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 "page": "https://instabids.ai/us/property-managers/landlord-tenant-law/massachusetts",
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   "fact_id": "ltl-ma-deposit-return",
   "label": "Days for the lessor to return the security deposit or its balance after the tenancy ends (c. 186 s. 15B(4))",
   "value": "30 days",
   "source_value": null,
   "unit": "days after the termination of occupancy or the end of the lease term",
   "grain": "state (Massachusetts)",
   "period": "statute text in force on the read day, 2026-10-29",
   "source_name": "Massachusetts General Laws c. 186 s. 15B",
   "url": "https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartII/TitleI/Chapter186/Section15B",
   "read_date": "2026-10-29"
  },
  {
   "fact_id": "ltl-ma-condition",
   "label": "Days to furnish the written statement of condition, for a lessor who accepts a security deposit (c. 186 s. 15B(2)(c))",
   "value": "10 days",
   "source_value": null,
   "unit": "days after commencement of the tenancy, or on receipt of the deposit, whichever is later",
   "grain": "state (Massachusetts)",
   "period": "statute text in force on the read day, 2026-10-29",
   "source_name": "Massachusetts General Laws c. 186 s. 15B",
   "url": "https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartII/TitleI/Chapter186/Section15B",
   "read_date": "2026-10-29"
  },
  {
   "fact_id": "ltl-ma-deposit-interest",
   "label": "Interest on a security deposit held one year or longer (or the bank's lesser amount) (c. 186 s. 15B(3)(b))",
   "value": "5 per cent per year",
   "source_value": null,
   "unit": "interest rate, or the lesser amount the bank paid",
   "grain": "state (Massachusetts)",
   "period": "statute text in force on the read day, 2026-10-29",
   "source_name": "Massachusetts General Laws c. 186 s. 15B",
   "url": "https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartII/TitleI/Chapter186/Section15B",
   "read_date": "2026-10-29"
  },
  {
   "fact_id": "ltl-ma-records",
   "label": "Years the lessor keeps the security deposit record after the tenancy or occupancy ends (c. 186 s. 15B(2)(d))",
   "value": "2 years",
   "source_value": null,
   "unit": "years from the date of termination of the tenancy or occupancy",
   "grain": "state (Massachusetts)",
   "period": "statute text in force on the read day, 2026-10-29",
   "source_name": "Massachusetts General Laws c. 186 s. 15B",
   "url": "https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartII/TitleI/Chapter186/Section15B",
   "read_date": "2026-10-29"
  },
  {
   "fact_id": "ltl-ma-lead-new-owner",
   "label": "Days a new owner has to contain or abate dangerous levels of lead after a change of ownership, where a child under six years of age will be a resident (c. 111 s. 197(a))",
   "value": "90 days",
   "source_value": null,
   "unit": "days after the change of ownership",
   "grain": "state (Massachusetts)",
   "period": "statute text in force on the read day, 2026-10-29",
   "source_name": "Massachusetts General Laws c. 111 s. 197",
   "url": "https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXVI/Chapter111/Section197",
   "read_date": "2026-10-29"
  }
 ]
}