Massachusetts General Laws
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, § 91 (2026)
Limitation of actions and prosecutions
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Section 91. Actions and prosecutions under this chapter shall, unless otherwise expressly provided, be commenced within two years after the time when the cause of action accrued or the offence was committed.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1988–2024 · leading case: Miramar Park Ass'n, Inc. v. Town of Dennis, 105 N.E.3d 241 (Mass. 2018).
Miramar Park Ass'n, Inc. v. Town of Dennis, 105 N.E.3d 241 (Mass. 2018). “Of course, if an order of conditions from the extension of the jetty required the town to conduct some form of ongoing dredging in perpetuity, an action to enforce such a condition would not be time barred.”
Commonwealth v. John G. Grant & Sons Co., 526 N.E.2d 768 (Mass. 1988). “G. L. c. 131, § 91 (1986 ed.). The proceeding was commenced by a complaint dated June 10, 1985 (see Mass.”
City of Worcester v. Gencarelli, 607 N.E.2d 748 (Mass. App. Ct. 1993). “this appeal on the grounds that the city’s action was barred by its failure to exhaust administrative remedies before filing suit in the Superior Court and by the two year statute of limitations contained in G. L. c. 131, § 91. The defendant also claims that the judge’s findings…”
Riad Riskalla & Another v. Town of North Reading & Others. (Mass. App. Ct. 2024). “The plaintiffs argue that they need not comply with the 2022 enforcement order issued against them because, under the statute of limitations set forth in G. L. c. 131, § 91, the commission was required to issue any enforcement order within two years after the improvements were…”
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