Massachusetts property management software.
AI-native property management for every US state. Here is the Massachusetts compliance profile included with Forge -- every value cited to its statute.
Included -- every value cited to its statute.
Each value below is drawn directly from the cited statute and maintained to the best of our ability; it has not been reviewed by an attorney. Fields we could not source are left out rather than guessed. You remain responsible for complying with the current statutes -- verify before you rely on any value here.
Massachusetts landlord-tenant rules Forge tracks
- Security-deposit return
- Within 30 days of move-out (up to 30 if the lease specifies)
- Maximum security deposit
- 1 month(s) of rent
- Deposit interest
- Interest owed to tenant (see statute for rate)
- Late-fee cap
- No statutory cap (must still be reasonable and disclosed)
- Late-fee grace period
- 30 days after the due date
- Rent-increase notice (month-to-month)
- 30 days
- Termination notice (month-to-month)
- 30 days
- Pay-or-quit / cure period
- 14 days
- Manager / broker license
- Generally required to manage for others
Extra protected classes: beyond the federal Fair Housing Act, Massachusetts also protects sexual orientation, gender identity, age, genetic information, ancestry, marital status, veteran or military status, public assistance or housing subsidy status. Forge's fair-housing checks account for this.
Required lease disclosures
- Statement of Condition (move-in), within 10 days (15B(2)(c))
- Security deposit receipt naming the bank/account, within 30 days (15B(3)(a))
- Last month's rent advance receipt plus interest disclosure (15B(2)(a))
- Utility-responsibility allocation (c.186 14)
Sources
- MGL c.186 15B(4),(6)(b) (30-day deposit return + itemized deduction list, same deadline; missing it forfeits deductions)
- MGL c.186 15B(1)(b)(iii) (deposit capped at 1 month); 15B(3)(b) (interest: lesser of 5%/yr or actual bank rate, after 1 year held, retroactive to day 1)
- MGL c.186 15B(1)(c) / 940 CMR 3.17(6)(a) (30-day late-fee grace period)
- MGL c.186 12 (tenancy-at-will termination/reoffer notice = interval between rent payments, capped at 3 months; resolves to 30 days for a standard monthly tenancy)
- MGL c.186 11 (14-day pay-or-quit, written lease)
- MGL c.112 87PP-87RR (broker license; narrow owner/employee exemption at 87QQ)
- MGL c.151B 4(7),(10) (protected classes)
Last reviewed: 2026-07-09
Software assistance, not legal advice.
Forge helps you track deadlines and generate documents, but it is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice. Any statutory values shown are assistive guidance we maintain to the best of our ability; you remain responsible for complying with the current Massachusetts statutes whether or not our values are correct. Always verify the current statutes and consult a licensed Massachusetts attorney before acting on a specific situation.
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