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. Superior Court
• Chapter 213. Provisions Common to the Supreme Judicial and Superior Courts
• Chapter 214. Equity Jurisdiction
• Chapter 215. Probate Courts
• Chapter 216. [Repealed] Courts of Insolvency
• Chapter 217. Judges and Registers of Probate and Insolvency
• Chapter 218. District Courts
• Chapter 219. [Repealed] Trial Justices
• 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 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. [Repealed] Process After Judgment For Necessaries Or Labor
• Chapter 226. [Repealed] Bail
• 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. [Repealed] Set-Off and Tender
• Chapter 232a. Tender
• Chapter 233. Witnesses and Evidence
• Chapter 234. [Repealed] Juries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. [Repealed] Writs of Dower
• 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. [Repealed] Trust Receipts and Pledges Without Possession In the Pledgee
• 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. [Repealed] Compensation of Victims of Violent Crimes
• 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
• Chapter 258e. Harassment Prevention Orders
• Chapter 258f. Certification For Victims of Violent Crime and Human Trafficking

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