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2006 Massachusetts Code - CHAPTER 79. — EMINENT DOMAIN.
TITLE XIII. — EMINENT DOMAIN AND BETTERMENTS.
- Chapter 79 — Section 1. Order of taking; contents.
- Chapter 79 — Section 2. Officials authorized to exercise eminent domain.
- Section 3. Recordation of taking order; procedure to acquire possession.
- Chapter 79 — Section 4. Taking registered land.
- Chapter 79 — Section 5. Taking of land already in public use.
- Chapter 79 — Section 5A. Historical or archeological landmarks; taking.
- Section 5B. Agricultural land.
- Section 5C. Notice of intent prior to taking; exceptions.
- Chapter 79 — Section 6. Taking by public; award of damages; amendment of award; payment.
- Chapter 79 — Section 6A. Moving expenses; exemption from attachment or execution.
- Chapter 79 — Section 7. Taking by private corporations; award of damages; time of payment.
- Chapter 79 — Section 7A. Appraisal as pre-requisite to payment of damages.
- Chapter 79 — Section 7B. Execution of necessary documents; time of issuance of checks.
- Chapter 79 — Section 7C. Notice of taking and amount of damages; contents; service.
- Chapter 79 — Section 7D. Unknown persons or persons under legal disability; manner of payment ofdamages; apportionment of damages; deposits.
- Chapter 79 — Section 7E. Unclaimed checks.
- Chapter 79 — Section 7F. Copies of notice or notice of deposit; sending to tax collectors.
- Chapter 79 — Section 7G. Receipt of payment or deposit; effect; recovery of interest; refund ofoverpayment; recovery of payment made to person not entitled thereto.
- Chapter 79 — Section 7H. Payment of damages of less than $2000 to prevent hardshipnotwithstanding title deficiencies.
- Chapter 79 — Section 8. Repealed, 1964, 579, Sec. 4.
- Chapter 79 — Section 8A. Offer of settlement; payment pro tanto; refund of excess.
- Chapter 79 — Section 8B. Time for vacation of dwellings.
- Chapter 79 — Section 9. Injuries to realty caused by improvements not constituting a taking.
- Chapter 79 — Section 10. Damages for injuries to property caused by acts in pais.
- Chapter 79 — Section 10A. Procedure for payment of damages; enforcement of compliance; effect ofnoncompliance.
- Chapter 79 — Section 11. Land lying in more than one governmental unit; petition for award ofdamages.
- Chapter 79 — Section 12. Measure of damages; federal reimbursement.
- Chapter 79 — Section 12A. Property taken diminished in value by disaster; full compensation;determination of fair market value; time limit.
- Chapter 79 — Section 13. Buildings and trees on land taken.
- Chapter 79 — Section 14. Petition to superior court.
- Chapter 79 — Section 15. Repealed, 1936, 385.
- Chapter 79 — Section 16. Time of filing petition.
- Chapter 79 — Section 17. Time for filing petition when original proceedings quashed.
- Chapter 79 — Section 18. Time for filing petition when validity of taking is contested.
- Chapter 79 — Section 19. Time for filing petition if improvement is delayed by law.
- Chapter 79 — Section 20. Petition by guardian, conservator or trustee.
- Chapter 79 — Section 21. Procedure on death of person entitled to damages.
- Chapter 79 — Section 22. Pleading and procedure.
- Chapter 79 — Section 23. Petition of persons holding different interests in same property.
- Chapter 79 — Section 24. Petition of tenant for life or years and remaindermen.
- Chapter 79 — Section 25. Damages accruing to life tenants; remaindermen, etc., to be placed in trust.
- Chapter 79 — Section 26. Trustees for persons under legal disability; appointment; bond.
- Chapter 79 — Section 27. Persons holding unusual interests; right to petition.
- Chapter 79 — Section 28. Notice to holders of different interests.
- Chapter 79 — Section 29. Award to persons holding different interests; apportionment.
- Chapter 79 — Section 30. Appointment of guardian ad litem or trustee.
- Chapter 79 — Section 31. Petition by tenant in possession of encumbered property.
- Chapter 79 — Section 32. Mortgaged land; procedure.
- Chapter 79 — Section 33. Apportionment of damages between mortgagor and mortgagee.
- Chapter 79 — Section 34. Request for quick trial.
- Chapter 79 — Section 35. Evidence of assessed or fair market value of property; admissibility.
- Chapter 79 — Section 35A. Apportionment of taxes.
- Chapter 79 — Section 36. Discontinuance of petition.
- Chapter 79 — Section 36A. Payment of damages after exhaustion or waiver of right to appeal.
- Chapter 79 — Section 37. Interest on award of damages.
- Chapter 79 — Section 38. Costs.
- Chapter 79 — Section 39. Settlement and tender; interest.
- Chapter 79 — Section 40. Taking by private corporations; security for damages.
- Chapter 79 — Section 41. Finality of award; remedy for collection.
- Chapter 79 — Section 42. Remedies to enforce payment by private corporation.
- Chapter 79 — Section 43. Right less than fee; effect of abandonment on award of damages.
- Chapter 79 — Section 44. Taking by United States.
- Chapter 79 — Section 44A. Tax liens on realty taken.
- Chapter 79 — Section 45. Applicability of chapter.
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