Massachusetts Statutes
§ 24 — Validity of levy as against subsequent attaching creditors and purchasers
Massachusetts § 24
JurisdictionMassachusetts
Part IIICOURTS, JUDICIAL OFFICERS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CIVIL CASES
Title IIACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS THEREIN
Ch. 236LEVY OF EXECUTIONS ON LAND
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Bluebook
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 236, § 24 (2026).
Text
Section 24. If the execution and return are not recorded in the registry of deeds within three months as aforesaid, the levy shall be void as against a creditor who has attached the same land or taken it on execution without notice of such levy, and also as against a purchaser in good faith for value and without such notice; but if such execution and return are recorded after the expiration of the three months, the levy shall be valid and effectual as against a conveyance, attachment or levy made after such recording.
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