Massachusetts
CHAPTER 186. ESTATES FOR YEARS AND AT WILL.
Chapter 186, Section 1. Long term interests; treatment as freeholder.
Chapter 186, Section 2. Assignment of dower.
Chapter 186, Section 3. Tenancy at sufferance; liability for rent.
Chapter 186, Section 4. Liability of tenant for rent for proportion of land in
possession.
Chapter 186, Section 5. Action to recover rent; evidence.
Chapter 186, Section 6. Survival of action.
Chapter 186, Section 7. Remedies of landlords.
Chapter 186, Section 8. Recovery of rent accruing before determination of lease.
Chapter 186, Section 9. Recovery of rent paid in advance.
Chapter 186, Section 10. Rent as a necessary.
Chapter 186, Section 11. Determination of lease for nonpayment of rent.
Chapter 186, Section 11A. Termination of lease for nonpayment of rent.
Chapter 186, Section 12. Notice to determine estate at will.
Chapter 186, Section 13. Recovery of possession after termination of tenancy at
will.
Chapter 186, Section 14. Wrongful acts of lessor or landlord of buildings or
premises occupied for dwelling or residential purposes; criminal penalties; civil
remedies; jurisdiction; sections applicable to acts of reprisal, waiver in leases or
rental agreements prohibited.
Chapter 186, Section 15. Provisions of lease or rental agreement pertaining to
non-liability of landlord.
Chapter 186, Section 15A. Agreement to waive notices; effect upon lease.
Chapter 186, Section 15B. Entrance of premises prior to termination of lease;
payments; receipts; interest; records; security deposits.
Chapter 186, Section 15C. Residential real estate, lease payments based on real
estate tax increases.
Chapter 186, Section 15D. Delivery of copy of lease to lessee; penalty; waiver
prohibited.
Chapter 186, Section 15E. Action against property owner by lessee sustaining
injury caused by defect in common area; certain defense barred, waiver in lease or
other rental agreement prohibited.
Chapter 186, Section 15F. Certain provisions of lease or rental agreement relating
to residential real property as to litigation and liability of landlord deemed void;
remedies of tenant.
Chapter 186, Section 16. Provisions of lease or rental agreement pertaining to
children.
Chapter 186, Section 17. Occupancy constituting tenancy at will; termination.
Chapter 186, Section 18. Reprisal for reporting violations of law or for tenant's
union activity; damages and costs; notice of termination, presumption; waiver in
leases or other rental agreements prohibited.
Chapter 186, Section 19. Notice to landlord of unsafe condition; tort actions for
injuries resulting from uncorrected condition.
Chapter 186, Section 20. Attorneys' fees in certain residential landlord-tenant
actions.
Chapter 186, Section 21. Disclosure of insurance information by lessor; violations;
waiver.
Chapter 186: Section 22. Definitions; submeter installation; testing; water use
charges; public housing development exemption
Chapter 186, Section 1. Long term interests; treatment as freeholder.
Chapter 186, Section 2. Assignment of dower.
Chapter 186, Section 3. Tenancy at sufferance; liability for rent.
Chapter 186, Section 4. Liability of tenant for rent for proportion of land in
possession.
Chapter 186, Section 5. Action to recover rent; evidence.
Chapter 186, Section 6. Survival of action.
Chapter 186, Section 7. Remedies of landlords.
Chapter 186, Section 8. Recovery of rent accruing before determination of lease.
Chapter 186, Section 9. Recovery of rent paid in advance.
Chapter 186, Section 10. Rent as a necessary.
Chapter 186, Section 11. Determination of lease for nonpayment of rent.
Chapter 186, Section 11A. Termination of lease for nonpayment of rent.
Chapter 186, Section 12. Notice to determine estate at will.
Chapter 186, Section 13. Recovery of possession after termination of tenancy at
will.
Chapter 186, Section 14. Wrongful acts of lessor or landlord of buildings or
premises occupied for dwelling or residential purposes; criminal penalties; civil
remedies; jurisdiction; sections applicable to acts of reprisal, waiver in leases or
rental agreements prohibited.
Chapter 186, Section 15. Provisions of lease or rental agreement pertaining to
non-liability of landlord.
Chapter 186, Section 15A. Agreement to waive notices; effect upon lease.
Chapter 186, Section 15B. Entrance of premises prior to termination of lease;
payments; receipts; interest; records; security deposits.
Chapter 186, Section 15C. Residential real estate, lease payments based on real
estate tax increases.
Chapter 186, Section 15D. Delivery of copy of lease to lessee; penalty; waiver
prohibited.
Chapter 186, Section 15E. Action against property owner by lessee sustaining
injury caused by defect in common area; certain defense barred, waiver in lease or
other rental agreement prohibited.
Chapter 186, Section 15F. Certain provisions of lease or rental agreement relating
to residential real property as to litigation and liability of landlord deemed void;
remedies of tenant.
Chapter 186, Section 16. Provisions of lease or rental agreement pertaining to
children.
Chapter 186, Section 17. Occupancy constituting tenancy at will; termination.
Chapter 186, Section 18. Reprisal for reporting violations of law or for tenant's
union activity; damages and costs; notice of termination, presumption; waiver in
leases or other rental agreements prohibited.
Chapter 186, Section 19. Notice to landlord of unsafe condition; tort actions for
injuries resulting from uncorrected condition.
Chapter 186, Section 20. Attorneys' fees in certain residential landlord-tenant
actions.
Chapter 186, Section 21. Disclosure of insurance information by lessor; violations;
waiver.
Chapter 186: Section 22. Definitions; submeter installation; testing; water use
charges; public housing development exemption
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