§ 1 Labor performed; limitation on lien; filing
§ 2 Written contract; notice; time for filing; form
§ 2A Written contract; substantial completion; definitions; notice; filing; form; certified mail
§ 2B Termination of written contract; notice; filing; form; certified mail
§ 2C Design professional’s lien upon real property; form and filing of notice
§ 2D Subcontractor of design professional; lien; form and filing of notice
§ 4 Subcontractors; written contract; notice; filing; form; indirect contractual relationship; notice of identification
§ 5 Enforcement of lien; procedure
§ 5A Court order authorizing sale of real estate; procedure
§ 6 Public property; exemption
§ 7 Mortgages; invalidity of subsequent liens
§ 8 Statement of amount due; time for filing; dissolution of lien
§ 9 Notice or statement; public inspection; recording
§ 10 Dissolution by notice
§ 11 Action to enforce lien; time to commence; validity of lien
§ 12 Written contract; recording of bond; form; enforcement
§ 13 Attachments
§ 14 Dissolution by bond recording; labor and materials; form of bond
§ 15 Dissolution by judgment
§ 15A Application to court for order ruling on or discharging lien
§ 17 Claims; allowance
§ 18 Sale of property
§ 19 Notice of sale
§ 20 Redemption; limitation
§ 21 Distribution of assets
§ 22 Costs
§ 23 Original owner; death or conveyance of interest; action to enforce lien
§ 24 Death of creditor; effect
§ 25 Estate less than fee simple; effect of sale
§ 26 Remedies
§ 27 Liens on land raised or reclaimed by dredging; written contract; form of notice
§ 28 Subcontractor; written contract; notice; filing; form
§ 29 Laws applicable to Sec. 27 or 28
§ 30 Recording; duty of register of deeds
§ 31 Subcontractors’ and suppliers’ lien; apportionment; priority; proceedings; public contracts
§ 32 Void and unenforceable covenants, promises, etc.; exceptions
§ 33 Mortgagee’s right to withhold funding, financing or payment for labor and materials
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Terms Used In Massachusetts General Laws > Chapter 254 - Liens On Buildings and Land

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
  • Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
  • Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Mortgagee: The person to whom property is mortgaged and who has loaned the money.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.