Massachusetts Statutes

§ 53 — Immunity from liability for damages caused while performing military duty

Massachusetts § 53
JurisdictionMassachusetts
Part IADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT
Title VMILITIA

This text of Massachusetts § 53 (Immunity from liability for damages caused while performing military duty) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Massachusetts primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 33, § 53 (2026).

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Section 53. No officers or enlisted persons shall be liable, either civilly or criminally, for any damage to property or injury to any person, including consequential death, caused by them or by their order, while performing any military duty lawfully ordered under this chapter, unless the act or order causing such damage or injury was manifestly beyond the scope of the authority of such officers or enlisted persons and except as otherwise provided by chapter 258.

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