Mass. Gen. Laws » Part I Title XXII Chapter 155
Massachusetts General Laws

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 155, § 1 (2026)

Application of chapter; secretary defined

✓ current as of July 2026
Find cases: SyfertCases citing this section MAmalegislature.gov (official) JustiaChapter on Justia CornellLII Search CasesGoogle Scholar

Section 1. This chapter, unless expressly limited in its application, shall apply to all corporations created by or organized under the laws of the commonwealth, except incorporated domestic insurance companies, and except corporations subject to chapter 156A or corporations subject to chapter 156B or chapter 156D or chapter 164 or sections 1 through 11D of chapter 165 or chapter 180 except that section 2B of this chapter shall apply to all corporations subject to any of said chapters and except insofar as such provisions are inconsistent with other provisions of law relative to particular corporations or classes of corporations, and the provisions shall apply to all corporations created by or organized under laws other than those of the commonwealth so far as they are made applicable to them by reference in this or any other chapter. In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, ''secretary'' or ''state secretary'' means the secretary of the commonwealth.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1984–2022 · leading case: Planned Parenthood Fed. of Am. v. Problem Pregnancy, 498 N.E.2d 1044 (Mass. 1986).
Sort: Relevance Newest Treatment
Planned Parenthood Fed. of Am. v. Problem Pregnancy, 498 N.E.2d 1044 (Mass. 1986). “See G.L.c. 155, § 1 (1984 ed.). [5] Title 15 U.”
Planned Parenthood Fed'n of Am., Inc. v. Problem Pregnancy of Worcester, Inc., 398 Mass. 480 (Mass. 1986). “See G. L. c. 155, § 1 (1984 ed.). Title 15 U.”
Dream Capital Managment LLC v. Deutsche Bank Nat'l Trust Co. (D. Me. 2020). “Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 155 § 1. The Defendant contends that “[f]or-profit corporations existing as of and after July 1, 2004, such as Nation One, are governed by Chapter 156D.”
Dream Capital Mgmt. LLC v. Deutsche Bank Nat'l Trust Co. (D. Me. 2022). “Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 155, § 1 (2022); see Boyle v.”
Massaro v. Vernitron Corp., 102 F.R.D. 210 (D. Mass. 1984). “Nor does this Court find the O’Rourke case, which turns on the common law right of estate administrators to sue or compromise claims on behalf of the estate, applicable to the instant situation.”
Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.