Massachusetts § 42 Recording execution for possession and return

Massachusetts Statutes

§ 42 — Recording execution for possession and return

Massachusetts § 42

Part IIICOURTS, JUDICIAL OFFICERS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CIVIL CASES

Title IIIREMEDIES RELATING TO REAL PROPERTY

Ch. 237WRITS OF ENTRY

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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 237, § 42 (2026).

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Section 42. An officer serving an execution issued upon a judgment for possession shall, within three months after the service, and before the return of the execution into the recorder's office, cause such execution with his return thereon to be recorded in the registry of deeds for the county or district where the land affected thereby lies, and the expense thereof shall be added to his charge for service.

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Section 42. An officer serving an execution issued upon a judgment for possession shall, within three months after the service, and before the return of the execution into the recorder's office, cause such execution with his return thereon to be recorded in the registry of deeds for the county or district where the land affected thereby lies, and the expense thereof shall be added to his charge for service.

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