General Laws of Massachusetts - Chapter 200 Settlement of Estates of Absentees

• Massachusetts General Laws - Receiver; petition for appointment - Chapter 200, Section 1
  If a person entitled to or having an interest in property within the jurisdiction of the commonwealth has disappeared or absconded from the place within...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Notice to show cause - Chapter 200, Section 2
  The court shall issue a notice reciting the substance of the petition which shall be addressed to such absentee and to all persons who claim...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Return of notice; publication - Chapter 200, Section 3
  The return day of said notice shall be not less than thirty nor more than sixty days after its date. The court shall order said...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Fees and costs - Chapter 200, Section 4
  If the petition is dismissed, the fees and cost of publishing, serving and recording said notice shall be paid by the petitioner; if a receiver...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Receiver; appointment; bond - Chapter 200, Section 5
  The absentee or any person who claims an interest in any property of the absentee within the jurisdiction of the commonwealth may appear and show...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Possession of property by receiver - Chapter 200, Section 6
  After the approval of such bond the receiver shall take possession of the property of the absentee within the jurisdiction of the commonwealth so far...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Receiver; power to hold additional property; debts - Chapter 200, Section 7
  Such receiver upon petition filed by him may be authorized and directed to take possession of any additional property within the commonwealth which belongs to...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Intangible property - Chapter 200, Section 8
  If such absentee has left no corporeal property within the commonwealth, but there are debts and obligations due or owing to him from persons within...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Property; management and sale - Chapter 200, Section 9
  The court may make orders for the care, custody, leasing and investing of all property and its proceeds in the possession of the receiver. If...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Surviving spouse and children; allowance - Chapter 200, Section 10
  The court may order said property or its proceeds acquired by mortgage, lease or sale to be applied in payment of charges incurred or that...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1980, 178, Sec. 2 - Chapter 200, Section 11
  Repealed, 1980, 178, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Receiver; compensation; accounting; limitation on actions - Chapter 200, Section 12
  The receiver shall be allowed such compensation and disbursements as the court orders, to be paid out of said property or proceeds. If before any...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Distribution of property; procedure; tax - Chapter 200, Section 13
  If upon the expiration of seven years after the date of the disappearance or absconding as found and recorded by the court or, in case...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1941, 399, Sec. 2 - Chapter 200, Section 14
  Repealed, 1941, 399, Sec.

Last modified: September 11, 2015