Massachusetts Chapter 223 — Commencement of Actions, Service of Process

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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 1— Transitory actions; general provisions
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 2— Transitory actions; district courts
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 2A— Consolidation of pending actions arising out of same accident or transaction
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 2B— Actions arising out of same accident or transaction pending in both superior and district courts; transfer to superior court
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 2C— Actions arising out of same accident or transaction; procedure after transfer
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 3— Transitory actions; enumeration
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 4— Replevin actions
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 5— Actions by the commonwealth
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 6— Counties; actions by or against
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 7— Defective ways, etc.; negligence actions
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 8— Corporations; actions by or against
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 8A— Reciprocal or inter-insurance exchange; transitory actions by or against subscribers
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 9— Transitory actions by or against city of Boston
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 10— Actions by city of Boston; transfer from county of Suffolk
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 11— Executors or administrators; transitory actions by or against
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 12— Land title actions
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 13— Change of venue
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 14— Forfeitures
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 15— Erroneous venue; procedure
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 19— Unknown defendant; procedure
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 19A— Repealed, 1973, 1114, Sec. 86
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 20— Process; issuance
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 23— Repealed, 1975, 377, Sec. 26
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 24— Repealed, 1973, 1114, Sec. 87
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 25— Repealed, 1975, 377, Sec. 26
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 31— Summons; leaving at last known address, etc
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 31A— Summons; service upon persons engaged in voting
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 32— Repealed, 1975, 377, Sec. 28
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 33— Repealed, 1973, 1114, Sec. 91
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 34— Further notice to absent defendant
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 35— Process; duty of officer to state place of service in return
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 36— Repealed, 1975, 377, Sec. 28
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 37— Corporations; persons authorized to be served
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 38— Foreign corporations
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 39— Foreign insurance company; manner of service
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 39A— Service on certain insurance companies severally, or jointly and severally, liable
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 39B— Reciprocal or inter-insurance exchange; service on attorney in fact of subscribers
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 40— Voluntary associations, service on
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 41— Repealed, 1973, 1114, Sec. 93
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 42— Property subject to attachment
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 42A— Amount liquidated or ascertainable by calculation; limitation on attachment
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 43— Cars and vessels; attachment
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 44— Ships or vessels; conditions precedent
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 44A— Motor vehicles; conditions precedent
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 45— Property of newspaper offices
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 45A— Attaching officer; powers to require security
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 46— Repealed, 1975, 377, Sec. 33
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 47— Successive attachments on different writs
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 48— Keeper; appointment; costs
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 49— Attached personalty; keeping on owner's premises
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 50— Bulky goods
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 51— Repealed, 2001, 26, Sec. 44
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 52— Personalty; attachment of proceeds of sale
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 53— Further attachment of replevied property
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 54— Replevin; liability of plaintiff for value
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 55— Death or removal of first attaching officer
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 56— Death or removal of first attaching officer; procedure in subsequent attachment
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 57— Replevied property; mode of attaching
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 58— Death of attaching officer; continuance of attachment
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 59— Duration of attachment after judgment
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 62— General provisions
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 63— Copy of writ; deposit in registry of deeds
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 64— Attaching officer; duty
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 65— Register; duty; fees
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 66— Attachment; time of taking effect
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 67— Fraudulently conveyed realty; general provisions
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 68— Fraudulently conveyed realty; duty of register
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 69— Papers in actions in federal courts; duties of registers
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 70— Encumbered realty
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 71— Attachment of shares of stock prohibited
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 72— Attachment of property in possession of bailee; limitation
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 73— Carrier or warehouseman; property in possession
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 74— Mortgaged or sold under conditional sales contract
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 75— Mortgagee, lienor, or conditional vendor; duty to state account
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 76— Excessive demands; penalty
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 77— Proceeds of sale; payment of creditors
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 78— Redemption of mortgage; duty of debtor to repay redemption price
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 79— Holder of encumbrance; summoning; examination
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 80— Amount due; determination
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 81— Validity of mortgage; determination
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 82— Creditor to retain amount paid by him
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 83— Creditor; right to hold property until repaid upon failure to recover judgment
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 83A— Application of Secs. 74 to 83
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 84— Insufficient service of process; dismissal of action or further service
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 86A— Equitable attachments; allowance after entry of judgment
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 87— Sale of attached personal property
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 88— Perishable property; appraisal and sale
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 89— Perishable property; appraisal and sale; proceedings
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 90— Absent defendant; notice
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 91— Appraisers; manner of appointment
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 92— Perishable property; sale after appraisal
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 93— Perishable property; delivery to debtor; condition
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 94— Bond; duty to return with writs
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 95— Action on bond; executions for costs against attaching creditors
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 96— Repealed, 1973, 1114, Sec. 111
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 97— Action on bond; distribution of money by court
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 98— Action on bond; protection of prior attachments
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 99— Action on bond; right of creditor not joining
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 100— Action on bond; limitation
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 101— Creditors; payment and satisfaction
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 102— Appraisal at request of part owner
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 103— Delivery to part owner; conditions precedent
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 104— Pledge of property
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 105— Restoration
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 106— Dissolution of prior attachment: application
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 107— Affidavit and bond
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 108— Dissolution of prior attachment; finding of court
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 109— Dissolution of prior attachment; effect of pleadings
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 110— Dissolution of prior attachment; defences
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 111— Costs; damages
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 112— Proceeding upon appeal
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 113— Judgment; force and effect
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 113A— Method of dissolving, discharging or reducing attachments
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 114— Excessive or unreasonable attachments; manner of reduction or discharge
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 114A— Real estate attachments; expiration by operation of law
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 115— Dissolution of attachment upon exhaustion of appellate review
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 115A— Failure of service upon defendant
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 115B— Repealed, 1975, 377, Sec. 40
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 116— Death of defendant
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 117— Attaching officer; liability for net proceeds
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 118— Liability of creditor for proceeds paid over to him
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 119— Counterclaim
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 120— Dissolution of attachment upon giving of bond
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 121— Bond; hearing before approval
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 122— Debtor's fees and costs
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 123— Debtor's bond; filing
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 124— Release of sureties of insolvent debtor
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 125— Bond to pay value of property
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 126— Fees
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 127— Fraudulently conveyed realty
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 128— Deposit
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 129— Individual property of one defendant
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 129A— Attaching officer; liability for release of attached property
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 130— Dissolution of attachment upon appointment of receiver
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 131— Discharge of receiver
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 132— Dissolution of attachment of real estate upon release by plaintiff
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 133— Persons authorized; approval