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Introduced
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Introduced Session
187th General Court
Bill Summary
Relative to discovery in summary process actions. The Judiciary.
AI Summary
This bill amends Chapter 239 of the General Laws, which governs summary process actions, by adding a new section, Section 2B. This new section stipulates that a summary process action, which is a legal process to evict a tenant, cannot be postponed or extended from its original court date simply because a tenant has filed requests for discovery, which is the process of obtaining evidence from the opposing party. The only exception is if the tenant has already responded to the initial complaint filed against them.
Committee Categories
Justice
Sponsors (1)
Last Action
Accompanied a study order, see H4364 (on 07/31/2012)
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| Document Type | Source Location |
|---|---|
| State Bill Page | http://www.malegislature.gov/Bills/187/House/H521 |
| State Bill Page | https://malegislature.gov/Bills/187/H521 |
| Bill | https://malegislature.gov/Bills/PDF?billId=9387&generalCourtId=1 |
| Bill | https://malegislature.gov/Bills/BillHtml/9387?generalCourtId=1 |
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