General Laws of Massachusetts - Chapter 186 Estates for Years and At Will
- Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 2008, 521, Sec. 5 - Chapter 186, Section 1
Repealed, 2008, 521, Sec.
- Massachusetts General Laws - Land demised for term of 100 years or more regarded as estate in fee simple - Chapter 186, Section 1A
[Text of section applicable as provided by 2012, 140, Sec. 66.] If land is demised for the term of 100 years or more, the term...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 2012, 140, Sec. 2 - Chapter 186, Section 2
Repealed, 2012, 140, Sec.
- Massachusetts General Laws - Tenancy at sufferance; liability for rent - Chapter 186, Section 3
Tenants at sufferance in possession of land or tenements shall be liable to pay rent therefor for such time as they may occupy or detain...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Liability of tenant for rent for proportion of land in possession - Chapter 186, Section 4
A person in possession of land out of which rent is due shall be liable for the amount or proportion of rent due from the...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Action to recover rent; evidence - Chapter 186, Section 5
Such rent may be recovered in contract, and the deed of demise or other written instrument, if any, showing the provisions of the lease, may...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Survival of action - Chapter 186, Section 6
Such action may be brought by or against executors and administrators for any arrears of rent accrued in the lifetime of the deceased parties, respectively,...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Remedies of landlords - Chapter 186, Section 7
The six preceding sections shall not deprive landlords of any other legal remedy for the recovery of rents, whether secured by lease or by law.
- Massachusetts General Laws - Recovery of rent accruing before determination of lease - Chapter 186, Section 8
If land is held by lease of a person having an estate therein determinable on a life or on a contingency, and such estate determines...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Recovery of rent paid in advance - Chapter 186, Section 9
If, upon the determination of a tenancy, in any manner mentioned in the preceding section, before the end of a period for which rent is...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Rent as a necessary - Chapter 186, Section 10
Debts for the rent of a dwelling house occupied by the debtor or his family shall be considered as claims for necessaries.
- Massachusetts General Laws - Determination of lease for nonpayment of rent - Chapter 186, Section 11
Upon the neglect or refusal to pay the rent due under a written lease, fourteen days’ notice to quit, given in writing by the landlord...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Termination of lease for nonpayment of rent - Chapter 186, Section 11A
Upon the neglect or refusal by the tenant to pay the rent due under a written lease of premises for other than dwelling purposes, the...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Notice to determine estate at will - Chapter 186, Section 12
Estates at will may be determined by either party by three months’ notice in writing for that purpose given to the other party; and, if...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Recovery of possession after termination of tenancy at will - Chapter 186, Section 13
Whenever a tenancy at will of premises occupied for dwelling purposes, other than a room or rooms in a hotel, is terminated, without fault of...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Tenants deemed to be at will upon foreclosure of residential real property; status of tenancy agreements where rental payment subsidized under state or federal law - Chapter 186, Section 13A
Upon a foreclosure of residential real property pursuant to chapter 244, a tenant, occupying a dwelling unit under an unexpired term for years or a...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Wrongful acts of landlord; premises used for dwelling or residential purposes; utilities, services, quiet enjoyment; penalties; remedies; waiver - Chapter 186, Section 14
Any lessor or landlord of any building or part thereof occupied for dwelling purposes, other than a room or rooms in a hotel, but including...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Non-liability of landlord; provisions in lease or rental agreement - Chapter 186, Section 15
Any provision of a lease or other rental agreement relating to real property whereby a lessee or tenant enters into a covenant, agreement or contract,...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Waiver of notices; lease or rental agreement provisions; validity - Chapter 186, Section 15A
Any provision of a lease or other rental agreement relating to residential real property whereby a lessee or tenant enters into a covenant, agreement or...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Entrance of premises prior to termination of lease; payments; receipts; interest; records; security deposits - Chapter 186, Section 15B
(1) (a) No lease relating to residential real property shall contain a provision that a lessor may, except to inspect the premises, to make repairs...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Residential real estate, lease payments based on real estate tax increases - Chapter 186, Section 15C
No lease relating to residential real estate shall contain a provision which obligates a lessee to make payments to the lessor on account of an...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Oral agreement to execute lease; delivery of lease copy; penalty; waiver - Chapter 186, Section 15D
A lessor who has agreed orally to execute a lease and obtains the signature of the lessee shall, within thirty days thereafter, deliver a copy...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Action against owner; injuries due to defects violating building code; defense; waiver - Chapter 186, Section 15E
An owner of a building shall be precluded from raising as a defense in an action brought by a lessee, tenant or occupant of said...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Residential leases or rental agreements restricting litigation or landlord liability; ouster of tenant; remedies - Chapter 186, Section 15F
Any provision of a lease or other rental agreement relating to residential real property whereby the tenant agrees to waive his right to trial by...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Leases or rental agreements restricting occupancy of children - Chapter 186, Section 16
Any provision of a lease or other rental agreement relating to real property whereby a lessee or tenant enters into a covenant, agreement or contract,...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Occupancy constituting tenancy at will; termination - Chapter 186, Section 17
For the purposes of this chapter, chapter one hundred and eleven and chapter two hundred and thirty-nine, occupancy of a dwelling unit within premises licensed...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Residential care and services; housing facility providers; eviction; hearing; jurisdiction - Chapter 186, Section 17A
(a) Section 18 of chapter 184, section 17 of this chapter and chapter 239 shall apply to a lawful housing occupant who is a client...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Reprisal for reporting violations of law or for tenant’s union activity; damages and costs; notice of termination, presumption; waiver in leases or other rental agreements prohibited - Chapter 186, Section 18
Any person or agent thereof who threatens to or takes reprisals against any tenant of residential premises for the tenant’s act of, commencing, proceeding with,...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Notice to landlord of unsafe condition; tort actions for injuries resulting from uncorrected condition - Chapter 186, Section 19
A landlord or lessor of any real estate except an owner-occupied two- or three-family dwelling shall, within a reasonable time following receipt of a written...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Attorneys’ fees and expenses; residential lease provisions; implied covenant; waiver - Chapter 186, Section 20
Whenever a lease of residential property shall provide that in any action or summary proceeding the landlord may recover attorneys’ fees and expenses incurred as...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Disclosure of insurance information by lessor; violations; waiver - Chapter 186, Section 21
The landlord or lessor of any residential or commercial property, upon the written request of any tenant or lawful occupant, of any code or other...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Definitions; submeter installation; testing; water use charges; public housing development exemption - Chapter 186, Section 22
(a) For the purposes of this section the following words shall have the following meanings:— “Common area”, any portion of a building with more than...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Definitions applicable to Secs. 23 to 29 - Chapter 186, Section 23
(a) As used in sections 23 to 29, inclusive, the following words shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings:— “Co-tenant”, a...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Termination of rental agreement or tenancy by victim of domestic violence, rape, sexual assault or stalking - Chapter 186, Section 24
(a) A tenant or co-tenant may terminate a rental agreement or tenancy and quit the premises upon written notification to the owner that a member...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Refusal of rental agreement or assistance based on termination of rental agreement under Sec. 24 or request for change of lock under Sec. 26 prohibited - Chapter 186, Section 25
An owner shall not refuse to enter into a rental agreement, nor shall a housing subsidy provider deny assistance, based on an applicant having terminated...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Change of locks upon request of tenant, co-tenant or household member believed to be under imminent threat of domestic violence, rape, sexual assault or stalking - Chapter 186, Section 26
(a) For purposes of this section, the term “household member” shall mean a person residing with the tenant or co-tenant as an authorized occupant of...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Jurisdiction of courts to restrain violation of Secs. 23 to 26; applicability of other laws to requests to change locks - Chapter 186, Section 27
The superior court, housing court, district court and Boston municipal court shall have jurisdiction in equity to restrain violations of sections 23 to 26, inclusive....
- Massachusetts General Laws - Waivers of Secs. 23 to 27 void and unenforceable - Chapter 186, Section 28
A waiver of sections 23 to 27, inclusive, in any lease or other rental agreement, except as otherwise provided by law or by federal, state...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Owner immunity from liability - Chapter 186, Section 29
(a) An owner complying with sections 23 to 28, inclusive, or with the requirements of an order under chapter 209A or any other law, shall...
Last modified: September 11, 2015