11 sections in this chapter.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 242, § 1 Waste; persons entitled to maintain; jury trial
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Section 1. If a tenant in dower, by the curtesy, for life or for years commits or suffers waste on the land so held, the person having the next immediate estate of inheritance may have an action of waste against such tenant to recover the place wasted and the amount of the damage…
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 242, § 2 Actions of tort in nature of waste; persons entitled to maintain
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Section 2. A person having the next immediate estate of inheritance, or a remainder or reversion in fee simple or fee tail after an intervening life estate, or having a remainder or reversion for life or for years, may have an action of tort in the nature of waste to recover the …
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 242, § 3 Actions in tort in nature of waste; when maintainable against representatives
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Section 3. If such action in tort was commenced in the lifetime of the tenant, it may be prosecuted against his executor or administrator or it may be commenced against such executor or administrator for waste committed or suffered in the tenant's lifetime.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 242, § 4 Triple damages for waste; liability of co-tenant
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Section 4. A joint tenant or tenant in common of undivided land who cuts down, destroys or carries away trees, timber, wood or underwood standing or lying on such land, or digs up or carries away stone, ore or other valuable thing found there, or commits any other waste, without …
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 242, § 5 Actions for triple damages
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Section 5. Such damages may be recovered in tort by one or more of the other co-tenants, without naming any one except the plaintiff, one half to the use of the co-tenants who associate themselves with the plaintiff in bringing the action, and the other half to their use and that…
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 242, § 6 Triple damages for waste during pendency of action for recovery of land
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Section 6. If, during the pendency of an action for the recovery of land, the tenant or person in possession, with knowledge thereof, commits waste, the demandant, if he recovers judgment, may afterward recover in tort three times the amount of the damages assessed therefor.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 242, § 7 Willful trespass to trees, etc.; damages
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Section 7. A person who without license willfully cuts down, carries away, girdles or otherwise destroys trees, timber, wood or underwood on the land of another shall be liable to the owner in tort for three times the amount of the damages assessed therefor; but if it is found th…
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 242, § 7A Agricultural or horticultural land; theft or destruction; treble damages
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Section 7A. Any person who, without permission, willfully enters the agricultural or horticultural land of another, including, but not limited to, an orchard, garden, nursery, cranberry bog, field, or vineyard, and carries away, takes, steals, mutilates, destroys, damages, causes…
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 242, § 7B Damage by off-highway or recreational vehicle to field crops or agricultural property; treble damages; definitions
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Section 7B. (a) Any person operating an off-highway or recreational vehicle who damages or destroys a field crop product and agricultural property situated on the land of another shall be liable to the owner of such product in tort. (b) A party awarded judgment under this section…
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 242, § 8 Involuntary trespass; tender of damages
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Section 8. A trespasser, if the trespass was casual and involuntary, may, before an action is commenced, tender the damages and, upon action brought, disclaim title and allege the tender and that the trespass was casual and involuntary; and if it is found that the allegations are…
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 242, § 9 Enjoining waste; jurisdiction; bond
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Section 9. If a person whose land is attached commits waste thereon or threatens or prepares so to do or if a real action is brought to foreclose a mortgage or for possession thereunder or for the recovery of land and any waste, or act in the nature of waste, on the land has been…