Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 255 § 36

Current through Chapters 1 to 249 and Chapters 253 to 255 of the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 255:36 - Recovery of personalty held under lien

If personal property exceeding twenty dollars in value is detained from the owner, or person otherwise entitled to its possession, under the claim of a lien, and the contract under which the alleged claim arose did not specifically state in writing the aggregate amount of charges to accrue for the services or materials to be furnished, the owner or such other person may cause the said property to be replevied in the manner and subject to the provisions set forth in sections seven to twenty-two, inclusive, of chapter two hundred and forty-seven, so far as the same may be applicable, except as is otherwise provided in the three following sections.

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 255, § 36