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2021 Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Title XIV - Public Ways and Works
Chapter 87 - Shade Trees
- Section 1 - Public Shade Trees; Definition
- Section 2 - Powers of Tree Wardens
- Section 3 - Cutting of Public Shade Trees; Public Hearing; Damages to Fee Owner
- Section 4 - Cutting Down or Removing Public Shade Trees; Approval of Selectmen or Mayor
- Section 5 - Cutting Down, Trimming or Removing Bushes and Small Trees
- Section 6 - Penalty for Violation of Sec. 3, 4 or 5
- Section 7 - Planting of Shade Trees
- Section 8 - Trees on State Highways
- Section 9 - Signs or Marks on Shade Trees
- Section 10 - Injury to Trees on State Highways
- Section 11 - Injury to Trees of Another Person
- Section 12 - Injury to Shrubs, Trees or Fixtures
- Section 13 - Powers and Duties of Tree Wardens in Cities
- Section 14 - Performance of Maintenance and Tree Removal Work by Utility;submission and Approval of Vegetation Management and Hazard Tree Removal Plans; Submission of Utility Tree Maintenance Standards and Specifications
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