Massachusetts § 2 Libel; contents; time for filing

Massachusetts Statutes

§ 2 — Libel; contents; time for filing

Massachusetts § 2

Part IIICOURTS, JUDICIAL OFFICERS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CIVIL CASES

Title IVCERTAIN WRITS AND PROCEEDINGS IN SPECIAL CASES

Ch. 257SEIZURE AND LIBELLING OF FORFEITED PROPERTY

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Bluebook

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 257, § 2 (2026).

Text

Section 2. The person who makes the seizure shall, within fourteen days thereafter, file a libel in the superior court or in a district court, stating briefly the cause of the seizure without the details, and praying for a decree of forfeiture.

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