Civil Court Reports and Dashboards

Below is a list of available Massachusetts Trial Court statistical reports and interactive dashboards on civil matters. Summary statistics reflect the type and volume of cases handled across the state over recent years.

Interactive Dashboards

• Massachusetts Trial Court, Civil Case Filings
  • Civil court case filings dating back to FY2017. View annual totals or data by Trial Court Department, case type, or county. The dashboards include each of the Trial Court departments, including Boston Municipal Court, District Court, Housing Court, Juvenile Court, Land Court, Probate and Family Court, and Superior Court.
• Residential Eviction Cases, Non-Payment of Rent
  • Dashboard of residential eviction case filings for non-payment of rent. All data is compiled from the Trial Court's case tracking system, Masscourts, and is updated weekly.
• Residential Eviction Cases, Tier 1 and Tier 2 Events
  • Results of Tier 1 and Tier 2 events on residential eviction cases for non-payment of rent. A Tier 1 event is a mediation hearing that occurs after a landlord files an eviction case. If the parties can't reach an agreement in mediation, they proceed to Tier 2, where the case is decided in Civil Court. All data is compiled from the Trial Court's case tracking system Masscourts and is updated weekly.
• Residential Eviction Cases, Executions Issued
  • Dashboard of court-ordered evictions (or executions) for non-payment of rent. All data is compiled from the Trial Court's case tracking system, Masscourts, and is updated weekly.

Civil Court Reports

• Civil Forfeiture Cases: Selected Statistics (2021)
• Summary Process: Fee-Shifting, Dispositions, and Other Practices
• Civil Forfeiture Cases: Selected Statistics (2020)
• Monthly Reports: Chapter 257 of the Acts of 2020 - An Act Providing for Eviction Protections
• Statutes, Practices, and Analysis of Civil Forfeiture Cases (2019)

Last updated:	August 24, 2022