Oral contract · Massachusetts
For Oral contract · Massachusetts, limitation period is six years; when the clock starts is next after the cause of action accrues; section is Section 2; how the statute describes it is Actions of contract, other than those to recover for personal injuries, founded upon contracts or liabilities, express or implied, recorded from its source on 2026-08-25.
- Type of claim
- Oral contract our reading
- State
- Massachusetts verified
- Limitation period
- six years verified
- How the statute describes it
- Actions of contract, other than those to recover for personal injuries, founded upon contracts or liabilities, express or implied verified
- When the clock starts
- next after the cause of action accrues verified
- Section
- Section 2 verified
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What the source says
Section 2: Contract actions; actions upon judgments or decrees of courts of record Section 2. Actions of contract, other than those to recover for personal injuries, founded upon contracts or liabilities, express or implied, except actions limited by section one or actions upon judgments or decrees of courts of record of the United States or of this or of any other state of the United States, shall, except as otherwise provided, be commenced only within six years next after the cause of action accrues.
— malegislature.gov, retrieved 2026-08-25
Source
- malegislature.govhttps://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIII/TitleV/Chapter260/Section2