Massachusetts Chapter 244 — Foreclosure and Redemption of Mortgages
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- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 244, § 1— Foreclosure by entry or action; continued possession
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 244, § 2— Entry without judgment; memorandum or certificate; recording
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 244, § 3— Declaration by mortgagees; conditional judgment
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 244, § 4— Procedure
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 244, § 5— Form of conditional judgments generally
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 244, § 6— Form in special cases
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 244, § 7— Discharge or release on satisfaction of execution
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 244, § 8— Form of action; parties
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 244, § 9— Right of entry before breach
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 244, § 10— Foreclosure and redemption where entry made before breach
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 244, § 11— Mortgages containing power of sale; court order for sale
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 244, § 12— Procedure after sale
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 244, § 13— Necessary parties
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 244, § 14— Foreclosure under power of sale; procedure; notice; form
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 244, § 14A— Foreclosure database; annual report on developments and trends in residential property foreclosures
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 244, § 15— Copy of notice; affidavit; recording; evidence; effect of legal challenges
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 244, § 15A— Mortgagee taking possession or conveying title; notice
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 244, § 16— Repealed, 1971, 423, Sec. 22
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 244, § 17— Conveyance by mortgagor; effect
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 244, § 17A— Limitation of actions
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 244, § 17B— Notice of intention to foreclose; necessity; form; notice and affidavit
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 244, § 17C— Waiver of provisions of Secs. 17A and 17B; validity
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 244, § 18— Persons authorized to redeem
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 244, § 19— Tender of payment or performance
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 244, § 20— Accounting
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 244, § 21— Time for tender; suit for redemption
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 244, § 22— Suit without previous tender
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 244, § 23— Amounts not in dispute; order for payment
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 244, § 24— Costs
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 244, § 25— Defective tender
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 244, § 26— Venue
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 244, § 27— Judgment of possession
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 244, § 28— Interest
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 244, § 29— Execution for possession
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 244, § 30— Judgment and execution for balance
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 244, § 31— Distribution of money tendered and paid into court
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 244, § 32— Intervention
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 244, § 33— Survival of right of redemption
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 244, § 34— Tender to guardian or conservator
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 244, § 35— Opening foreclosure; right of redemption
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 244, § 35A— Right of residential real property mortgagor to cure a default; notice required to accelerate maturity of balance; contents of notice; late fees; filing
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 244, § 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
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 244, § 35C— Creditor actions in violation of chapter
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 244, § 36— Excess received by mortgagee; recovery
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 244, § 37— Discharge of mortgages held by commonwealth
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 244, § 38— Foreclosure
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 244, § 39— Redemption generally
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 244, § 40— Action for redemption; jurisdiction; process; payments; discharge
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 244, § 41— Inspection of property for presence of abandoned animals
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 244, § 42— Mortgage foreclosures and evictions during federal government shutdown; protections for impacted federal workers