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Part I - Administration of the Government

Title I. Jurisdiction and Emblems of the Commonwealth, the General Court, Statutes and Public Documents

• Chapter 1 - Jurisdiction of the Commonwealth and of the United States.
• Chapter 2 - Arms, Great Seal and Other Emblems of the Commonwealth.
• Chapter 3 - the General Court.
• Chapter 4 - Statutes.
• Chapter 5 - Printing and Distribution of Laws and Public Documents.

Title II. Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth

• Chapter 6 - the Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Council, Certain Officers Under the Governor and Council, and State Library.
• Chapter 6A - Executive Offices.
• Chapter 6B. Acute Hospital Finance. [Repealed, 1996, 151, Sec. 32]
• Chapter 7 - Executive Office for Administration and Finance.
• Chapter 7A - Office of the Comptroller.
• Chapter 7B - Asset Management Board.
• Chapter 8 - State Superintendent of Buildings, and State House.
• Chapter 9 - Department of the State Secretary.
• Chapter 10 - Department of the State Treasurer.
• Chapter 11 - Department of the State Auditor.
• Chapter 12 - Department of the Attorney General, and the District Attorneys.
• Chapter 12A - Office of Inspector General.
• Chapter 12B - State Gambling Advisory Commission.
• Chapter 13 - Division and Boards of Registration.
• Chapter 14 - Department of Revenue.
• Chapter 15 - Department of Education.
• Chapter 15A - Public Education.
• Chapter 15B. The New England Educational Loan Marketing Corporation Act. [Repealed, 1982, 356, Sec. 2.]
• Chapter 15C - Massachusetts College Student Loan Authority.
• Chapter 15D - Department of Early Education and Care
• Chapter 16 - Department of Highways.
• Chapter 17 - Department of Public Health.
• Chapter 18 - Department of Transitional Assistance.
• Chapter 18A - Department of Youth Services.
• Chapter 18B - Department of Social Services.
• Chapter 18C - Office of the Child Advocate
• Chapter 19 - Department of Mental Health.
• Chapter 19A - Department of Elder Affairs.
• Chapter 19B - Department of Mental Retardation.
• Chapter 19C - Disabled Persons Protection Commission.
• Chapter 19D - Assisted Living.
• Chapter 20 - Department of Food and Agriculture.
• Chapter 21 - Department of Environmental Management.
• Chapter 21A - Executive Office of Environmental Affairs.
• Chapter 21B - Mining Regulation and Reclamation.
• Chapter 21C - Massachusetts Hazardous Waste Management Act.
• Chapter 21D - Massachusetts Hazardous Waste Facility Siting Act.
• Chapter 21E - Massachusetts Oil and Hazardous Material Release Prevention and Response Act.
• Chapter 21F - Coastal Facilities Improvement.
• Chapter 21G - Massachusetts Water Management Act.
• Chapter 21H - Solid Waste Facilities.
• Chapter 21I - Massachusetts Toxics Use Reduction Act.
• Chapter 21J - Underground Storage Tank Petroleum Product Cleanup Fund.
• Chapter 21K - Mitigation of Hazardous Materials. [ Added by 1998, 194, Sec. 64 Effective July 1, 1998. See 1998, 194, Sec. 443.]
• Chapter 22 - Department of Public Safety.
• Chapter 22A - Central Register for Missing Children.
• Chapter 22B. Capitol Police. [Repealed, 1991, 412, Sec. 21.]
• Chapter 22C - the Department of State Police.
• Chapter 22D - Department of Fire Services.
• Chapter 22E - State Dna Database.
• Chapter 23 - Department of Labor and Workforce Development.
• Chapter 23A - Department of Economic Development.
• Chapter 23B - Division of Housing and Community Development.
• Chapter 23C - Board of Conciliation and Arbitration.
• Chapter 23D - Massachusetts Industrial Service Program.
• Chapter 23E - Division of Industrial Accidents.
• Chapter 23F - [technology Two Thousand (2000) Partnership.]
• Chapter 23G - the Massachusetts Development Finance Agency. [ Added by 1998, 289, Sec. 24 Effective September 30, 1998. See 1998, 289, Sec. 33.]
• Chapter 23H - Workforce Development
• Chapter 23I -   the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center
• Chapter 24. Department of Industrial Accidents. [Repealed, 1953, 314, Sec. 14.]
• Chapter 24A - Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation.
• Chapter 25 - Department of Public Utilities.
• Chapter 25A - Division of Energy Resources.
• Chapter 25B - Massachusetts Appliance Efficiency Standards Act
• Chapter 25C - Department of Telecommunications and Cable
• Chapter 26 - Department of Banking and Insurance.
• Chapter 27 - Department of Correction.
• Chapter 28 - Metropolitan District Commission.
• Chapter 28A - Office for Children.

Title III. Laws Relating to State Officers

• Chapter 29 - State Finance.
• Chapter 29A - Financing of the Judicial System.
• Chapter 29B. State Revenue Growth Control. [ Chapter 29B repealed by 1998, 194, Sec. 103 effective July 1, 1999. See 1998, 194, Sec. 433.]
• Chapter 29C - Water Pollution Abatement Revolving Loan Program.
• Chapter 29D - the Health Care Security Trust.
• Chapter 30 - General Provisions Relative to State Departments, Commissions, Officers and Employees.
• Chapter 30A - State Administrative Procedure.
• Chapter 30B - Uniform Procurement Act.

Title IV. Civil Service, Retirements and Pensions

• Chapter 31 - Civil Service.
• Chapter 31A - Municipal Personnel Systems.
• Chapter 32 - Retirement Systems and Pensions.
• Chapter 32A - Contributory Group General or Blanket Insurance for Persons in the Service of the Commonwealth.
• Chapter 32B - Contributory Group General or Blanket Insurance for Persons in the Service of Counties, Cities, Towns and Districts, and Their Dependents.

Title V. Militia

• Chapter 33 - Militia.

Title VI. Counties and County Officers

• Chapter 34 - Counties and County Commissioners.
• Chapter 34A - County Charter Procedures.
• Chapter 34B - Abolition of County Government.
• Chapter 35 - County Treasurers, State Supervision of County Accounts and County Finances.
• Chapter 36 - Registers of Deeds.
• Chapter 37 - Sheriffs.
• Chapter 38 - Medical Examiners and Inquests.

Title VII. Cities, Towns and Districts

• Chapter 39 - Municipal Government.
• Chapter 40 - Powers and Duties of Cities and Towns.
• Chapter 40A - Zoning.
• Chapter 40B - Regional Planning.
• Chapter 40C - Historic Districts.
• Chapter 40D - Industrial Development of Cities and Towns.
• Chapter 40E - Massachusetts Industrial Development Authority.
• Chapter 40F. The Massachusetts Community Development Finance Corporation. [ Chapter 40F effective until July 1, 2000. Repealed by 1987, 324, Sec. 6. See, also, 1990, 528, Sec. 6.]
• Chapter 40G - Massachusetts Technology Development Corporation.
• Chapter 40H - Community Economic Development Assistance Corporation.
• Chapter 40I. The Bay State Skills Corporation Act. [Repealed by 1996, 151, Sec. 196.]
• Chapter 40J - Massachusetts Technology Park Corporation.
• Chapter 40K. Massachusetts Product Development Corporation. [Repealed by 1996, 58, Sec. 23.]
• Chapter 40L - Agricultural Incentive Areas.
• Chapter 40M - Governmental Units Pooled Insurance.
• Chapter 40N - Model Water and Sewer Commission.
• Chapter 40O - Business Improvement Districts.
• Chapter 40P - the Massachusetts Rent Control Prohibition Act
• Chapter 40Q - District Improvement Financing
• Chapter 40R - Smart Growth Zoning and Housing Production
• Chapter 40S - . Smart Growth School Cost Reimbursement
• Chapter 41 - Officers and Employees of Cities, Towns and Districts.
• Chapter 42 - Boundaries of Cities and Towns.
• Chapter 43 - City Charters.
• Chapter 43A - Standard Form of Representative Town Meeting Government.
• Chapter 43B - Home Rule Procedures.
• Chapter 43C - Optional Forms of Municipal Administration Act.
• Chapter 44 - Municipal Finance.
• Chapter 44A - Qualified Bond Act.
• Chapter 44B - Community Preservation.
• Chapter 45 - Public Parks, Playgrounds and the Public Domain.
• Chapter 46 - Return and Registry of Births, Marriages and Deaths.
• Chapter 47 - Infirmaries.
• Chapter 48 - Fires, Fire Departments and Fire Districts.
• Chapter 49 - Fences, Fence Viewers, Pounds and Field Drivers.
• Chapter 49A. Use of Certain Animals for Scientific Investigation, Experiment or Instruction. [Repealed, 1983, 631, Sec. 1.]

Title VIII. Elections

• Chapter 50 - General Provisions Relative to Primaries, Caucuses and Elections.
• Chapter 51 - Voters.
• Chapter 52 - Political Committees.
• Chapter 53 - Nominations, Questions to Be Submitted to the Voters, Primaries and Caucuses.
• Chapter 54 - Elections.
• Chapter 54A. Election of Certain City and Town Officers by Proportional Representation or Preferential Voting. [Repealed, 1972, 596, Sec. 2.]
• Chapter 55 - Disclosure and Regulation of Campaign Expenditures and Contributions.
• Chapter 55A. The Massachusetts Clean Elections Law. [Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 43(C).]
• Chapter 55B - the State Ballot Law Commission
• Chapter 55C - Limited Public Financing of Campaigns for Statewide Elective Office
• Chapter 56 - Violations of Election Laws.
• Chapter 57 - Congressional, Councillor and Senatorial Districts, and Apportionment of Representatives.

Title IX. Taxation

• Chapter 58 - General Provisions Relative to Taxation.
• Chapter 58A - Appellate Tax Board.
• Chapter 59 - Assessment of Local Taxes.
• Chapter 59A. Classification of Real Property. [Repealed, 1980, 261, Sec. 16.]
• Chapter 60 - Collection of Local Taxes.
• Chapter 60A - Excise Tax on Registered Motor Vehicles in Lieu of Local Tax.
• Chapter 60B - Excise on Boats, Ships and Vessels in Lieu of Local Property Tax.
• Chapter 61 - Classification and Taxation of Forest Lands and Forest Products.
• Chapter 61A - Assessment and Taxation of Agricultural and Horticultural Land.
• Chapter 61B - Classification and Taxation of Recreational Land.
• Chapter 62 - Taxation of Incomes.
• Chapter 62A. Simplified Method of Computing Individual Income Taxes. [Repealed, 1972, 590.]
• Chapter 62B - Withholding of Taxes on Wages and Declaration of Estimated Income Tax.
• Chapter 62C - Administrative Provisions Relative to State Taxation.
• Chapter 62D - Set-off Debt Collection.
• Chapter 62E - Wage Reporting System.
• Chapter 62F - Limitation on the Growth of State Tax Revenues.
• Chapter 63 - Taxation of Corporations.
• Chapter 63A - Taxation of Certain Corporations, Associations and Organizations Engaged in the Sale of Alcoholic Beverages.
• Chapter 63B - Declaration of Estimated Tax by Corporations.
• Chapter 63C. Taxation of Income of Certain Corporations. [Repealed, 1976, 415, Sec. 105; 1985, 593, Sec. 24.]
• Chapter 64. Taxation of Stock Transfers. [Repealed, 1954, 353, Sec. 1.]
• Chapter 64A - Taxation of Sales of Gasoline.
• Chapter 64B. Excise Upon Charges for Meals Served to the Public. [Repealed, 1977, 363A, Sec. 43.]
• Chapter 64C - Cigarette Excise.
• Chapter 64D - Excise on Deeds, Instruments and Writings.
• Chapter 64E - Taxation of Special Fuels Used in the Propulsion of Motor Vehicles.
• Chapter 64F - Taxation of Fuel and Special Fuels Acquired Outside and Used Within the Commonwealth.
• Chapter 64G - Room Occupancy Excise.
• Chapter 64H - Tax on Retail Sales of Certain Tangible Personal Property.
• Chapter 64I - Tax on the Storage, Use or Other Consumption of Certain Tangible Personal Property.
• Chapter 64J - Taxation of Fuels Used in the Propulsion of Aircraft.
• Chapter 64K - Controlled Substances Tax.
• Chapter 65 - Taxation of Legacies and Successions.
• Chapter 65A - Taxation of Transfers of Certain Estates.
• Chapter 65B - Settlement of Disputes Respecting the Domicile of Decedents for Death Tax Purposes.
• Chapter 65C - Massachusetts Estate Tax.

Title X. Public Records

• Chapter 66 - Public Records.
• Chapter 66A - Fair Information Practices.

Title XI. Certain Religious and Charitable Matters

• Chapter 67 - Parishes and Religious Societies.
• Chapter 68 - Donations and Conveyances for Pious and Charitable Uses.
• Chapter 68A - Limitations Upon the Conduct of Certain Trusts and Corporations Having Charitable Interests.

Title XII. Education

• Chapter 69 - Powers and Duties of the Department of Education.
• Chapter 70 - School Funds and State Aid for Public Schools.
• Chapter 70A. Equal Educational Opportunity Grants. [Repealed, 1993, 71, Sec. 33.]
• Chapter 70B - School Building Assistance Program.
• Chapter 71 - Public Schools.
• Chapter 71A - Transitional Bilingual Education.
• Chapter 71B - Children With Special Needs.
• Chapter 72 - School Registers and Returns.
• Chapter 73 - State Colleges and Community Colleges.
• Chapter 74 - Vocational Education.
• Chapter 75 - University of Massachusetts.
• Chapter 75A. University of Lowell. [Repealed, 1991, 142, Sec. 23.]
• Chapter 75B. Southeastern Massachusetts University. [Repealed, 1991, 142, Sec. 24.]
• Chapter 75C - Private Correspondence Schools.
• Chapter 75D - Private Business Schools.
• Chapter 76 - School Attendance.
• Chapter 77. School Offenders and County Training Schools. [Repealed, 1973, 1073, Sec. 2.]
• Chapter 78 - Libraries.
• Chapter 78A - Youth Conservation and Service Corps.

Title XIII. Eminent Domain and Betterments

• Chapter 79 - Eminent Domain.
• Chapter 79A - Relocation Assistance.
• Chapter 80 - Betterments.
• Chapter 80A - Eminent Domain Takings and Betterment Assessments by Judicial Proceedings.

Title XIV. Public Ways and Works

• Chapter 81 - State Highways.
• Chapter 81A - the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority and the Metropolitan Highway System.
• Chapter 82 - the Laying Out, Alteration, Relocation and Discontinuance of Public Ways, and Specific Repairs Thereon.
• Chapter 82A - . Excavation and Trench Safety
• Chapter 83 - Sewers, Drains and Sidewalks.
• Chapter 84 - Repair of Ways and Bridges.
• Chapter 85 - Regulations and By-laws Relative to Ways and Bridges.
• Chapter 86 - Boundaries of Highways and Other Public Places, and Encroachments Thereon.
• Chapter 87 - Shade Trees.
• Chapter 88 - Ferries, Canals and Public Landings.
• Chapter 89 - Law of the Road.
• Chapter 90 - Motor Vehicles and Aircraft.
• Chapter 90A - the Highway Safety Act.
• Chapter 90B - Motorboats and Other Vessels.
• Chapter 90C - Procedure for Motor Vehicle Offenses.
• Chapter 90D - Motor Vehicle Certificates of Title.
• Chapter 90E - Bikeways.
• Chapter 90F - Uniform Operation of Commercial Motor Vehicles Act.
• Chapter 90G. Civil Infractions. [Repealed by 1993, 182, Sec. 8.]
• Chapter 90H - Gateway Roads Program.
• Chapter 91 - Waterways.
• Chapter 91A - Port of Boston Commission. [inoperative February 17, 1959 Upon Title Vesting in the Massachusetts Port Authority. See 1956, 465, Sec. 33.]
• Chapter 92 - Metropolitan Sewers, Water and Parks.
• Chapter 92A. Commonwealth Zoological Corporation. [Renumbered as Chapter 92B by 1992, 286, Sec. 165. Another Chapter 92A was repealed by 1953, 612, Sec. 8.]
• Chapter 92A ½ - Watershed Management.
• Chapter 92B - Commonwealth Zoological Corporation.

Title XV. Regulation of Trade

• Chapter 93 - Regulation of Trade and Certain Enterprises.
• Chapter 93A - Regulation of Business Practices for Consumers Protection.
• Chapter 93B - Regulation of Business Practices Between Motor Vehicle Manufacturers, Distributors and Dealers.
• Chapter 93C. Protection of Consumers Against Careless and Erroneous Billings. [Repealed, 1978, 480, Sec. 7.]
• Chapter 93D - Control of Outdoor Advertising Adjacent to the Interstate and Primary Highway Systems.
• Chapter 93E - Regulation of Dealers' Agreements for the Sale of Gasoline.
• Chapter 93F - Regulation of Certain Business Practices Between Motion Picture Distributors and Exhibitors.
• Chapter 93G - Equipment Dealers.
• Chapter 93H - Security Breaches
• Chapter 93I - Dispositions and Destruction of Records
• Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles.
• Chapter 94A - Milk Control.
• Chapter 94B - Hazardous Substances.
• Chapter 94C - Controlled Substances Act.
• Chapter 94D - Controlled Substances Therapeutic Research Act.
• Chapter 95 - Measuring of Leather.
• Chapter 96 - Measurement of Lumber.
• Chapter 97 - Surveying of Land.
• Chapter 98 - Weights and Measures.
• Chapter 99 - the Metric System of Weights and Measures.
• Chapter 100 - Auctioneers.
• Chapter 100A - Motor Vehicle Damage Repair Shops.
• Chapter 101 - Transient Vendors, Hawkers and Pedlers.
• Chapter 102 - Shipping and Seamen, Harbors and Harbor Masters.
• Chapter 103 - Pilots.
• Chapter 104 - Agents, Consignees and Factors.
• Chapter 104A - Consignment of Fine Art.
• Chapter 105 - Public Warehouses.
• Chapter 105A - Self-service Storage Facilities.
• Chapter 106 - Uniform Commercial Code .
• Chapter 107 - Money and Registration, Issuance and Redemption of Bonds and Other Securities, Facsimile Signatures.
• Chapter 107A. Assignments of Accounts Receivable. [Repealed, 1957, 765, Sec. 2.]
• Chapter 108 - Criminal Offences Relative to Bills of Lading.
• Chapter 108A - Partnerships.
• Chapter 109 - Limited Partnerships.
• Chapter 109A - Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act.
• Chapter 110 - Labels, Trade Marks, Names and Registration Thereof.
• Chapter 110A - Uniform Securities Act.
• Chapter 110B - Registration and Protection of Trademarks.
• Chapter 110C - Regulation of Take-over Bids in the Acquisition of Corporations.
• Chapter 110D - Regulation of Control Share Acquisitions.
• Chapter 110E - Regulation of Control Share Acquisitions of Foreign Corporations.
• Chapter 110F - Business Combinations With Interested Shareholders.
• Chapter 110G - Uniform Electronic Transactions

Title XVI. Public Health

• Chapter 111 - Public Health.
• Chapter 111A. Drug Addiction Rehabilitation. [Repealed, 1969, 889, Sec. 23A.]
• Chapter 111B - Alcoholism.
• Chapter 111C - Emergency Medical Care.
• Chapter 111D - Clinical Laboratories.
• Chapter 111E - Drug Rehabilitation.
• Chapter 111F - Hazardous Substances Disclosure by Employers.
• Chapter 111G - Early Childhood Intervention Services.
• Chapter 111H - Massachusetts Low-level Radioactive Waste Management Act.
• Chapter 111I - Women's, Infants and Children Program.
• Chapter 111J - Alcohol and Drug Counselors
• Chapter 111K - . Catastrophic Illness in Children Relief Fund Commission
• Chapter 111L - Biotechnology
• Chapter 111M - Individual Health Coverage
• Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations.
• Chapter 113 - Promotion of Anatomical Science.
• Chapter 114 - Cemeteries and Burials.

Title XVII. Public Welfare

• Chapter 115 - Veterans' Benefits.
• Chapter 115A - Soldiers' Homes.
• Chapter 116. Settlement. [Repealed, 1974, 260, Sec. 17.]
• Chapter 117. Support by the Commonwealth. [Repealed 1991, 255, Sec. 3.]
• Chapter 117A - Support by the Commonwealth.
• Chapter 118 - Aid to Families With Dependent Children.
• Chapter 118A - Assistance to the Aged and Disabled.
• Chapter 118B. The Merit System in the Administration of Aid to Families With Dependent Children and Old Age Assistance. [Repealed, 1967, 658, Sec. 55.]
• Chapter 118C - Coverage of Certain Employees Under the Federal Social Security Act.
• Chapter 118D. Assistance to Persons Who Are Disabled. [Repealed, 1973, 1210, Sec. 24.]
• Chapter 118E - Division of Medical Assistance.
• Chapter 118F. Department of Medical Security. [Repealed 1996, 151, Sec. 274.]
• Chapter 118G - Health Care Finance and Policy.
• Chapter 119 - Protection and Care of Children, and Proceedings Against Them.
• Chapter 119A - Child Support Enforcement.
• Chapter 120 - Department of Youth Services and Massachusetts Training Schools.
• Chapter 121. Powers and Duties of the Department of Public Welfare, and the Massachusetts Hospital School. [Repealed, 1931, 426, Sec. 24; 1933, 364, Sec. 7; 1948, 310, Sec. 27; 1948, 618, Sec. 2; 1954, 508, Sec. 2; 1958, 613, Sec. 4; 1960, 313, Sec. 3; 1966, 214, Sec. 1; 1967, 658, Sec. 77; 1969, 751, Sec. 2.]
• Chapter 121A - Urban Redevelopment Corporations.
• Chapter 121B - Housing and Urban Renewal.
• Chapter 121C - Economic Development and Industrial Corporations.
• Chapter 122 - Tewksbury Hospital.
• Chapter 123 - Mental Health.
• Chapter 123A - Care, Treatment and Rehabilitation of Sexually Dangerous Persons.
• Chapter 123B - Mental Retardation.

Title XVIII. Prisons, Imprisonment, Paroles and Pardons

• Chapter 124 - Powers and Duties of the Department of Correction.
• Chapter 125 - Correctional Institutions of the Commonwealth.
• Chapter 126 - Jails, Houses of Correction and Reformation, and County Industrial Farms.
• Chapter 127 - Officers and Inmates of Penal and Reformatory Institutions. Paroles and Pardons.

Title XIX. Agriculture and Conservation

• Chapter 128 - Agriculture.
• Chapter 128A - Horse and Dog Racing Meetings.
• Chapter 128B. Conservation of Soil and Soil Resources and Prevention and Control of Erosion. [Repealed, 1963, 664, Sec. 4.]
• Chapter 128C - Simulcast Wagering of Horse and Dog Racing. [text Effective Until December 31, 1999. See 1992, 101, Sec. 13 as Amended by 1995, 268, Sec. 20.]
• Chapter 129 - Livestock Disease Control.
• Chapter 129A. Marine Fish and Fisheries, Inland Fish and Fisheries, Birds and Mammals. General Provisions. [Repealed, 1941, 599, Sec. 1.]
• Chapter 130 - Marine Fish and Fisheries.
• Chapter 131 - Inland Fisheries and Game and Other Natural Resources.
• Chapter 131A - Massachusetts Endangered Species Act.
• Chapter 132 - Forestry.
• Chapter 132A - State Recreation Areas Outside of the Metropolitan Parks District.
• Chapter 132B - Massachusetts Pesticide Control Act.

Title XX. Public Safety and Good Order

• Chapter 133 - Disposition of Old and Infirm Animals.
• Chapter 134 - Lost Goods and Stray Beasts.
• Chapter 135 - Unclaimed and Abandoned Property.
• Chapter 136 - Observance of a Common Day of Rest and Legal Holidays.
• Chapter 137 - Gaming.
• Chapter 138 - Alcoholic Liquors.
• Chapter 139 - Common Nuisances.
• Chapter 140 - Licenses.
• Chapter 140A. Regulation of Certain Credit Transactions. [Repealed, 1969, 517, Sec. 2.]
• Chapter 140B - Control of Certain Junkyards.
• Chapter 140C. Consumer Credit Cost Disclosure. [Repealed, 1981, 733, Sec. 1.]
• Chapter 140D - Consumer Credit Cost Disclosure.
• Chapter 140E - Consumer Account Disclosure.
• Chapter 141 - Supervision of Electricians.
• Chapter 142 - Supervision of Plumbing.
• Chapter 142A - Regulation of Home Improvement Contractors.
• Chapter 143 - Inspection and Regulation Of, and Licenses For, Buildings, Elevators and Cinematographs.
• Chapter 144 - Tenement Houses in Cities.
• Chapter 145 - Tenement Houses in Towns.
• Chapter 146 - Inspection of Boilers, Air Tanks, Etc. Licenses of Engineers, Firemen, and Operators of Hoisting Machinery.
• Chapter 147 - State and Other Police, and Certain Powers and Duties of the Department of Public Safety.
• Chapter 148 - Fire Prevention.

Title XXI. Labor and Industries

• Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries
• Chapter 149A - Public Construction Alternative Delivery Methods
• Chapter 150 - Conciliation and Arbitration of Industrial Disputes.
• Chapter 150A - Labor Relations.
• Chapter 150B - Peaceful Settlement of Industrial Disputes Dangerous to Public Health and Safety.
• Chapter 150C - Collective Bargaining Agreements to Arbitrate.
• Chapter 150D. Registration of Labor Replacements or Strike Breakers. [Repealed, 1969, 448, Sec. 2.]
• Chapter 150E - Labor Relations: Public Employees.
• Chapter 151 - Minimum Fair Wages.
• Chapter 151A - Employment and Training.
• Chapter 151B - Unlawful Discrimination Because of Race, Color, Religious Creed, National Origin, Ancestry or Sex.
• Chapter 151C - Fair Educational Practices.
• Chapter 151D - Health, Welfare and Retirement Funds.
• Chapter 151E - Prohibition of Certain Discrimination by Businesses.
• Chapter 152 - Worker's Compensation.
• Chapter 153 - Liability of Employers to Employees for Injuries Not Resulting in Death.
• Chapter 154 - Assignment of Wages.

Title XXII. Corporations

• Chapter 155 - General Provisions Relative to Corporations.
• Chapter 156 - Business Corporations.
• Chapter 156A - Professional Corporations.
• Chapter 156B - Certain Business Corporations.
• Chapter 156C - Limited Liability Company Act.
• Chapter 156D - . Business Corporations.
• Chapter 157 - Co-operative Corporations.
• Chapter 157A - Employee Cooperative Corporations.
• Chapter 157B - Cooperative Housing Corporations.
• Chapter 158 - Certain Miscellaneous Corporations.
• Chapter 159 - Common Carriers.
• Chapter 159A - Common Carriers of Passengers by Motor Vehicle.
• Chapter 159B - Carriers of Property by Motor Vehicle.
• Chapter 159C - Telemarketing Solicitation
• Chapter 160 - Railroads.
• Chapter 161 - Street Railways.
• Chapter 161A - Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.
• Chapter 161B - Transportation Facilities, Highway Systems and Urban Development Plans.
• Chapter 161C - Rail Transportation in the Commonwealth.
• Chapter 161D - the Massachusetts Intercity Bus Capital Assistance Program.
• Chapter 162 - Electric Railroads.
• Chapter 163 - Trackless Trolley Companies.
• Chapter 164 - Manufacture and Sale of Gas and Electricity.
• Chapter 164A - New England Power Pool.
• Chapter 165 - Water and Aqueduct Companies.
• Chapter 166 - Telephone and Telegraph Companies, and Lines for the Transmission of Electricity.
• Chapter 166A - Community Antenna Television Systems.
• Chapter 167 - Supervision of Banks.
• Chapter 167A - Bank Holding Companies.
• Chapter 167B - Electronic Branches and Electronic Fund Transfers.
• Chapter 167C - Bank Locations.
• Chapter 167D - Deposits and Accounts.
• Chapter 167E - Mortgages and Loans.
• Chapter 167F - Investments and Other Powers.
• Chapter 167G - Trust Department.
• Chapter 167H - Mutual Holding Companies.
• Chapter 168 - Savings Banks.
• Chapter 169 - Receipts of Deposits for Transmittal to Foreign Countries.
• Chapter 169A - Licensing of Check Cashers.
• Chapter 170 - Co-operative Banks.
• Chapter 171 - Credit Unions.
• Chapter 172 - Trust Companies.
• Chapter 172A - Banking Companies.
• Chapter 173. Mortgage Loan Investment Companies. [Repealed, 1975, 126.]
• Chapter 174. Bond and Investment Companies. [Repealed, 1950, 822, Sec. 1.]
• Chapter 174A - Regulation of Rates for Fire, Marine and Inland Marine Insurance, and Rating Organizations.
• Chapter 174B - Regulation of Automobile Clubs.
• Chapter 175 - Insurance.
• Chapter 175A - Regulation of Rates for Certain Casualty Insurance, Including Fidelity, Surety and Guaranty Bonds, and for All Other Forms of Motor Vehicle Insurance, and Regulation of Rating Organizations.
• Chapter 175B - Unauthorized Insurer's Process Act.
• Chapter 175C - Urban Area Insurance Placement Facility.
• Chapter 175D - Massachusetts Insurers Insolvency Fund.
• Chapter 175E - Regulation of Rates for Motor Vehicle Insurance.
• Chapter 175F - Medical Malpractice Self-insurance Trust Funds.
• Chapter 175G - the Pollution Liability Reinsurance Corporation.
• Chapter 175H - False Health Care Claims.
• Chapter 175I - Insurance Information and Privacy Protection.
• Chapter 175J - Administrative Supervision and Hazardous Financial Conditions of Insurities.
• Chapter 176 - Fraternal Benefit Societies.
• Chapter 176A - Non-profit Hospital Service Corporations.
• Chapter 176B - Medical Service Corporations.
• Chapter 176C - Non-profit Medical Service Plans.
• Chapter 176D - Unfair Methods of Competition and Unfair and Deceptive Acts and Practices in the Business of Insurance.
• Chapter 176E - Dental Service Corporations.
• Chapter 176F - Optometric Service Corporations.
• Chapter 176G - Health Maintenance Organizations.
• Chapter 176H - Legal Services Plans.
• Chapter 176I - Preferred Provider Arrangements.
• Chapter 176J - Small Group Health Insurance.
• Chapter 176K - Medicare Supplement Insurance Plans.
• Chapter 176L - Risk Retention and Risk Purchasing Groups.
• Chapter 176M - Nongroup Health Insurance.
• Chapter 176N - Portability of Health Insurance
• Chapter 176O - Health Insurance Consumer Protection
• Chapter 177. Assessment Insurance. [Repealed, 1924, 406, Sec. 17; 1929, 24, Sec. 1.]
• Chapter 178. Savings Bank Life Insurance. [Repealed, 1990, 499, Sec. 22.]
• Chapter 178A - Savings Bank Life Insurance.
• Chapter 179 - Proprietors of Wharves, Real Estate Lying in Common, and General Fields.
• Chapter 180 - Corporations for Charitable and Certain Other Purposes.
• Chapter 180A - Management of Institutional Funds.
• Chapter 181 - Foreign Corporations.
• Chapter 182 - Voluntary Associations and Certain Trusts.

Part II - Real and Personal Property and Domestic Relations

Title I. Title to Real Property

• Chapter 183 - Alienation of Land.
• Chapter 183A - Condominiums.
• Chapter 183B - Real Estate Time-shares.
• Chapter 183C - . Predatory Home Loan Practices
• Chapter 184 - General Provisions Relative to Real Property.
• Chapter 184A - Statutory Rule Against Perpetuities.
• Chapter 184B - Short Form Terms for Wills and Trusts.
• Chapter 185 - the Land Court and Registration of Title to Land.
• Chapter 185A. Housing Court of the City of Boston. [Repealed, 1978, 478, Sec. 91.]
• Chapter 185B. Housing Court of the County of Hampden. [Repealed, 1978, 478, Sec. 91.]
• Chapter 185C - Housing Court Department.
• Chapter 186 - Estates for Years and At Will.
• Chapter 187 - Easements.
• Chapter 188 - Homesteads.
• Chapter 189 - Dower and Curtesy.

Title II. Descent and Distribution, Wills, Estates of Deceased Persons and Absentees, Guardianship, Conservatorship and Trusts

• Chapter 190 - Descent and Distribution of Real and Personal Property.
• Chapter 190A - Effect of Apparently Simultaneous Deaths Upon Devolution and Disposition of Property, Including Proceeds of Insurance.
• Chapter 191 - Wills.
• Chapter 191A - Disclaimer of Certain Property Interest Act.
• Chapter 191B - Uniform Statutory Will Act.
• Chapter 192 - Probate of Wills and Appointment of Executors.
• Chapter 193 - Appointment of Administrators.
• Chapter 194 - Public Administrators.
• Chapter 195 - General Provisions Relative to Executors and Administrators.
• Chapter 196 - Allowances to Widows and Children, and Advancements.
• Chapter 197 - Payment of Debts, Legacies and Distributive Shares.
• Chapter 198 - Insolvent Estates of Deceased Persons.
• Chapter 199 - Settlement of Estates of Deceased Non-residents.
• Chapter 199A - General Provisions Regarding Certain Foreign Fiduciaries.
• Chapter 200 - Settlement of Estates of Absentees.
• Chapter 200A - Abandoned Property.
• Chapter 201 - Guardians and Conservators.
• Chapter 201A - Uniform Transfers to Minors Act.
• Chapter 201B - Uniform Durable Power of Attorney Act.
• Chapter 201C - Statutory Custodianship Trusts.
• Chapter 201D - Health Care Proxies
• Chapter 201E - Uniform Transfer on Death Security Registration Act
• Chapter 202 - Sales, Mortgages and Leases of Real Estate by Executors, Administrators, Guardians and Conservators.
• Chapter 203 - Trusts.
• Chapter 203A - Uniform Common Trust Fund Act.
• Chapter 203B - Uniform Custodial Trust Act.
• Chapter 203C - Prudent Investment
• Chapter 203D - Principal and Income
• Chapter 204 - General Provisions Relative to Sales, Mortgages, Releases, Compromises, Etc., by Executors, Etc.
• Chapter 205 - Bonds of Executors, Administrators, Guardians, Conservators, Trustees and Receivers.
• Chapter 206 - Accounts and Settlements of Executors, Administrators, Guardians, Conservators, Trustees and Receivers.

Title III. Domestic Relations

• Chapter 207 - Marriage.
• Chapter 208 - Divorce.
• Chapter 209 - Husband and Wife.
• Chapter 209A - Abuse Prevention.
• Chapter 209B - Massachusetts Child Custody Jurisdiction Act.
• Chapter 209C - Children Born Out of Wedlock.
• Chapter 209D - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act .
• Chapter 210 - Adoption of Children and Change of Names.

Part III - Courts, Judicial Officers and Proceedings in Civil Cases

Title I. Courts and Judicial Officers

• Chapter 211 - the Supreme Judicial Court.
• Chapter 211A - Appeals Court.
• Chapter 211B - Trial Court of the Commonwealth.
• Chapter 211C - Commission on Judicial Conduct.
• Chapter 211D - Committee for Public Counsel Services.
• Chapter 211E - Massachusetts Sentencing Commission.
• Chapter 211F - Office of Community Corrections.
• Chapter 212 - the Superior Court.
• Chapter 213 - Provisions Common to the Supreme Judicial and Superior Courts.
• Chapter 214 - Equity Jurisdiction.
• Chapter 215 - Probate Courts.
• Chapter 216. Courts of Insolvency. [Repealed, 1978, 478, Sec. 137.]
• Chapter 217 - Judges and Registers of Probate and Insolvency.
• Chapter 218 - District Courts.
• Chapter 219. Trial Justices. [Repealed, 1953, 319, Sec. 1.]
• Chapter 220 - Courts and Naturalization.
• Chapter 221 - Clerks, Attorneys and Other Officers of Judicial Courts.
• Chapter 221A - the Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation Act.
• Chapter 221B - Child Support Hearing Officers.
• Chapter 221C - Court Interpreters for the Trial Court.
• Chapter 222 - Justices of the Peace, Notaries Public and Commissioners.

Title II. Actions and Proceedings Therein

• Chapter 223 - Commencement of Actions, Service of Process.
• Chapter 223A - Jurisdiction of Courts of the Commonwealth Over Persons in Other States and Countries.
• Chapter 224 - Arrest on Mesne Process and Supplementary Proceedings in Civil Actions.
• Chapter 225. Process After Judgment for Necessaries or Labor. [Repealed, 1927, 334, Sec. 6; 1986, 557, Sec. 216.]
• Chapter 226. Bail. [Repealed, 1975, 377, Sec. 53.]
• Chapter 227 - Proceedings Against Absent Defendants and Upon Insufficient Service.
• Chapter 228 - Survival of Actions and Death and Disabilities of Parties.
• Chapter 229 - Actions for Death and Injuries Resulting in Death.
• Chapter 230 - Actions by and Against Executors and Administrators.
• Chapter 231 - Pleading and Practice.
• Chapter 231A - Procedure for Declaratory Judgments.
• Chapter 231B - Contribution Among Joint Tortfeasors
• Chapter 231C - Structured Settlement Contracts
• Chapter 232. Set-off and Tender. [Repealed, 1975, 377, Sec. 111.]
• Chapter 232A - Tender.
• Chapter 233 - Witnesses and Evidence.
• Chapter 234 - Juries.
• Chapter 234A - Office of Jury Commissioner for the Commonwealth.
• Chapter 235 - Judgment and Execution.
• Chapter 236 - Levy of Executions on Land.

Title III. Remedies Relating to Real Property

• Chapter 237 - Writs of Entry.
• Chapter 238. Writs of Dower. [Repealed, 1979, 402, Sec. 2.]
• Chapter 239 - Summary Process for Possession of Land.
• Chapter 240 - Proceedings for Settlement of Title to Land.
• Chapter 241 - Partition of Land.
• Chapter 242 - Waste and Trespass.
• Chapter 243 - Actions for Private Nuisances.
• Chapter 244 - Foreclosure and Redemption of Mortgages.
• Chapter 245 - Informations by the Commonwealth.

Title IV. Certain Writs and Proceedings in Special Cases

• Chapter 246 - Trustee Process.
• Chapter 247 - Replevin.
• Chapter 248 - Habeas Corpus and Personal Liberty.
• Chapter 249 - Audita Querela, Certiorari, Mandamus and Quo Warranto.
• Chapter 250 - Writs of Error, Vacating Judgment, Writs of Review.
• Chapter 251 - Uniform Arbitration Act for Commercial Disputes.
• Chapter 252 - Improvement of Low Land and Swamps.
• Chapter 253 - Mills, Dams and Reservoirs.
• Chapter 254 - Liens on Buildings and Land.
• Chapter 255 - Mortgages, Conditional Sales and Pledges of Personal Property, and Liens Thereon.
• Chapter 255A. Trust Receipts and Pledges Without Possession in the Pledgee. [Repealed, 1957, 765, Sec. 2.]
• Chapter 255B - Retail Instalment Sales of Motor Vehicles.
• Chapter 255C - Insurance Premium Finance Agencies.
• Chapter 255D - Retail Installment Sales and Services.
• Chapter 255E - Licensing of Certain Mortgage Lenders and Brokers
• Chapter 255F - Licensing of Mortgage Loan Originators
• Chapter 256 - Recognizances for Debts.
• Chapter 257 - Seizure and Libelling of Forfeited Property.
• Chapter 258 - Claims and Indemnity Procedure for the Commonwealth, Its Municipalities, Counties and Districts and the Officers and Employees Thereof.
• Chapter 258A. Compensation of Victims of Violent Crimes. [Repealed by 1993, 478, Sec. 3.]
• Chapter 258B - Rights of Victims and Witnesses of Crime.
• Chapter 258C - Compensation of Victims of Violent Crimes
• Chapter 258D - . Compensation for Certain Erroneous Felony Convictions .

Title V. Statutes of Frauds and Limitations

• Chapter 259 - Prevention of Frauds and Perjuries.
• Chapter 260 - Limitation of Actions.

Title VI. Costs and Fees

• Chapter 261 - Costs in Civil Actions.
• Chapter 262 - Fees of Certain Officers.

Part IV - Crimes, Punishments and Proceedings in Criminal Cases

Title I. Crimes and Punishments

• Chapter 263 - Rights of Persons Accused of Crime
• Chapter 263A - Witness Protection in Criminal Matters.
• Chapter 264 - Crimes Against Governments.
• Chapter 265 - Crimes Against the Person.
• Chapter 266 - Crimes Against Property.
• Chapter 267 - Forgery and Crimes Against the Currency.
• Chapter 268 - Crimes Against Public Justice.
• Chapter 268A - Conduct of Public Officials and Employees.
• Chapter 268B - Financial Disclosure by Certain Public Officials and Employees.
• Chapter 269 - Crimes Against Public Peace.
• Chapter 270 - Crimes Against Public Health.
• Chapter 271 - Crimes Against Public Policy.
• Chapter 272 - Crimes Against Chastity, Morality, Decency and Good Order.
• Chapter 273 - Desertion, Non-support and Illegitimacy.
• Chapter 273A. Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support. [Repealed by 1995, 5, Sec. 105.]
• Chapter 274 - Felonies, Accessories and Attempts to Commit Crimes.

Title II. Proceedings in Criminal Cases

• Chapter 275 - Proceedings to Prevent Crimes.
• Chapter 276 - Search Warrants, Rewards, Fugitives From Justice, Arrest, Examination, Commitment and Bail. Probation Officers and Board of Probation.
• Chapter 276A - District Court Pretrial Diversion of Selected Offenders.
• Chapter 277 - Indictments and Proceedings Before Trial.
• Chapter 278 - Trials and Proceedings Before Judgment.
• Chapter 279 - Judgment and Execution.
• Chapter 280 - Fines and Forfeitures.

Part V - The General Laws, and Express Repeal of Certain Acts and Resolves

• Chapter 281 - The General Laws and Their Effect.
• Chapter 282 - Express Repeal of Certain Acts and Resolves. [chapter Omitted.]

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