{"id":"MA-052","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Massachusetts","state":"MA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"General Court (Legislature); approved by the Governor","authority":"Emergency law under Mass. Const. amend. art. 48","instrument":"Chapter 65 of the Acts of 2020","title":"An Act Providing for a Moratorium on Evictions and Foreclosures During the COVID-19 Emergency","dateIssued":"2020-04-20","effective":"2020-04-20 (emergency law)","end":"Sections 3-4 expired 120 days after enactment (Aug. 18, 2020) unless postponed by the Governor in increments of not more than 90 days (s. 6); postponed once, to October 17, 2020 (extension date from secondary sources); s. 2 (video foreclosure counseling) extended to Dec. 15, 2021 by ch. 20 of 2021, s. 6","startDate":"2020-04-20","endDate":"2020-12-31","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4"],"types":["CRT","OTHER"],"addressees":["landlords and owners of residential dwelling units","landlords of \u0027small business premises units\u0027","mortgagees","courts"],"clause":"Notwithstanding chapter 186 or chapter 239 of the General Laws or any other general or special law, rule, regulation or order to the contrary, a landlord or owner of a property shall not, for the purposes of a non-essential eviction for a residential dwelling unit: (i) terminate a tenancy; or (ii) send any notice, including a notice to quit, requesting or demanding that a tenant of a residential dwelling unit vacate the premises.... \u0022Small business premises unit\u0022, a premises occupied by a tenant for commercial purposes... [excluding tenants that] operate multi-state;... multi-nationally;... publicly traded; or... [have] not less than 150 full-time equivalent employees.... Sections 3 and section 4 shall expire 120 days after the effective date of this act or 45 days after the COVID-19 emergency declaration has been lifted, whichever is sooner; provided, however, that the governor may postpone such expiration in increments of not more than 90 days.","enforcement":"Courts barred from entering judgment or executing on non-essential evictions; notices void","functions":["PM property management: evictions and notices to quit barred","CM commercial leasing of small business premises","SV lenders\u0027 foreclosure operations","CL/AP closings and counseling by video"],"notes":"Followed by ch. 257 of 2020 (notice-to-quit and continuance protections), which ch. 20 of 2021 ss. 12-17 retied to the CDC eviction order.","sourceUrl":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/SessionLaws/Acts/2020/Chapter65","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":130222,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MA","url":"/library/MA-052","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MA-052","citation":"General Court (Legislature); approved by the Governor, Chapter 65 of the Acts of 2020 (Apr. 20, 2020) (Ex. MA-052)","stateName":"Massachusetts","related":["SEC-13-072","MA-051"]}