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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 255, § 36 (2026)

Recovery of personalty held under lien

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Section 36. If personal property exceeding twenty dollars in value is detained from the owner, or person otherwise entitled to its possession, under the claim of a lien, and the contract under which the alleged claim arose did not specifically state in writing the aggregate amount of charges to accrue for the services or materials to be furnished, the owner or such other person may cause the said property to be replevied in the manner and subject to the provisions set forth in sections seven to twenty-two, inclusive, of chapter two hundred and forty-seven, so far as the same may be applicable, except as is otherwise provided in the three following sections.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 2003–2003 · leading case: Commonwealth Mut. Ins. v. Vigorito, 2003 Mass. App. Div. 26 (Mass. Dist. Ct., App. Div. 2003).
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Commonwealth Mut. Ins. v. Vigorito, 2003 Mass. App. Div. 26 (Mass. Dist. Ct., App. Div. 2003). · cites it 2× “XXX; (2) the Commonwealth’s exclusive remedy was to file an action for replevin under G.L.c. 255, §36; (3) the court’s ultimate finding was inconsistent with its rulings on Vigorito’s requests for rulings; and (4) the ultimate finding was against the weight of the evidence.”
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