Massachusetts Statutes

§ 1 — Rights of aliens

Massachusetts § 1

JurisdictionMassachusetts

Part IIREAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS

Title ITITLE TO REAL PROPERTY

Ch. 184GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATIVE TO REAL PROPERTY

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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 184, § 1 (2026).

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Section 1. Aliens may take, hold, transmit and convey real property, and no title to real property shall be invalid on account of the alienage of a former owner.

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