# Oral contract · Massachusetts — Civil statute of limitations by state and type of claim

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, not quoted from the source)_
- **State:** Massachusetts _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Limitation period:** six years _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **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: appears in the quote below)_
- **When the clock starts:** next after the cause of action accrues _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Section:** Section 2 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## 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.

## Source

- https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIII/TitleV/Chapter260/Section2

Last verified: 2026-08-25. Review by: 2027-08-25.
Part of [Civil statute of limitations by state and type of claim](https://referencesource.org/state-civil-statute-of-limitations/).