Massachusetts § 3 Declaration by mortgagees; conditional judgment

Massachusetts Statutes

§ 3 — Declaration by mortgagees; conditional judgment

Massachusetts § 3

Part IIICOURTS, JUDICIAL OFFICERS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CIVIL CASES

Title IIIREMEDIES RELATING TO REAL PROPERTY

Ch. 244FORECLOSURE AND REDEMPTION OF MORTGAGES

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Bluebook

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 244, § 3 (2026).

Text

Section 3. The mortgagee in an action for possession may declare on his own seisin, stating that it is in mortgage; and if the court finds upon verdict or otherwise that the plaintiff is entitled to possession of the land for breach of condition, it shall upon motion of either party, except as provided in the following section, award a conditional judgment.

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