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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1051 FILED ON: 1/14/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1767 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Daniel J. Hunt |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act requiring the reporting of satisfaction of judgments awarding money damages. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Daniel J. Hunt13th Suffolk1/14/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1051 FILED ON: 1/14/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1767 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Hunt of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1767) of Daniel |
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| 19 | 19 | | J. Hunt relative to the reporting of satisfaction of judgments awarding money damages. The |
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| 20 | 20 | | Judiciary. |
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| 21 | 21 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 4352 OF 2023-2024.] |
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| 23 | 23 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 24 | 24 | | _______________ |
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| 25 | 25 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 27 | 27 | | _______________ |
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| 28 | 28 | | An Act requiring the reporting of satisfaction of judgments awarding money damages. |
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| 29 | 29 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 30 | 30 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 31 | 31 | | 1 SECTION 1. Chapter 218 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2is hereby amended by inserting after section 25 the following section:- |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3 Section 25A. Any party who obtains a judgment for money damages under the procedure |
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| 34 | 34 | | 4shall, within 60 days after full satisfaction of such judgment, file a notice of satisfaction of |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5judgment with the court that issued the judgment. Any party who fails to do so may be liable to |
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| 36 | 36 | | 6the judgment debtor for any costs and attorneys’ fees awarded on motion in the court's discretion |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7that were reasonably incurred in proving that the judgment was satisfied in full. This section |
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| 38 | 38 | | 8shall not apply to a judgment that has been satisfied by levy of execution. 2 of 2 |
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| 39 | 39 | | 9 SECTION 2. Chapter 235 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by |
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| 40 | 40 | | 10inserting after section 13 the following section:- |
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| 41 | 41 | | 11 Section 13A. Any party who obtains a judgment for money damages shall, within 60 days |
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| 42 | 42 | | 12after full satisfaction of such judgment, file a notice of satisfaction of judgment with the court |
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| 43 | 43 | | 13that issued the judgment. Any party who fails to do so may be liable to the judgment debtor for |
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| 44 | 44 | | 14any costs and attorneys’ fees awarded on motion in the court's discretion that were reasonably |
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| 45 | 45 | | 15incurred in proving that the judgment was satisfied in full. This section shall not apply to a |
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| 46 | 46 | | 16judgment that has been satisfied by levy of execution. |
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| 47 | 47 | | 17 SECTION 3. Chapter 239 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by |
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| 48 | 48 | | 18inserting after section 3 the following section:- |
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| 49 | 49 | | 19 Section 3A. Any party who obtains a judgment under this chapter that includes money |
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| 50 | 50 | | 20damages for rent shall, within 60 days after full satisfaction of such judgment, file a notice of |
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| 51 | 51 | | 21satisfaction of judgment with the court that issued the judgment. Any party who fails to do so |
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| 52 | 52 | | 22may be liable to the judgment debtor for any costs and attorneys’ fees awarded on motion in the |
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| 53 | 53 | | 23court's discretion that were reasonably incurred in proving that the judgment was satisfied in full. |
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| 54 | 54 | | 24This section shall not apply to a money judgment that has been satisfied by levy of execution. |
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