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MA Gen L ch 280 § 16 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part IV - Crimes, Punishments and Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title II - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Chapter 280 - Fines and Forfeitures|Section 16 - Payment by State Treasurer of Expenses or Fees; Time Limit for Demand; Qualifications for Payment to Clerks of District Court

Section 16. The state treasurer shall pay over to the persons entitled thereto all amounts allowed to them for expenses or fees in criminal prosecutions, or allowed by the courts as rewards or compensations to prosecutors, which have been duly certified by the clerks, if demanded within three years after the allowance thereof; but he shall pay no such amounts to a clerk of a district court, until the clerk has rendered a written account of all fines received by him since his last return, and of all fees which have remained in his hands for one year after their allowance.
MA Gen L ch 281 § 1 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part V - The General Laws, and Express Repeal of Certain Acts and Resolves|Title I - Placeholder|Chapter 281 - The General Laws and Their Effect|Section 1 - Designation as General Laws; Citation; Effective Date

Section 1. This act shall not in any citation or enumeration of the statutes be reckoned as one of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty, but may be designated as the General Laws, adding the number of the chapter and section when necessary, and shall take effect from and after December thirty-first, nineteen hundred and twenty.
MA Gen L ch 281 § 2 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part V - The General Laws, and Express Repeal of Certain Acts and Resolves|Title I - Placeholder|Chapter 281 - The General Laws and Their Effect|Section 2 - Construction of General Laws as Continuation of Former Acts

Section 2. The provisions of the General Laws, so far as they are the same as those of existing statutes, shall be construed as a continuation thereof and not as new enactments, and a reference in a statute which has not been repealed to provisions of law which are revised and re-enacted herein shall be construed as applying to such provisions as so incorporated in the General Laws.
MA Gen L ch 281 § 3 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part V - The General Laws, and Express Repeal of Certain Acts and Resolves|Title I - Placeholder|Chapter 281 - The General Laws and Their Effect|Section 3 - Repealed or Superseded Law; Effect of Repeal of Law by General Laws

Section 3. The repeal of a law by this act shall not revive a law heretofore repealed or superseded, nor an office heretofore abolished.
MA Gen L ch 281 § 4 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part V - The General Laws, and Express Repeal of Certain Acts and Resolves|Title I - Placeholder|Chapter 281 - The General Laws and Their Effect|Section 4 - Rights Accrued or Liability Incurred and Actions Commenced; Effect of Repeal of Law by General Laws; Probate Appeals

Section 4. The repeal of a law by this act shall not affect any act done, ratified or confirmed, any liability incurred, or any right accrued or established, or any action, suit or proceeding commenced or had in a civil case, before the repeal takes effect, but the proceedings in such case shall, when necessary, conform to the provisions of the General Laws; provided, that appeals from orders, decrees or denials of probate courts made before this act takes effect shall be governed by the law then in effect, notwithstanding its subsequent repeal by this act.
MA Gen L ch 281 § 5 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part V - The General Laws, and Express Repeal of Certain Acts and Resolves|Title I - Placeholder|Chapter 281 - The General Laws and Their Effect|Section 5 - Punishment, Penalty or Forfeiture Incurred; Effect of Repeal of Law by General Laws

Section 5. The repeal of a law by this act shall not affect any punishment, penalty or forfeiture incurred under such law, except that any provision of the General Laws by which a punishment, penalty or forfeiture is mitigated may be extended and applied to any judgment pronounced after said repeal.
MA Gen L ch 281 § 6 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part V - The General Laws, and Express Repeal of Certain Acts and Resolves|Title I - Placeholder|Chapter 281 - The General Laws and Their Effect|Section 6 - Pending Actions, Suits or Prosecutions; Effect of Repeal of Law by General Laws

Section 6. The repeal of a law by this act shall not affect any action, suit or prosecution pending at the time of the repeal for an offence committed, or for the recovery of a penalty or forfeiture incurred, under any of the laws repealed, except that the proceedings therein shall, when necessary, conform to the provisions of the General Laws.
MA Gen L ch 281 § 7 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part V - The General Laws, and Express Repeal of Certain Acts and Resolves|Title I - Placeholder|Chapter 281 - The General Laws and Their Effect|Section 7 - Tenure of Office Holders; Effect of Repeal of Law by General Laws

Section 7. Whoever, when said repeal takes effect, holds an office under any of the laws repealed shall continue to hold it according to the tenure thereof, unless it is abolished or unless a different provision relative thereto is made by the General Laws.
MA Gen L ch 281 § 8 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part V - The General Laws, and Express Repeal of Certain Acts and Resolves|Title I - Placeholder|Chapter 281 - The General Laws and Their Effect|Section 8 - Salary or Compensation of Incumbent; Effect of Repeal of Law by General Laws

Section 8. The salary or compensation of any incumbent of any office or position at the time when the General Laws take effect shall not be diminished thereby, notwithstanding the repeal therein of any act establishing such salary or compensation and notwithstanding that the General Laws establish a different salary or compensation for the office or position.
MA Gen L ch 281 § 9 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part V - The General Laws, and Express Repeal of Certain Acts and Resolves|Title I - Placeholder|Chapter 281 - The General Laws and Their Effect|Section 9 - Statutory Time Periods; Effect of Repeal of Law by General Laws

Section 9. If a limitation or period of time prescribed in any of the acts repealed for acquiring a right, barring a remedy or any other purpose has begun to run, and the same or a similar limitation is prescribed in the General Laws, the time of limitation shall continue to run and shall have like effect as if the whole period had begun and ended under the operation of the General Laws. If a shorter period of time is prescribed by the General Laws in any matter relating to wills or to the administration of the estates of deceased persons, and the limitation has begun to run, it shall continue to run for the time fixed by the law in effect at the time when it began to run, notwithstanding the repeal thereof by the General Laws.
MA Gen L ch 281 § 10 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part V - The General Laws, and Express Repeal of Certain Acts and Resolves|Title I - Placeholder|Chapter 281 - The General Laws and Their Effect|Section 10 - Temporary Laws; Effect of Enactment of General Laws

Section 10. All acts and resolves or parts thereof in force at the time of the taking effect of the General Laws which are of limited duration shall continue in effect according to their terms, notwithstanding any provisions of said General Laws inconsistent therewith.
MA Gen L ch 1 § 1-101 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 106 - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 1 - General Provisions|Section 1-101 - Short Titles

Section 1–101. (a) This chapter may be cited as the Uniform Commercial Code.  (b) This article may be cited as Uniform Commercial Code—General Provisions.
MA Gen L ch 1 § 1-301 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 106 - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 1 - General Provisions|Section 1-301 - Territorial Applicability; Parties' Power to Choose Applicable Law

Section 1–301. (a) Except as provided hereafter in this section, when a transaction bears a reasonable relation to the commonwealth and also to another state or nation, the parties may agree that the law of either the commonwealth or of such other state or nation shall govern the rights and duties under the transaction. Failing to reach such an agreement, this chapter applies to transactions bearing an appropriate relation to the commonwealth.  (b) To the extent that this chapter governs a transaction, if one of the following sections specifies the applicable law, that section governs and a contrary agreement is effective only to the extent permitted by the section specified:  (1) section 2–402;  (2) sections 2A–105 and 2A–106;  (3) section 4–102;  (4) section 4A–507;  (5) section 5–116;  (6) section 8–110; and  (7) sections 9–301 through 9–307.
MA Gen L ch 1 § 1-302 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 106 - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 1 - General Provisions|Section 1-302 - Variation by Agreement

Section 1–302. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) or elsewhere in this chapter, the effect of this chapter may be varied by agreement.  (b) The obligations of good faith, diligence, reasonableness and care prescribed by this chapter may not be disclaimed by agreement. The parties, by agreement, may determine the standards by which the performance of those obligations is to be measured if those standards are not manifestly unreasonable. Whenever this chapter requires an action to be taken within a reasonable time, a time that is not manifestly unreasonable may be fixed by agreement.  (c) The phrase ''unless otherwise agreed'', or words of similar import, does not imply that the effect of other provisions may not be varied by agreement under this section.
MA Gen L ch 1 § 1-304 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 106 - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 1 - General Provisions|Section 1-304 - Obligation of Good Faith

Section 1–304. Every contract or duty within this chapter imposes an obligation of good faith in its performance and enforcement.
MA Gen L ch 1 § 1-305 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 106 - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 1 - General Provisions|Section 1-305 - Remedies to Be Liberally Administered

Section 1–305. (a) The remedies provided by this chapter must be liberally administered to the end that the aggrieved party may be put in as good a position as if the other party had fully performed but neither consequential nor special damages nor penal damages may be had except as specifically provided in this chapter or by other rule of law.  (b) Any right or obligation declared by this chapter is enforceable by action, unless the provision declaring it specifies a different and limited effect.
MA Gen L ch 1 § 1-308 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 106 - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 1 - General Provisions|Section 1-308 - Performance or Acceptance Under Reservation of Rights

Section 1–308. (a) A party that, with explicit reservation of rights, performs or promises performance or assents to performance in a manner demanded or offered by the other party does not thereby prejudice the rights reserved. Such words as ''without prejudice'', ''under protest'' or the like are sufficient.  (b) Subsection (a) does not apply to an accord and satisfaction.
MA Gen L ch 1 § 1-307 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 106 - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 1 - General Provisions|Section 1-307 - Prima Facie Evidence by Third&ndash;party Documents

Section 1–307. A document in due form purporting to be a bill of lading, policy or certificate of insurance, official weigher's or inspector's certificate, consular invoice or any other document authorized or required by the contract to be issued by a third party is prima facie evidence of its own authenticity and genuineness and of the facts stated in the document by the third party.
MA Gen L ch 1 § 1-309 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 106 - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 1 - General Provisions|Section 1-309 - Option to Accelerate at Will

Section 1–309. A term providing that 1 party or that party's successor in interest may accelerate payment or performance or require collateral or additional collateral ''at will'' or when the party ''deems itself insecure'', or words of similar import, means that the party has power to do so only if that party in good faith believes that the prospect of payment or performance is impaired. The burden of establishing lack of good faith is on the party against which the power has been exercised.
MA Gen L ch 1 § 1-310 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 106 - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 1 - General Provisions|Section 1-310 - Subordinated Obligations

Section 1–310. An obligation may be issued as subordinated to performance of another obligation of the person obligated, or a creditor may subordinate its right to performance of an obligation by agreement with either the person obligated or another creditor of the person obligated. Subordination does not create a security interest as against either the common debtor or a subordinated creditor.
MA Gen L ch 1 § 1-306 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 106 - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 1 - General Provisions|Section 1-306 - Waiver or Renunciation of Claim or Right After Breach

Section 1–306. A claim or right arising out of an alleged breach may be discharged in whole or in part without consideration by agreement of the aggrieved party in an authenticated record. For purposes of this section, a party may ''authenticate'' a record by: (i) signing a record that is a writing; or (ii) attaching to or logically associating with a record that is not a writing an electronic sound, symbol or process with the present intent to adopt or accept the record.
MA Gen L ch 1 § 1-206 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 106 - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 1 - General Provisions|Section 1-206 - Presumptions

Section 1–206. Whenever this chapter creates a ''presumption'' with respect to a fact, or provides that a fact is ''presumed,'' the trier of fact must find the existence of the fact unless and until evidence is introduced that supports a finding of its nonexistence.
MA Gen L ch 1 § 1-303 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 106 - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 1 - General Provisions|Section 1-303 - Course of Performance, Course of Dealing, and Usage of Trade

Section 1–303. (a) A ''course of performance'' is a sequence of conduct between the parties to a particular transaction that exists if:  (1) the agreement of the parties with respect to the transaction involves repeated occasions for performance by a party; and  (2) the other party, with knowledge of the nature of the performance and opportunity for objection to it, accepts the performance or acquiesces in it without objection.  (b) A ''course of dealing'' is a sequence of conduct concerning previous transactions between the parties to a particular transaction that is fairly to be regarded as establishing a common basis of understanding for interpreting the parties' expressions and other conduct.  (c) A ''usage of trade'' is any practice or method of dealing having such regularity of observance in a place, vocation or trade as to justify an expectation that it will be observed with respect to the transaction in question. The existence and scope of such a usage must be proved as facts. If it is established that such a usage is embodied in a trade code or similar record, the interpretation of the record is a question of law.  (d) A course of performance or course of dealing between the parties or usage of trade in the vocation or trade in which the parties are engaged or of which the parties are or should be aware is relevant in ascertaining the meaning of the parties' agreement, may give particular meaning to specific terms of the agreement and may supplement or qualify the terms of the agreement. A usage of trade applicable in the place in which part of the performance under the agreement is to occur may be so utilized as to that part of the performance.  (e) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (f), the express terms of an agreement and any applicable course of performance, course of dealing or usage of trade must be construed, whenever reasonable, as consistent with each other. If such a construction is unreasonable:  (1) express terms prevail over course of performance, course of dealing and usage of trade;  (2) course of performance prevails over course of dealing and usage of trade; and  (3) course of dealing prevails over usage of trade.  (f) Subject to Section 2–209, a course of performance is relevant to show a waiver or modification of any term inconsistent with the course of performance.  (g) Evidence of a relevant usage of trade offered by 1 party is not admissible unless that party has given the other party notice that the court finds sufficient to prevent unfair surprise to the other party.
MA Gen L ch 1 § 1-204 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 106 - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 1 - General Provisions|Section 1-204 - Value

Section 1–204. Except as otherwise provided in articles 3, 4 and 5, a person gives value for rights if the person acquires them:  (1) in return for a binding commitment to extend credit or for the extension of immediately available credit, whether or not drawn upon and whether or not a charge back is provided for in the event of difficulties in collection;  (2) as security for, or in total or partial satisfaction of, a preexisting claim;  (3) by accepting delivery under a preexisting contract for purchase; or  (4) in return for any consideration sufficient to support a simple contract.
MA Gen L ch 1 § 1-205 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 106 - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 1 - General Provisions|Section 1-205 - Reasonable Time; Seasonableness

Section 1–205. (a) Whether a time for taking an action required by this chapter is reasonable depends on the nature, purpose and circumstances of the action.  (b) An action is taken seasonably if it is taken at or within the time agreed or, if no time is agreed, at or within a reasonable time.
MA Gen L ch 1 § 1-103 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 106 - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 1 - General Provisions|Section 1-103 - Construction of This Chapter to Promote Its Purposes and Policies; Applicability of Supplemental Principles of Law

Section 1–103. (a) This chapter shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes and policies, which are:  (1) to simplify, clarify and modernize the law governing commercial transactions;  (2) to permit the continued expansion of commercial practices through custom, usage and agreement of the parties; and  (3) to make uniform the law among the various jurisdictions.  (b) Unless displaced by the particular provisions of this chapter, the principles of law and equity, including the law merchant and the law relative to capacity to contract, principal and agent, estoppel, fraud, misrepresentation, duress, coercion, mistake, bankruptcy and other validating or invalidating cause supplement its provisions.
MA Gen L ch 1 § 1-107 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 106 - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 1 - General Provisions|Section 1-107 - Section Captions and Subsection Headings

Section 1–107. Section captions are part of this chapter. The subsection headings in article 9 are not part of this chapter.
MA Gen L ch 1 § 1-108 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 106 - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 1 - General Provisions|Section 1-108 - Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act

Section 1–108. This chapter modifies, limits and supersedes the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, sections 101 through 107 of title 1 of Public Law 106–229, 15 U.S.C. section 7001, et seq., but does not modify, limit or supersede section 101(c) of said act, 15 U.S.C. section 7001(c), or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in section 103(b) of said act, 15 U.S.C. section 7003(b).
MA Gen L ch 1 § 1-102 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 106 - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 1 - General Provisions|Section 1-102 - Scope of Article

Section 1–102. This article applies to a transaction to the extent that it is governed by another article of this chapter.
MA Gen L ch 1 § 1-202 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 106 - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 1 - General Provisions|Section 1-202 - Notice; Knowledge

Section 1–202. (a) Subject to subsection (f), a person has ''notice'' of a fact if the person:  (1) has actual knowledge of it;  (2) has received a notice or notification of it; or  (3) from all the facts and circumstances known to the person at the time in question, has reason to know that it exists.  (b) ''Knowledge'', actual knowledge. ''Knows'' has a corresponding meaning.  (c) ''Discover'', ''learn'' or words of similar import refer to knowledge rather than to reason to know.  (d) A person ''notifies'' or ''gives'' a notice or notification to another person by taking such steps as may be reasonably required to inform the other person in ordinary course, whether or not the other person actually comes to know of it.  (e) Subject to subsection (f), a person ''receives'' a notice or notification when:  (1) it comes to that person's attention; or  (2) it is duly delivered in a form reasonable under the circumstances at the place of business through which the contract was made or at another location held out by that person as the place for receipt of such communications.  (f) Notice, knowledge or a notice or notification received by an organization is effective for a particular transaction from the time it is brought to the attention of the individual conducting that transaction and, in any event, from the time it would have been brought to the individual's attention if the organization had exercised due diligence. An organization exercises due diligence if it maintains reasonable routines for communicating significant information to the person conducting the transaction and there is reasonable compliance with the routines. Due diligence does not require an individual acting for the organization to communicate information unless the communication is part of the individual's regular duties or the individual has reason to know of the transaction and that the transaction would be materially affected by the information.