GENERAL LAWS OF MASSACHUSETTS

CHAPTER 84. REPAIR OF WAYS AND BRIDGES.

HIGHWAYS AND TOWN WAYS.

Chapter 84, Section 1. Repair of highways and town ways at expense of towns.

Chapter 84, Section 2. Repair of bridge by two or more towns; repair of drawbridge.

Chapter 84, Section 3. Enforcement of order for repair.

Chapter 84, Section 4. Warrants against delinquent towns.

Chapter 84, Section 5. Appropriation for construction, repair, and maintenance of highway through two or more towns.

Chapter 84, Section 5A. Removal of snow or ice; sanding.

Chapter 84, Section 6. Sanding of tarred ways.

Chapter 84, Section 7. Duties of surveyors of highways and road commissioners.

Chapter 84, Section 7A. Notice of repair, construction or reconstruction of road or highway.

Chapter 84, Section 8. Fences, gates or bars to prevent spread of disease; removal.

Chapter 84, Section 9. Ditches by side of ways.

Chapter 84, Section 10. Entry upon land to secure and protect public way; damages.

Chapter 84, Section 11. State aid for keeping highways open in winter.

Chapter 84, Section 11A. Maintenance of highways constructed or improved in whole or in part by county.

PRIVATE WAYS AND BRIDGES.

Chapter 84, Section 12. Meeting of proprietors and occupants of private way or bridge; clerk and surveyor.

Chapter 84, Section 13. Refusal or neglect of proprietor to comply with vote.

Chapter 84, Section 14. Financing repairs.

DAMAGES FOR DEFECTS IN WAYS.

Chapter 84, Section 15. Personal injuries or property damage from defective ways.

Chapter 84, Section 16. Damages caused by excessive loads.

Chapter 84, Section 17. Injury or damage caused by snow or ice.

Chapter 84, Section 18. Notice of injury; contents; limitation of action.

Chapter 84, Section 19. Service of notice.

Chapter 84, Section 20. Omissions in notice; notice of insufficiency.

Chapter 84, Section 21. Notice to owner of private property.

Chapter 84, Section 22. Neglect to repair way; penalty.

Chapter 84, Section 23. Dedicated ways.

Chapter 84, Section 24. Damage from defects in dedicated ways.

Chapter 84, Section 25. Location of repairs made within six years of injury.

Chapter 84, Section 26. Liability of abutting lot owner.

Chapter 84, Section 27. Excavations abutting public way; liability of owners.

Chapter 84, Section 27A. Erection of barriers at excavations abutting public ways; duty of owner; penalty.


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