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PDF Document Booklet 1: Representing Yourself in an Eviction Case 9/14/2004 
shimIf you are facing eviction, this booklet gives you valuable tips about how to prepare for court and a very useful What to Bring to Court Checklist.  
PDF Document Booklet 2: Housing Code Checklist 9/16/2005 
shimAn easy-to-use checklist that tells you what the minimum legal requirements for rental housing are under the State Sanitary Code.  
PDF Document Booklet 3: The Answer - How to Defend Your Eviction Case 9/16/2005 
shimThe Answer is a court form that tenants facing evictions can file with the court to outline your legal claims and tell the court your side of the story.  
PDF Document Booklet 4: Discovery - How to Get Information to Prepare for Your Trial 9/16/2005 
shimA form tenants facing eviction can use to request information from the landlord in order to prepare for your trial. 
PDF Document Booklet 5 - Transfer Form 3/26/2003 
shimA form you can file to transfer your eviction case from a District Court to a Housing Court. 
PDF Document Booklet 6: Removing a Default - How to Get a Trial If Your Missed Your Court Date 9/14/2004 
shimIf you had a good reason for missing your eviction trial, you can immediately file this form to try and get another trial scheduled.  
PDF Document Booklet 7: Appeals - Where Do You File an Appeal 9/14/2004 
shimIf you lost your eviction trial and think you have a good case, you may appeal. This document tells you which Appeal form to use. 
PDF Document Booklet 7A: Appeals - In All Housing Courts and Superior Courts 9/14/2004 
shimThis is the appeal form to use if you lost your eviction case in a Massachusetts Housing Court or Superior Court. 
PDF Document Booklet 7B: Appeals - In a District Court Counties 9/14/2004 
shimThis is the appeal form to use if you lost your eviction case in a District Court. 
PDF Document Booklet 8: Stay - How to Get Time to Stay in Your Home If You Lost Your Case 5/12/2003 
shimA form tenants can use to ask a court for more time to move if you lost your eviction case or agreed to a court judgment to move out. 
PDF Document Booklet 9: Affidavit of Indigency - How to Ask the Court to Pay for Court Costs 9/14/2004 
shimYou can use this form to ask the state to pay for court fees and costs if you are defending an eviction, filing a lawsuit or appealing a case. 
PDF Document Form 19: Sample Summary Process Summons and Complaint 9/17/2003 
shimHere's what a summary process Summons and Complaint look like. If you receive this, immediately fill out Booklet 3. You have only a week or so to respond to the court.  
PDF Document Form 20: Motion to Dismiss  
shimUse this form if your landlord fails to follow the proper steps to terminate your tenancy or file an eviction case or if there is another reason that your case should be dismissed. 
PDF Document Form 21: Sample Execution  
shimAn Execution is the document that a landlord gets from court giving him or her permission to have a constable move you out. This form may vary from court to court. 
 


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