GENERAL LAWS OF 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
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