Residential and Commercial Landlord-Tenant Practice in Massachusetts

Request for Prior Landlord Reference Rent and Security Deposit Receipt Apartment Condition Statement Rental Application Standard Form Apartment Lease Licensee Agreement Tenancy-at-Will Security Deposit Return Form Definition of Percentage Rent Office Definition of Operating Costs Retail Definition of Operating Costs Subordination, Nondisturbance, and Attornment Agreement Exclusive Leasing Agreement Audit Provision Definition of Breakpoint and Gross Sales; Payment of Percentage Rent and Landlord's Audit Provisions Tax Definition Lease Operating Costs Exclusions Checklist of Impermissible Questions for Prospective Tenants Landlord's Notice of Right to Request a Reasonable Accommodation Bibliography Sample Letter to Verify Request for a Reasonable Accommodation Sample Request for Accommodation Chart of Antidiscrimination Statutes and Statutes of Limitations MCAD Complaint Form Resources Sample Response by Respondent to MCAD Complaint HUD Complaint Form Notice of Violation (Building Code) Notice of Violation (Sanitary Code) City of Boston Code Provision CBC 9 1.3 (Inspection and Re-Inspection of Rental Units) City of Boston Ordinance Regulating the Maintenance of Vacant, Foreclosing Residential Properties Low-Risk Deleading Work by Homeowners and Their Agents: A Step-by-Step Guide Tenant Lead Law Notification What Is Moderate Risk Deleading? Notice to Property Owners and Tenants: Tenant's Rights and Responsibilities Jury Instructions Defendant's Interrogatories to the Plaintiff Plaintiff's Interrogatories to the Defendant Plaintiff's Requests for Production of Documents and Other Items Defendant's Requests for Production of Documents and Other Items Sample Jury Instructions on Burden of Proof (Plaintiff's Perspective) Sample Jury Instructions on Duty of a Property Owner (Plaintiff's Perspective) Sample Jury Instructions on Owner's Duty of Care (Plaintiff's Perspective) Sample Jury Instructions on Duty: Foreseeability (Plaintiff's Perspective) Sample Jury Instructions on Evidence: Handrail Regulations (Plaintiff's Perspective) Sample Jury Instructions on Damages (Plaintiff's Perspective) Sample Jury Instructions on Workers' Compensation Lien (Plaintiff's Perspective) Complaint and Jury Trial Demand (Negligent Maintenance) Plaintiff's First Set of Interrogatories to Defendant (Negligent Security) Sample Jury Instructions on the Nature of a Civil Action (Plaintiff's Perspective) Sample Jury Instructions on Evidence of Control (Plaintiff's Perspective) Sample Jury Instructions on Evidence of Negligence (Plaintiff's Perspective) Sample Jury Instructions on Proximate Cause (Plaintiff's Perspective) Sample Jury Instructions on Superseding Intervening Cause (Plaintiff's Perspective) Sample Jury Instructions on Compensatory Damages (Plaintiff's Perspective) Complaint and Jury Trial Demand with Chapter 93A Claim (Negligent Maintenance) Complaint and Jury Trial Demand (Negligent Security) Plaintiff's First Request for Production of Documents to Defendant (Negligent Security) Plaintiff's Request for Jury Instructions Sample Jury Instructions on Preponderance of the Evidence (Plaintiff's Perspective) Sample Jury Instructions on Negligence (Plaintiff's Perspective) Sample Jury Instructions on Duty (Plaintiff's Perspective) Sample Jury Instructions on Duty of Care (Plaintiff's Perspective) Sample Jury Instructions on Causation (Plaintiff's Perspective) Sample Jury Instructions on Comparative Negligence (Plaintiff's Perspective) Sample Jury Instructions on Evidence Properly Considered (Plaintiff's Perspective) Plaintiff's First Set of Interrogatories to Defendant (Trip and Fall) Plaintiff's First Request for Production of Documents to Defendant (Trip and Fall) Sample Jury Instructions on Owner's Non-Delegateable Duty of Care (Plaintiff's Perspective) Sample Jury Instructions on Standard of Care (Plaintiff's Perspective) Sample Jury Instructions on Exact Cause of Injury (Plaintiff's Perspective) Sample Order (Trespassing) Sample Verified Complaint (Refusal to Allow Access) Sample Verified Complaint (Property Damage) Sample Verified Complaint (Trespassing—Alternative) Sample Verified Complaint (Drug Offenses) Sample Order (Property Damage) Sample Verified Complaint (Trespassing) Sample Notice of Trespass Sample Order (Drug Offenses) Rental Period Notice to Quit District Court Standing Order 1 11 Checklist for Notice Required from Storage Facility Holding Evicted Tenant's Possessions Notice to Quit Tenancy at Will with Offer of New Tenancy Housing Court Standing Order 1 01 House Court Standing Order 1 10 Plaintiff's Sample Responses to Discovery Requests and Memorandum in Opposition to Defendant's Motion to Compel Notice to Quit Terminating Tenancy at Will Notice to Quit for Lease Violation Use and Occupancy Letter Summary Process Summons and Complaint MLRI Discovery Booklet Plaintiff's Sample Motion for Payment of Use and Occupancy and Supporting Affidavit Summary Process Summons and Complaint Plaintiff's Motion to Strike Notice to Quit / Notice of Termination of Commercial Lease Defendant's Motion to Dismiss Notice of Default for Nonpayment of Rent Notice to Terminate a Manufactured Housing Tenancy Permissible Reasons for Terminating a Manufactured Housing Tenancy Opinion Letter Concerning Referendum on 2015 Mass. Acts c. 141 Letter to Petitioners Regarding Referendum on 2015 Mass. Acts c. 141 Massachusetts House Bill No. 1656 Massachusetts Senate Bill No. 901 Attorney General's Letter Dated December 13, 2010 Occupant Notice to Vacate Mortgagor Notice Summary Process Summons and Complaint Agreement for Judgment Request for Information Tenant Notice to Vacate Defendant's Interrogatories, Request for Admissions, and Request for Production of Documents Summary Process Answer and Counterclaims Foreclosure Deed and Affidavit Sample Form to File Impounded Materials Application for Supplementary Process Sample Complaint to Reach and Apply Rents in Satisfaction of Judgment Against Landlord Verification of Defendant's Address Sample Order Referring Case for Mediation Sample Statement of Small Claim and Notice of Trial Form Housing Code Checklist Rent Withholding Letter Repair and Deduct Letter Checklist of Requirements Relating to Tenants' Water Service Practice in the Housing Court Bench Memorandum for Residential Summary Process Cases Pattern Jury Instructions in Landlord-Tenant Cases