Massachusetts § 6 Counties; actions by or against

Massachusetts Statutes

§ 6 — Counties; actions by or against

Massachusetts § 6

Part IIICOURTS, JUDICIAL OFFICERS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CIVIL CASES

Title IIACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS THEREIN

Ch. 223COMMENCEMENT OF ACTIONS, SERVICE OF PROCESS

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Bluebook

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 6 (2026).

Text

Section 6. A local or transitory action by a county shall be brought in the county where the defendant lives or in a county adjoining the plaintiff county. If the defendant lives in the plaintiff county, it shall be brought in an adjoining county. Such action against a county shall, at the election of the plaintiff, be brought in the county where he lives, in the defendant county or in an adjoining county.

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Section 6. A local or transitory action by a county shall be brought in the county where the defendant lives or in a county adjoining the plaintiff county. If the defendant lives in the plaintiff county, it shall be brought in an adjoining county. Such action against a county shall, at the election of the plaintiff, be brought in the county where he lives, in the defendant county or in an adjoining county.