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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 255, § 32 (2026)

Dissolution of liens on personalty; manner

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Section 32. Liens claimed by public warehousemen and others upon personal property for storage thereof, by innkeepers, boarding house keepers and lodging house keepers upon the baggage and effects of guests, boarders or lodgers, by stable keepers and others for the boarding, keeping or pasturage of horses or other domestic animals, by persons maintaining public garages for the storage and care of motor vehicles, by agents, consignees and factors for advances, disbursements or expenses upon merchandise, by attorneys at law upon books, papers, documents or other personal property, and by any other persons for money due to them on account of work and labor, care and diligence, or money expended on or about personal property under a contract express or implied, may, except as otherwise provided in section thirty-four, be dissolved as provided in the following section.

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Cited in 2 cases, 1970–2019 · leading case: Torphy v. Reder, 257 N.E.2d 435 (Mass. 1970).
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Torphy v. Reder, 257 N.E.2d 435 (Mass. 1970). “In G. L. c. 255, § 32, there appears a recital or listing of "hens claimed by” persons engaged in particular activities upon specific items of property, including those claimed "by attorneys at law upon books, papers, documents or other personal property,” and a further…”
In re Venincasa, 601 B.R. 296 (Bankr. D. Mass. 2019). “L & W also invokes Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 255 §§ 32 and 33, related to the dissolution of liens *300 on personalty, including those "by attorneys at law upon books, papers, documents or other personal property" as indirect proof that such liens may be available in Massachusetts.”
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