Chapter 223 - Commencement of Actions, Service of Process

Section 1 - Transitory Actions; General Provisions
Section 2 - Transitory Actions; District Courts
Section 2a - Consolidation of Pending Actions Arising Out of Same Accident or Transaction
Section 2b - Actions Arising Out of Same Accident or Transaction Pending in Both Superior and District Courts; Transfer to Superior Court
Section 2c - Actions Arising Out of Same Accident or Transaction; Procedure After Transfer
Section 3 - Transitory Actions; Enumeration
Section 4 - Replevin Actions
Section 5 - Actions by the Commonwealth
Section 6 - Counties; Actions by or Against
Section 7 - Defective Ways, etc.; Negligence Actions
Section 8 - Corporations; Actions by or Against
Section 8a - Reciprocal or Inter-Insurance Exchange; Transitory Actions by or Against Subscribers
Section 9 - Transitory Actions by or Against City of Boston
Section 10 - Actions by City of Boston; Transfer From County of Suffolk
Section 11 - Executors or Administrators; Transitory Actions by or Against
Section 12 - Land Title Actions
Section 13 - Change of Venue
Section 14 - Forfeitures
Section 15 - Erroneous Venue; Procedure
Section 19 - Unknown Defendant; Procedure
Section 20 - Process; Issuance
Section 31 - Summons; Leaving at Last Known Address, Etc.
Section 31a - Summons; Service Upon Persons Engaged in Voting
Section 34 - Further Notice to Absent Defendant
Section 35 - Process; Duty of Officer to State Place of Service in Return
Section 37 - Corporations; Persons Authorized to Be Served
Section 38 - Foreign Corporations
Section 39 - Foreign Insurance Company; Manner of Service
Section 39a - Service on Certain Insurance Companies Severally, or Jointly and Severally, Liable
Section 39b - Reciprocal or Inter-Insurance Exchange; Service on Attorney in Fact of Subscribers
Section 40 - Voluntary Associations, Service On
Section 42 - Property Subject to Attachment
Section 42a - Amount Liquidated or Ascertainable by Calculation; Limitation on Attachment
Section 43 - Cars and Vessels; Attachment
Section 44 - Ships or Vessels; Conditions Precedent
Section 44a - Motor Vehicles; Conditions Precedent
Section 45 - Property of Newspaper Offices
Section 45a - Attaching Officer; Powers to Require Security
Section 47 - Successive Attachments on Different Writs
Section 48 - Keeper; Appointment; Costs
Section 49 - Attached Personalty; Keeping on Owner's Premises
Section 50 - Bulky Goods
Section 52 - Personalty; Attachment of Proceeds of Sale
Section 53 - Further Attachment of Replevied Property
Section 54 - Replevin; Liability of Plaintiff for Value
Section 55 - Death or Removal of First Attaching Officer
Section 56 - Death or Removal of First Attaching Officer; Procedure in Subsequent Attachment
Section 57 - Replevied Property; Mode of Attaching
Section 58 - Death of Attaching Officer; Continuance of Attachment
Section 59 - Duration of Attachment After Judgment
Section 62 - General Provisions
Section 63 - Copy of Writ; Deposit in Registry of Deeds
Section 64 - Attaching Officer; Duty
Section 65 - Register; Duty; Fees
Section 66 - Attachment; Time of Taking Effect
Section 67 - Fraudulently Conveyed Realty; General Provisions
Section 68 - Fraudulently Conveyed Realty; Duty of Register
Section 69 - Papers in Actions in Federal Courts; Duties of Registers
Section 70 - Encumbered Realty
Section 71 - Attachment of Shares of Stock Prohibited
Section 72 - Attachment of Property in Possession of Bailee; Limitation
Section 73 - Carrier or Warehouseman; Property in Possession
Section 74 - Mortgaged or Sold Under Conditional Sales Contract
Section 75 - Mortgagee, Lienor, or Conditional Vendor; Duty to State Account
Section 76 - Excessive Demands; Penalty
Section 77 - Proceeds of Sale; Payment of Creditors
Section 78 - Redemption of Mortgage; Duty of Debtor to Repay Redemption Price
Section 79 - Holder of Encumbrance; Summoning; Examination
Section 80 - Amount Due; Determination
Section 81 - Validity of Mortgage; Determination
Section 82 - Creditor to Retain Amount Paid by Him
Section 83 - Creditor; Right to Hold Property Until Repaid Upon Failure to Recover Judgment
Section 83a - Application of Secs. 74 to 83
Section 84 - Insufficient Service of Process; Dismissal of Action or Further Service
Section 86a - Equitable Attachments; Allowance After Entry of Judgment
Section 87 - Sale of Attached Personal Property
Section 88 - Perishable Property; Appraisal and Sale
Section 89 - Perishable Property; Appraisal and Sale; Proceedings
Section 90 - Absent Defendant; Notice
Section 91 - Appraisers; Manner of Appointment
Section 92 - Perishable Property; Sale After Appraisal
Section 93 - Perishable Property; Delivery to Debtor; Condition
Section 94 - Bond; Duty to Return With Writs
Section 95 - Action on Bond; Executions for Costs Against Attaching Creditors
Section 97 - Action on Bond; Distribution of Money by Court
Section 98 - Action on Bond; Protection of Prior Attachments
Section 99 - Action on Bond; Right of Creditor Not Joining
Section 100 - Action on Bond; Limitation
Section 101 - Creditors; Payment and Satisfaction
Section 102 - Appraisal at Request of Part Owner
Section 103 - Delivery to Part Owner; Conditions Precedent
Section 104 - Pledge of Property
Section 105 - Restoration
Section 106 - Dissolution of Prior Attachment: Application
Section 107 - Affidavit and Bond
Section 108 - Dissolution of Prior Attachment; Finding of Court
Section 109 - Dissolution of Prior Attachment; Effect of Pleadings
Section 110 - Dissolution of Prior Attachment; Defences
Section 111 - Costs; Damages
Section 112 - Proceeding Upon Appeal
Section 113 - Judgment; Force and Effect
Section 113a - Method of Dissolving, Discharging or Reducing Attachments
Section 114 - Excessive or Unreasonable Attachments; Manner of Reduction or Discharge
Section 114a - Real Estate Attachments; Expiration by Operation of Law
Section 115 - Dissolution of Attachment Upon Exhaustion of Appellate Review
Section 115a - Failure of Service Upon Defendant
Section 116 - Death of Defendant
Section 117 - Attaching Officer; Liability for Net Proceeds
Section 118 - Liability of Creditor for Proceeds Paid Over to Him
Section 119 - Counterclaim
Section 120 - Dissolution of Attachment Upon Giving of Bond
Section 121 - Bond; Hearing Before Approval
Section 122 - Debtor's Fees and Costs
Section 123 - Debtor's Bond; Filing
Section 124 - Release of Sureties of Insolvent Debtor
Section 125 - Bond to Pay Value of Property
Section 126 - Fees
Section 127 - Fraudulently Conveyed Realty
Section 128 - Deposit
Section 129 - Individual Property of One Defendant
Section 129a - Attaching Officer; Liability for Release of Attached Property
Section 130 - Dissolution of Attachment Upon Appointment of Receiver
Section 131 - Discharge of Receiver
Section 132 - Dissolution of Attachment of Real Estate Upon Release by Plaintiff
Section 133 - Persons Authorized; Approval