Massachusetts Chapter 260 — Limitation of Actions
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- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 260, § 1— Actions requiring commencement within twenty years
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 260, § 2— Contract actions; actions upon judgments or decrees of courts of record
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 260, § 2A— Tort, contract to recover for personal injuries, and replevin actions
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 260, § 2B— Tort actions arising from improvements to real property
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 260, § 2C— Actions for damages, etc. for physical alteration or destruction of fine art
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 260, § 2D— Actions to recover costs of asbestos related corrective actions
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 260, § 2E— Actions against the Dalkon Shield Claimants Trust
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 260, § 2F— Prescription opioids actions
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 260, § 3— Misconduct or negligence of deputies; actions against sheriffs
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 260, § 3A— Claims against commonwealth
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 260, § 4— Certain tort or contract actions for malpractice, error or mistake
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 260, § 4A— Back wages, actions to recover
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 260, § 4B— Hit and run accidents
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 260, § 4C— Sexual abuse of minors
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 260, § 4D— Civil remedies for victims of trafficking of persons for sexual servitude; damages; time for actions; representation of victim's rights by others
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 260, § 4E— Female genital mutilation; civil action
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 260, § 5— Penalties and forfeitures
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 260, § 5A— Consumer protection actions
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 260, § 5B— Civil rights actions
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 260, § 6— Mutual and open account current
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 260, § 7— Minors and incapacitated persons
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 260, § 8— Citizens of enemy country; suspension of limitation
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 260, § 9— Nonresident defendant; suspension of limitation
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 260, § 10— Death of party; effect
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 260, § 11— Contracts or acts of fiduciaries
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 260, § 12— Fraudulent concealment; commencement of limitations
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 260, § 13— Acknowledgment or new promise; effect
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 260, § 14— Part payment; effect
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 260, § 15— Acknowledgment or new promise by joint contractor; effect
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 260, § 16— Acknowledgment or new promise by joint contractor; judgment
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 260, § 17— Action not to be dismissed for failure to join barred party defendant
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 260, § 18— Actions by state; laws applicable
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 260, § 19— Special limitations
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 260, § 19A— Currency; euro as commercially reasonable substitute and substantial equivalent
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 260, § 20— Presumption of satisfaction of judgment
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 260, § 21— Recovery of land
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 260, § 22— Accrual of right or title to land; limitation
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 260, § 28— Possession of land; requisites
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 260, § 29— Estates tail; barring remainders and reversions
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 260, § 30— Estates tail; death of tenant; effect
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 260, § 31— Actions by commonwealth
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 260, § 31A— Right of entry for condition broken or possibility of reverter; procedure
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 260, § 32— Dismissal of action or reversal or vacation of judgment; commencement of new action
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 260, § 33— Obsolete mortgages
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 260, § 34— Extension of mortgage; acknowledgment that mortgage not satisfied, etc
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 260, § 35— Mortgage defined; commencement of proceedings, prerequisites; application of Secs. 33 to 35
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 260, § 36— Application; computation