Massachusetts General Laws

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 240, § 5 (2026)

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Section 5. The four preceding sections shall not apply to any property, right, title or interest of the commonwealth.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 2011–2013 · leading case: Bevilacqua v. Rodriguez, 955 N.E.2d 884 (Mass. 2011).

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Bevilacqua v. Rodriguez, 955 N.E.2d 884 (Mass. 2011). “” Leaving aside the fact that public property cannot be the subject of a try title action, see G. L. c. 240, § 5, an interpretation of the try title statute permitting such a result cannot be the law.”

Halchak v. Romeo, 31 Mass. L. Rptr. 9 (Mass. Super. Ct. 2013). “Thus, the Land Court concluded that “[i]n order to give effect to G.L.c. 240, §5, it appears that an action to quiet title (sections 6-10) is an exception to the doctrine of sovereign immunity by implication from the terms of the statute.”

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