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2022 Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Title XIV - Public Ways and Works
Chapter 84 - Repair of Ways and Bridges
- Section 1 - Repair of Highways and Town Ways at Expense of Towns
- Section 2 - Repair of Bridge by Two or More Towns; Repair of Drawbridge
- Section 3 - Enforcement of Order for Repair
- Section 4 - Warrants Against Delinquent Towns
- Section 5 - Appropriation for Construction, Repair, and Maintenance of Highway Through Two or More Towns
- Section 5a - Removal of Snow or Ice; Equipment and Employees
- Section 6 - Sanding of Tarred Ways
- Section 7 - Duties of Surveyors of Highways and Road Commissioners
- Section 7a - Notice of Repair, Construction or Reconstruction of Road or Highway
- Section 8 - Fences, Gates or Bars to Prevent Spread of Disease; Removal
- Section 9 - Ditches by Side of Ways
- Section 10 - Entry Upon Land to Secure and Protect Public Way; Damages
- Section 11 - State Aid for Keeping Highway Open in Winter
- Section 11a - Maintenance of Highways Constructed or Improved in Whole or in Part by County
- Section 12 - Meeting of Proprietors and Occupants of Private Way or Bridge; Warrant; Clerk and Surveyor
- Section 13 - Refusal or Neglect of Proprietor or Occupant to Comply With Vote
- Section 14 - Financing Repairs
- Section 15 - Personal Injuries or Property Damage From Defective Ways
- Section 16 - Damage Caused by Excessive Load
- Section 17 - Injury or Damage Caused by Snow or Ice
- Section 18 - Notice of Injury; Contents; Limitation of Action
- Section 19 - Service of Notice
- Section 20 - Omissions in Notice; Notice of Insufficiency
- Section 21 - Notice to Owner of Private Property
- Section 22 - Neglect to Repair Way; Penalty
- Section 23 - Dedicated Ways
- Section 24 - Damage From Defects in Dedicated Ways
- Section 25 - Repairs Made on Way Within Six Years of Injury
- Section 26 - Liability of Abutting Lot Owner
- Section 27 - Excavations Abutting Public Way; Liability of Owners
- Section 27a - Erection of Barriers at Excavations Abutting Public Ways; Duty of Owner; Penalty
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