employees132 sections
Chapter 30A — State Administrative Procedure41 sections
Chapter 30B — Uniform Procurement Act25 sections
Chapter 31 — Civil Service97 sections
Chapter 31A — Municipal Personnel Systems11 sections
Chapter 32 — Retirement Systems and Pensions190 sections
Chapter 32A — Contributory Group General or Blanket Insurance for Persons in the Service of the Commonwealth76 sections
Chapter 32B — Contributory Group General or Blanket Insurance for Persons in the Service of Counties, Cities, Towns and Districts, and Their Dependents52 sections
Chapter 33 — Militia135 sections
Chapter 33A — Massachusetts Code of Military Justice136 sections
Chapter 34 — Counties and County Commissioners34 sections
Chapter 34A — County Charter Procedures21 sections
Chapter 34B — Abolition of County Government23 sections
Chapter 35 — County Treasurers, State Supervision of County Accounts and County Finances85 sections
Chapter 36 — Registers of Deeds48 sections
Chapter 37 — Sheriffs24 sections
Chapter 38 — Medical Examiners and Inquests19 sections
Chapter 39 — Municipal Government27 sections
Chapter 40 — Powers and Duties of Cities and Towns186 sections
Chapter 40A — Zoning24 sections
Chapter 40B — Regional Planning36 sections
Chapter 40C — Historic Districts18 sections
Chapter 40D — Industrial Development of Cities and Towns23 sections
Chapter 40G — Massachusetts Technology Development Corporation16 sections
Chapter 40H — Community Economic Development Assistance Corporation10 sections
Chapter 40J — Massachusetts Technology Park Corporation31 sections
Chapter 40L — Agricultural Incentive Areas10 sections
Chapter 40M — Governmental Units Pooled Insurance17 sections
Chapter 40N — Model Water and Sewer Commission27 sections
Chapter 40O — Business Improvement Districts10 sections
Chapter 40P — The Massachusetts Rent Control Prohibition Act5 sections
Chapter 40Q — District Improvement Financing4 sections
Chapter 40R — Smart Growth Zoning and Housing Production14 sections
Chapter 40S — Smart Growth School Cost Reimbursement4 sections
Chapter 40T — PUBLICLY–ASSISTED AFFORDABLE HOUSING10 sections
Chapter 40U — Municipal Fines18 sections
Chapter 40V — Housing Development Incentive Program5 sections
Chapter 40X — Tourism Destination Marketing Districts11 sections
Chapter 40Y — Starter Home Zoning Districts8 sections
Chapter 41 — Officers and Employees of Cities, Towns and Districts289 sections
Chapter 42 — Boundaries of Cities and Towns12 sections
Chapter 43 — City Charters151 sections
Chapter 43A — Standard Form of Representative Town Meeting Government12 sections
Chapter 43B — Home Rule Procedures21 sections
Chapter 43C — Optional Forms of Municipal Administration Act15 sections
Chapter 43D — Expedited Permitting17 sections
Chapter 43E — Expedited State Permitting8 sections
Chapter 44 — Municipal Finance117 sections
Chapter 44A — Qualified Bond Act13 sections
Chapter 44B — Community Preservation17 sections
Chapter 45 — Public Parks, Playgrounds and the Public Domain31 sections
Chapter 46 — Return and Registry of Births, Marriages and Deaths59 sections
Chapter 47 — Infirmaries12 sections
Chapter 48 — Fires, Fire Departments and Fire Districts109 sections
Chapter 49 — Fences, Fence Viewers, Pounds and Field Drivers42 sections
Chapter 50 — General Provisions Relative to Primaries, Caucuses and Elections10 sections
Chapter 51 — Voters97 sections
Chapter 52 — Political Committees11 sections
Chapter 53 — Nominations, Questions to Be Submitted to the Voters, Primaries and Caucuses143 sections
Chapter 54 — Elections201 sections
Chapter 55 — Disclosure and Regulation of Campaign Expenditures and Contributions62 sections
Chapter 55B — The State Ballot Law Commission12 sections
Chapter 55C — Limited Public Financing of Campaigns for Statewide Elective Office13 sections
Chapter 56 — Violations of Election Laws65 sections
Chapter 57 — Congressional, Councillor and Senatorial Districts, and Apportionment of Representatives6 sections
Chapter 58 — General Provisions Relative to Taxation51 sections
Chapter 58A — Appellate Tax Board23 sections
Chapter 59 — Assessment of Local Taxes143 sections
Chapter 60 — Collection of Local Taxes138 sections
Chapter 60A — Excise Tax on Registered Motor Vehicles in Lieu of Local Tax11 sections
Chapter 60B — Excise on Boats, Ships and Vessels in Lieu of Local Property Tax6 sections
Chapter 61 — Classification and Taxation of Forest Lands and Forest Products9 sections
Chapter 61A — Assessment and Taxation of Agricultural and Horticultural Land27 sections
Chapter 61B — Classification and Taxation of Recreational Land19 sections
Chapter 62 — Taxation of Incomes56 sections
Chapter 62B — Withholding of Taxes on Wages and Declaration of Estimated Income Tax17 sections
Chapter 62C — Administrative Provisions Relative to State Taxation126 sections
Chapter 62D — SET–OFF DEBT COLLECTION17 sections
Chapter 62E — Wage Reporting System18 sections
Chapter 62F — Limitation on the Growth of State Tax Revenues9 sections
Chapter 63 — Taxation of Corporations143 sections
Chapter 63A — Taxation of Certain Corporations, Associations and Organizations Engaged in the Sale of Alcoholic Beverages3 sections
Chapter 63B — Declaration of Estimated Tax By Corporations13 sections
Chapter 63D — Taxation of Pass-Through Entities7 sections
Chapter 64A — Taxation of Sales of Gasoline15 sections
Chapter 64C — Cigarette Excise48 sections
Chapter 64D — Excise on Deeds, Instruments and Writings18 sections
Chapter 64E — Taxation of Special Fuels Used in the Propulsion of Motor Vehicles13 sections
Chapter 64F — Taxation of Fuel and Special Fuels Acquired Outside and Used Within the Commonwealth14 sections
Chapter 64G — Room Occupancy Excise22 sections
Chapter 64H — Tax on Retail Sales of Certain Tangible Personal Property31 sections
Chapter 64I — Tax on the Storage, Use or Other Consumption of Certain Tangible Personal Property24 sections
Chapter 64J — Taxation of Fuels Used in the Propulsion of Aircraft14 sections
Chapter 64L — Local Option Meals Excise6 sections
Chapter 64M — Taxation of Direct Broadcast Satellite Service6 sections
Chapter 64N — Marijuana Tax5 sections
Chapter 65A — Taxation of Transfers of Certain Estates7 sections
Chapter 65B — Settlement of Disputes Respecting the Domicile of Decedents for Death Tax Purposes7 sections
Chapter 65C — Massachusetts Estate Tax23 sections
Chapter 66 — Public Records34 sections
Chapter 66A — Fair Information Practices3 sections
Chapter 67 — Parishes and Religious Societies55 sections
Chapter 68 — Donations and Conveyances for Pious and Charitable Uses36 sections
Chapter 68A — Limitations Upon the Conduct of Certain Trusts and Corporations Having Charitable Interests8 sections
Chapter 69 — Powers and Duties of the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education47 sections
Chapter 70 — School Funds and State Aid for Public Schools19 sections
Chapter 70B — School Building Assistance Program24 sections
Chapter 71 — Public Schools223 sections
Chapter 71A — English Language Education in Public Schools14 sections
Chapter 71B — Children With Special Needs28 sections
Chapter 72 — School Registers and Returns10 sections
Chapter 73 — State Colleges and Community Colleges32 sections
Chapter 74 — Vocational Education93 sections
Chapter 75 — University of Massachusetts72 sections
Chapter 76 — School Attendance31 sections
Chapter 78 — Libraries45 sections
Chapter 79 — Eminent Domain64 sections
Chapter 79A — Relocation Assistance15 sections
Chapter 80 — Betterments20 sections
Chapter 80A — Eminent Domain Takings and Betterment Assessments By Judicial Proceedings16 sections
Chapter 81 — State Highways52 sections
Chapter 82 — The Laying Out, Alteration, Relocation and Discontinuance of Public Ways, and Specific Repairs Thereon48 sections
Chapter 82A — Excavation and Trench Safety5 sections
Chapter 83 — Sewers, Drains and Sidewalks49 sections
Chapter 84 — Repair of Ways and Bridges31 sections
Chapter 85 — REGULATIONS AND BY–LAWS RELATIVE TO WAYS AND BRIDGES56 sections
Chapter 86 — Boundaries of Highways and Other Public Places, and Encroachments Thereon7 sections
Chapter 87 — Shade Trees14 sections
Chapter 88 — Ferries, Canals and Public Landings19 sections
Chapter 89 — Law of the Road22 sections
Chapter 90 — Motor Vehicles and Aircraft287 sections
Chapter 90A — The Highway Safety Act7 sections
Chapter 90B — Motorboats, Other Vessels and Recreational Vehicles64 sections
Chapter 90C — Procedure for Motor Vehicle Offenses13 sections
Chapter 90D — Motor Vehicle Certificates of Title49 sections
Chapter 90E — Bikeways4 sections
Chapter 90F — Uniform Operation of Commercial Motor Vehicles Act16 sections
Chapter 90H — Gateway Roads Program5 sections
Chapter 90I — Complete Streets Program4 sections
Chapter 90J — Counterfeit Airbag Prohibition2 sections
Chapter 90K — Automated Enforcement of Bus Stops and Bus Lanes9 sections
Chapter 91 — Waterways85 sections
Chapter 92 — Metropolitan Sewers, Water and Parks66 sections
Chapter 92B — Commonwealth Zoological Corporation12 sections
Chapter 93 — Regulation of Trade and Certain Enterprises169 sections
Chapter 93A — Regulation of Business Practices for Consumers Protection11 sections
Chapter 93B — Regulation of Business Practices Between Motor Vehicle Manufacturers, Distributors and Dealers19 sections
Chapter 93D — Control of Outdoor Advertising Adjacent to the Interstate and Primary Highway Systems8 sections
Chapter 93E — Regulation of Dealers' Agreements for the Sale of Gasoline15 sections
Chapter 93F — Regulation of Certain Business Practices Between Motion Picture Distributors and Exhibitors4 sections
Chapter 93G — Equipment Dealers11 sections
Chapter 93H — Security Breaches7 sections
Chapter 93I — Dispositions and Destruction of Records3 sections
Chapter 93K — Automotive Repair6 sections
Chapter 93L — Student Loan Servicers9 sections
Chapter 94 — Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles455 sections
Chapter 94A — Milk Control30 sections
Chapter 94B — Hazardous Substances10 sections
Chapter 94C — Controlled Substances Act85 sections
Chapter 94D — Controlled Substances Therapeutic Research Act3 sections
Chapter 94E — Provisions Concerning Certain Tobacco Manufacturers2 sections
Chapter 94F — Complementary Provisions Concerning Tobacco Product Manufacturers6 sections
Chapter 94G — Regulation of the Use and Distribution of Marijuana Not Medically Prescribed23 sections
Chapter 94H — Drug Stewardship Program6 sections
Chapter 94I — Medical Use of Marijuana8 sections
Chapter 95 — Measuring of Leather5 sections
Chapter 96 — Measurement of Lumber7 sections
Chapter 97 — Surveying of Land14 sections
Chapter 98 — Weights and Measures69 sections
Chapter 99 — The Metric System of Weights and Measures5 sections
Chapter 100 — Auctioneers16 sections
Chapter 100A — Motor Vehicle Damage Repair Shops15 sections
Chapter 101 — Transient Vendors, Hawkers and Pedlers40 sections
Chapter 102 — Shipping and Seamen, Harbors and Harbor Masters28 sections
Chapter 103 — Pilots24 sections
Chapter 104 — Agents, Consignees and Factors9 sections
Chapter 104A — Consignment of Fine Art7 sections
Chapter 105 — Public Warehouses19 sections
Chapter 105A — SELF–SERVICE STORAGE FACILITIES9 sections
Chapter 107 — Money and Registration, Issuance and Redemption of Bonds and Other Securities, Facsimile Signatures10 sections
Chapter 108 — Criminal Offences Relative to Bills of Lading7 sections
Chapter 108A — Partnerships49 sections
Chapter 109 — Limited Partnership69 sections
Chapter 109A — Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act13 sections
Chapter 110 — Labels, Trade Marks, Names and Registration Thereof23 sections
Chapter 110A — Uniform Securities Act31 sections
Chapter 110C — REGULATION OF TAKE–OVER BIDS IN THE ACQUISITION OF CORPORATIONS13 sections
Chapter 110D — Regulation of Control Share Acquisitions8 sections
Chapter 110E — Regulation of Control Share Acquisitions of Foreign Corporations7 sections
Chapter 110F — Business Combinations With Interested Shareholders4 sections
Chapter 110G — Uniform Electronic Transactions18 sections
Chapter 110H — Registration and Protection of Trademarks17 sections
Chapter 111 — Public Health528 sections
Chapter 111B — Alcoholism15 sections
Chapter 111C — Emergency Medical Services System28 sections
Chapter 111D — Clinical Laboratories15 sections
Chapter 111E — Drug Rehabilitation20 sections
Chapter 111F — Hazardous Substances Disclosure By Employers21 sections
Chapter 111G — Early Childhood Intervention Services6 sections
Chapter 111H — MASSACHUSETTS LOW–LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT ACT48 sections
Chapter 111I — Women'S, Infants and Children Program7 sections
Chapter 111J — Alcohol and Drug Counselors; Recovery Coaches9 sections
Chapter 111K — Catastrophic Illness in Children Relief Fund Commission11 sections
Chapter 111L — Biotechnology10 sections
Chapter 111M — Individual Health Coverage5 sections
Chapter 111N — Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Manufacturer Conduct9 sections
Chapter 111O — Mobile Integrated Health Care4 sections
Chapter 112 — Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations594 sections
Chapter 112A — Nurse Licensure Compact18 sections
Chapter 113 — Promotion of Anatomical Science6 sections
Chapter 113A — Uniform Anatomical Gift Act25 sections
Chapter 114 — Cemeteries and Burials79 sections
Chapter 115 — Veterans' Benefits33 sections
Chapter 115A — Soldiers' Homes19 sections
Chapter 115B — Office of the Veteran Advocate4 sections
Chapter 117A — Support By the Commonwealth10 sections
Chapter 118 — Aid to Families With Dependent Children23 sections
Chapter 118A — Assistance to the Aged and Disabled9 sections
Chapter 118C — Coverage of Certain Employees Under the Federal Social Security Act10 sections
Chapter 118E — Division of Medical Assistance145 sections
Chapter 118I — Health Information Technology16 sections
Chapter 119 — Protection and Care of Children, and Proceedings Against Them98 sections
Chapter 119A — Child Support Enforcement25 sections
Chapter 120 — Department of Youth Services and Massachusetts Training Schools33 sections
Chapter 120A — Interstate Compact on Juveniles20 sections
Chapter 121A — Urban Redevelopment Corporations28 sections
Chapter 121B — Housing and Urban Renewal86 sections
Chapter 121C — Economic Development and Industrial Corporations18 sections
Chapter 121D — Affordable Housing Trust Fund5 sections
Chapter 121E — Housing Innovations Trust Fund6 sections
Chapter 121F — Housing Stabilization and Investment Trust Fund6 sections
Chapter 121G — Capital Improvement and Preservation Trust Fund5 sections
Chapter 121H — Supportive Housing Pool Fund4 sections
Chapter 122 — Tewksbury Hospital19 sections
Chapter 123 — Mental Health44 sections
Chapter 123A — Care, Treatment and Rehabilitation of Sexually Dangerous Persons12 sections
Chapter 123B — Mental Retardation17 sections
Chapter 124 — Powers and Duties of the Department of Correction9 sections
Chapter 125 — Correctional Institutions of the Commonwealth21 sections
Chapter 126 — Jails, Houses of Correction and Reformation, and County Industrial Farms38 sections
Chapter 127 — Officers and Inmates of Penal and Reformatory Institutions. Paroles and Pardons214 sections
Chapter 128 — Agriculture151 sections
Chapter 128A — Horse and Dog Racing Meetings35 sections
Chapter 128C — Simulcast Wagering of Horse and Dog Racing15 sections
Chapter 129 — Livestock Disease Control81 sections
Chapter 130 — Marine Fish and Fisheries118 sections
Chapter 131 — Inland Fisheries and Game and Other Natural Resources133 sections
Chapter 131A — Massachusetts Endangered Species Act7 sections
Chapter 131B — Interstate Wildlife Violator Compact11 sections
Chapter 132 — Forestry51 sections
Chapter 132A — State Recreation Areas Outside of the Metropolitan Parks District45 sections
Chapter 132B — Massachusetts Pesticide Control Act31 sections
Chapter 133 — Disposition of Old and Infirm Animals4 sections
Chapter 134 — Lost Goods and Stray Beasts7 sections
Chapter 135 — Unclaimed and Abandoned Property9 sections
Chapter 136 — Observance of a Common Day of Rest and Legal Holidays17 sections
Chapter 137 — Gaming7 sections
Chapter 138 — Alcoholic Liquors135 sections
Chapter 139 — Common Nuisances23 sections
Chapter 140 — Licenses356 sections
Chapter 140B — Control of Certain Junkyards10 sections
Chapter 140D — Consumer Credit Cost Disclosure39 sections
Chapter 141 — Supervision of Electricians13 sections
Chapter 142 — Supervision of Plumbing29 sections
Chapter 142A — Regulation of Home Improvement Contractors21 sections
Chapter 143 — Inspection and Regulation of, and Licenses for, Buildings, Elevators and Cinematographs110 sections
Chapter 144 — Tenement Houses in Cities6 sections
Chapter 145 — Tenement Houses in Towns7 sections
Chapter 146 — Inspection of Boilers, Air Tanks, Etc. Licenses of Engineers, Firemen, and Operators of Hoisting Machinery108 sections
Chapter 147 — State and Other Police, and Certain Powers and Duties of the Office of Public Safety and Inspections of the Division of Professional Licensure76 sections
Chapter 148 — Fire Prevention101 sections
Chapter 148A — Code Enforcement Officer5 sections
Chapter 149 — Labor and Industries329 sections
Chapter 149A — Public Construction Alternative Delivery Methods21 sections
Chapter 150 — Conciliation and Arbitration of Industrial Disputes12 sections
Chapter 150A — Labor Relations21 sections
Chapter 150B — Peaceful Settlement of Industrial Disputes Dangerous to Public Health and Safety8 sections
Chapter 150C — Collective Bargaining Agreements to Arbitrate16 sections
Chapter 150E — Labor Relations: Public Employees17 sections
Chapter 150F — Transportation Network Drivers Unionization and Collective Bargaining12 sections
Chapter 151 — Minimum Fair Wages22 sections
Chapter 151A — Unemployment Insurance136 sections
Chapter 151B — Unlawful Discrimination Because of Race, Color, Religious Creed, National Origin, Ancestry or Sex12 sections
Chapter 151C — Fair Educational Practices7 sections
Chapter 151D — Health, Welfare and Retirement Funds19 sections
Chapter 151E — Prohibition of Certain Discrimination By Businesses6 sections
Chapter 152 — Workers' Compensation184 sections
Chapter 153 — Liability of Employers to Employees for Injuries Not Resulting in Death9 sections
Chapter 154 — Assignment of Wages8 sections
Chapter 155 — General Provisions Relative to Corporations46 sections
Chapter 156 — Business Corporations64 sections
Chapter 156A — Professional Corporations19 sections
Chapter 156B — Certain Business Corporations126 sections
Chapter 156C — Limited Liability Company Act73 sections
Chapter 156D — Business Corporations222 sections
Chapter 156E — Benefit Corporations16 sections
Chapter 157 — CO–OPERATIVE CORPORATIONS20 sections
Chapter 157A — Employee Cooperative Corporations11 sections
Chapter 157B — Cooperative Housing Corporations13 sections
Chapter 158 — Certain Miscellaneous Corporations54 sections
Chapter 159 — Common Carriers101 sections
Chapter 159A — Common Carriers of Passengers By Motor Vehicle22 sections
Chapter 159B — Carriers of Property By Motor Vehicle36 sections
Chapter 159C — Telemarketing Solicitation15 sections
Chapter 160 — Railroads273 sections
Chapter 161 — Street Railways167 sections
Chapter 161A — Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority60 sections
Chapter 161B — Transportation Facilities, Highway Systems and Urban Development Plans29 sections
Chapter 161C — Rail Transportation in the Commonwealth8 sections
Chapter 161D — The Massachusetts Intercity Bus Capital Assistance Program6 sections
Chapter 162 — Electric Railroads18 sections
Chapter 163 — Trackless Trolley Companies13 sections
Chapter 164 — Manufacture and Sale of Gas and Electricity267 sections
Chapter 164A — New England Power Pool27 sections
Chapter 164B — Regulation of Steam Distribution Companies4 sections
Chapter 165 — Water and Aqueduct Companies40 sections
Chapter 166 — Telephone and Telegraph Companies, and Lines for the Transmission of Electricity76 sections
Chapter 166A — Community Antenna Television Systems23 sections
Chapter 167 — Supervision of Banks88 sections
Chapter 167A — Bank Holding Companies10 sections
Chapter 167B — Electronic Branches and Electronic Fund Transfers25 sections
Chapter 167C — Bank Locations15 sections
Chapter 167D — Deposits and Accounts23 sections
Chapter 167E — Mortgages and Loans11 sections
Chapter 167F — Investments and Other Powers11 sections
Chapter 167G — Trust Department9 sections
Chapter 167H — Mutual Holding Companies12 sections
Chapter 167I — Corporate Bank Transactions: Mergers, Consolidations, Purchase of Assets and Conversions18 sections
Chapter 167J — Corporate Governance Provisions and Requirements21 sections
Chapter 168 — Savings Banks36 sections
Chapter 169 — Receipts of Deposits for Transmittal to Foreign Countries16 sections
Chapter 169A — Licensing of Check Cashers13 sections
Chapter 169B — Regulation of Money Transmission11 sections
Chapter 170 — CO–OPERATIVE BANKS29 sections
Chapter 171 — Credit Unions98 sections
Chapter 172 — Trust Companies17 sections
Chapter 174A — Regulation of Rates for Fire, Marine and Inland Marine Insurance, and Rating Organizations20 sections
Chapter 174B — Regulation of Automobile Clubs12 sections
Chapter 174C — Vehicle Protection Product Warranties Act6 sections
Chapter 175 — Insurance653 sections
Chapter 175A — Regulation of Rates for Certain Casualty Insurance, Including Fidelity, Surety and Guaranty Bonds, and for All Other Forms of Motor Vehicle Insurance, and Regulation of Rating Organizations24 sections
Chapter 175B — Unauthorized Insurer'S Process Act7 sections
Chapter 175C — Urban Area Insurance Placement10 sections
Chapter 175D — Massachusetts Insurers Insolvency Fund2 sections
Chapter 175E — Regulation of Rates for Motor Vehicle Insurance15 sections
Chapter 175F — MEDICAL MALPRACTICE SELF–INSURANCE TRUST FUNDS18 sections
Chapter 175G — The Pollution Liability Reinsurance Corporation7 sections
Chapter 175H — False Health Care Claims8 sections
Chapter 175I — Insurance Information and Privacy Protection22 sections
Chapter 175J — Administrative Supervision and Hazardous Financial Conditions of Insurities10 sections
Chapter 175K — Interstate Insurance Compact16 sections
Chapter 175L — Certificate of Insurance6 sections
Chapter 175M — Family and Medical Leave11 sections
Chapter 176 — Fraternal Benefit Societies59 sections
Chapter 176A — NON–PROFIT HOSPITAL SERVICE CORPORATIONS105 sections
Chapter 176B — Medical Service Corporations95 sections
Chapter 176C — NON–PROFIT MEDICAL SERVICE PLANS18 sections
Chapter 176D — Unfair Methods of Competition and Unfair and Deceptive Acts and Practices in the Business of Insurance16 sections
Chapter 176E — Dental Service Corporations20 sections
Chapter 176F — Optometric Service Corporations17 sections
Chapter 176G — Health Maintenance Organizations91 sections
Chapter 176H — Legal Services Plans21 sections
Chapter 176I — Preferred Provider Arrangements15 sections
Chapter 176J — Small Group Health Insurance18 sections
Chapter 176K — Medicare Supplement Insurance Plans9 sections
Chapter 176L — Risk Retention and Risk Purchasing Groups14 sections
Chapter 176M — Nongroup Health Insurance7 sections
Chapter 176N — Portability of Health Insurance4 sections
Chapter 176O — Health Insurance Consumer Protections38 sections
Chapter 176P — Limited Societies65 sections
Chapter 176Q — Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector19 sections
Chapter 176R — Consumer Choice of Nurse Practitioner Services6 sections
Chapter 176S — Consumer Choice of Physician Assistant Services6 sections
Chapter 176T — RISK–BEARING PROVIDER ORGANIZATIONS9 sections
Chapter 176U — LONG–TERM CARE INSURANCE9 sections
Chapter 176V — Own Risk and Solvency Assessment9 sections
Chapter 176W — Corporate Governance Annual Disclosure8 sections
Chapter 176X — Dental Benefit Plans4 sections
Chapter 176Y — Licensing and Regulation of Pharmacy Benefit Managers4 sections
Chapter 179 — Proprietors of Wharves, Real Estate Lying in Common, and General Fields40 sections
Chapter 180 — Corporations for Charitable and Certain Other Purposes59 sections
Chapter 180A — Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds9 sections
Chapter 182 — Voluntary Associations and Certain Trusts17 sections
Chapter 183 — Alienation of Land85 sections
Chapter 183A — Condominiums26 sections
Chapter 183B — REAL ESTATE TIME–SHARES60 sections
Chapter 183C — Predatory Home Loan Practices19 sections
Chapter 184 — General Provisions Relative to Real Property43 sections
Chapter 184A — Statutory Rule Against Perpetuities7 sections
Chapter 184B — Short Form Terms for Wills and Trusts4 sections
Chapter 185 — The Land Court and Registration of Title to Land125 sections
Chapter 185C — Housing Court Department26 sections
Chapter 186 — Estates for Years and At Will41 sections
Chapter 186A — Tenant Protections in Foreclosed Properties6 sections
Chapter 187 — Easements6 sections
Chapter 188 — Homesteads16 sections
Chapter 190B — Massachusetts Uniform Probate Code348 sections
Chapter 191 — Wills3 sections
Chapter 191B — Uniform Statutory Will Act15 sections
Chapter 194 — Public Administrators17 sections
Chapter 196A — Registration of Securities of Deceased1 section
Chapter 198 — Insolvent Estates of Deceased Persons4 sections
Chapter 199 — SETTLEMENT OF ESTATES OF DECEASED NON–RESIDENTS5 sections
Chapter 200 — Settlement of Estates of Absentees14 sections
Chapter 200A — Disposition of Unclaimed Property40 sections
Chapter 200B — Disposition of Museum Property8 sections
Chapter 201A — Uniform Transfers to Minors Act24 sections
Chapter 201D — Health Care Proxies17 sections
Chapter 201F — Caregiver Authorization Affidavits6 sections
Chapter 202 — Sales, Mortgages and Leases of Real Estate By Executors, Administrators, Guardians and Conservators40 sections
Chapter 203 — Trusts13 sections
Chapter 203A — Uniform Common Trust Fund Act7 sections
Chapter 203B — Uniform Custodial Trust Act19 sections
Chapter 203C — Prudent Investment11 sections
Chapter 203D — Principal and Income30 sections
Chapter 203E — Massachusetts Uniform Trust Code90 sections
Chapter 204 — General Provisions Relative to Sales, Mortgages, Releases, Compromises, Etc., By Executors, Etc30 sections
Chapter 205 — Bonds of Executors, Administrators, Guardians, Conservators, Trustees and Receivers31 sections
Chapter 206 — Accounts and Settlements of Executors, Administrators, Guardians, Conservators, Trustees and Receivers21 sections
Chapter 207 — Marriage59 sections
Chapter 208 — Divorce71 sections
Chapter 209 — Husband and Wife36 sections
Chapter 209A — Abuse Prevention17 sections
Chapter 209B — Massachusetts Child Custody Jurisdiction Act15 sections
Chapter 209C — Nonmarital Children and Parentage of Children46 sections
Chapter 209D — Uniform Interstate Family Support Act77 sections
Chapter 210 — Adoption of Children and Change of Names30 sections
Chapter 211 — The Supreme Judicial Court35 sections
Chapter 211A — Appeals Court17 sections
Chapter 211B — Trial Court of the Commonwealth31 sections
Chapter 211C — Commission on Judicial Conduct11 sections
Chapter 211D — Committee for Public Counsel Services21 sections
Chapter 211E — Massachusetts Sentencing Commission4 sections
Chapter 211F — Office of Community Corrections8 sections
Chapter 212 — The Superior Court34 sections
Chapter 213 — Provisions Common to the Supreme Judicial and Superior Courts16 sections
Chapter 214 — Equity Jurisdiction28 sections
Chapter 215 — Probate Courts78 sections
Chapter 217 — Judges and Registers of Probate and Insolvency71 sections
Chapter 218 — District Courts102 sections
Chapter 220 — Courts and Naturalization20 sections
Chapter 221 — Clerks, Attorneys and Other Officers of Judicial Courts148 sections
Chapter 221A — The Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation Act12 sections
Chapter 221B — Child Support Hearing Officers11 sections
Chapter 221C — Court Interpreters for the Trial Court7 sections
Chapter 222 — Justices of the Peace, Notaries Public and Commissioners31 sections
Chapter 223 — Commencement of Actions, Service of Process137 sections
Chapter 223A — Jurisdiction of Courts of the Commonwealth Over Persons in Other States and Countries11 sections
Chapter 224 — Arrest on Mesne Process and Supplementary Proceedings in Civil Actions23 sections
Chapter 227 — Proceedings Against Absent Defendants and Upon Insufficient Service16 sections
Chapter 228 — Survival of Actions and Death and Disabilities of Parties18 sections
Chapter 229 — Actions for Death and Injuries Resulting in Death14 sections
Chapter 230 — Actions By and Against Executors and Administrators13 sections
Chapter 231 — Pleading and Practice163 sections
Chapter 231A — Procedure for Declaratory Judgments9 sections
Chapter 231B — Contribution Among Joint Tortfeasors4 sections
Chapter 231C — Structured Settlement Contracts5 sections
Chapter 232A — Tender3 sections
Chapter 233 — Witnesses and Evidence126 sections
Chapter 234A — Office of Jury Commissioner for the Commonwealth92 sections
Chapter 235 — Judgment and Execution54 sections
Chapter 236 — Levy of Executions on Land56 sections
Chapter 237 — Writs of Entry44 sections
Chapter 239 — Summary Process for Possession of Land20 sections
Chapter 240 — Proceedings for Settlement of Title to Land33 sections
Chapter 241 — Partition of Land37 sections
Chapter 242 — Waste and Trespass11 sections
Chapter 243 — Actions for Private Nuisances6 sections
Chapter 244 — Foreclosure and Redemption of Mortgages50 sections
Chapter 245 — Informations By the Commonwealth12 sections
Chapter 246 — Trustee Process87 sections
Chapter 247 — Replevin22 sections
Chapter 248 — Habeas Corpus and Personal Liberty40 sections
Chapter 249 — Audita Querela, Certiorari, Mandamus and Quo Warranto8 sections
Chapter 250 — Writs of Error, Vacating Judgment, Writs of Review2 sections
Chapter 251 — Uniform Arbitration Act for Commercial Disputes20 sections
Chapter 252 — Improvement of Low Land and Swamps33 sections
Chapter 253 — Mills, Dams and Reservoirs65 sections
Chapter 254 — Liens on Buildings and Land39 sections
Chapter 255 — Mortgages, Conditional Sales and Pledges of Personal Property, and Liens Thereon50 sections
Chapter 255B — Retail Instalment Sales of Motor Vehicles30 sections
Chapter 255C — Insurance Premium Finance Agencies24 sections
Chapter 255D — Retail Installment Sales and Services39 sections
Chapter 255E — Licensing of Certain Mortgage Lenders and Brokers12 sections
Chapter 255F — Licensing of Mortgage Loan Originators19 sections
Chapter 256 — Recognizances for Debts9 sections
Chapter 257 — Seizure and Libelling of Forfeited Property15 sections
Chapter 258 — Claims and Indemnity Procedure for the Commonwealth, Its Municipalities, Counties and Districts and the Officers and Employees Thereof15 sections
Chapter 258B — Rights of Victims and Witnesses of Crime13 sections
Chapter 258C — Compensation of Victims of Violent Crimes15 sections
Chapter 258D — Compensation for Certain Erroneous Felony Convictions9 sections
Chapter 258E — Harassment Prevention Orders15 sections
Chapter 258F — Certification for Victims of Violent Crime and Human Trafficking4 sections
Chapter 259 — Prevention of Frauds and Perjuries6 sections
Chapter 260 — Limitation of Actions47 sections
Chapter 261 — Costs in Civil Actions37 sections
Chapter 262 — Fees of Certain Officers78 sections
Chapter 263 — Rights of Persons Accused of Crime13 sections
Chapter 263A — Witness Protection in Criminal Matters13 sections
Chapter 264 — Crimes Against Governments26 sections
Chapter 265 — Crimes Against the Person96 sections
Chapter 266 — Crimes Against Property218 sections
Chapter 267 — Forgery and Crimes Against the Currency31 sections
Chapter 267A — Money Laundering4 sections
Chapter 268 — Crimes Against Public Justice52 sections
Chapter 268A — Conduct of Public Officials and Employees37 sections
Chapter 268B — Financial Disclosure By Certain Public Officials and Employees8 sections
Chapter 269 — Crimes Against Public Peace45 sections
Chapter 270 — Crimes Against Public Health34 sections
Chapter 271 — Crimes Against Public Policy66 sections
Chapter 271A — Enterprise Crime3 sections
Chapter 272 — Crimes Against Chastity, Morality, Decency and Good Order146 sections
Chapter 273 — DESERTION, NON–SUPPORT AND ILLEGITIMACY21 sections
Chapter 274 — Felonies, Accessories and Attempts to Commit Crimes8 sections
Chapter 275 — Proceedings to Prevent Crimes18 sections
Chapter 276 — Search Warrants, Rewards, Fugitives From Justice, Arrest, Examination, Commitment and Bail. Probation Officers and Board of Probation182 sections
Chapter 276A — District Court Pretrial Diversion of Selected Offenders10 sections
Chapter 276B — Restorative Justice5 sections
Chapter 277 — Indictments and Proceedings Before Trial86 sections
Chapter 277B — Statewide Grand Jury8 sections
Chapter 278 — Trials and Proceedings Before Judgment43 sections
Chapter 278A — Post Conviction Access to Forensic and Scientific Analysis18 sections
Chapter 279 — Judgment and Execution67 sections
Chapter 280 — Fines and Forfeitures19 sections
Chapter 281 — The General Laws and Their Effect10 sections
Chapter 282 — Express Repeal of Certain Acts and Resolves1 section