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- Jurisdiction
- Massachusetts
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Statute: Chapter 65 of the Acts of 2020
- Issued
- 2020-04-20 Apr. 20, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-04-20
- End
- 120 days or 45 days after the end of the emergency, whichever sooner; extended by the Governor to Oct. 17, 2020 (read as 2020-10-17)
- In force
- Apr. 20, 2020 to Oct. 17, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Courts and public officesOther
- Addressees
- landlords of residential and small business premises
- mortgagees
- courts
- Functions reached
- PM
- CM commercial leasing (small business premises)
- SV
- CT
- Collection
- Travel, gatherings, courts and public offices ECO-C
Operative words
'Non-essential eviction', an eviction: (i) for non-payment of rent; (ii) resulting from a foreclosure; (iii) for no fault or no cause; or (iv) for cause that does not involve or include allegations of: (a) criminal activity... provided, however, that a non-essential eviction shall not include an eviction for a small business premises unit on account of the expiration of the term of a lease
Enforcement
Statute (emergency preamble)
Notes
Covered small-business commercial tenants, excluding multi-State, multinational and public companies.