Massachusetts Landlord Notice of Entry

Massachusetts Landlord Notice of Entry

Use this form for a planned, nonemergency entry only. Use a separate counsel-reviewed record for an emergency, court order, apparent abandonment, or contemporaneous tenant consent.

Massachusetts Entry Gate

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 186, § 15B(1)(a) permits a rental agreement to provide landlord access to inspect, make repairs, show the premises, inspect within the last 30 days to determine security-deposit damage, or enter under court order or apparent abandonment. The section does not create a universal numerical notice period; arrange access in advance under the lease and applicable law. For work to achieve sanitary-code compliance, 105 CMR 410.003(E) requires at least 48 hours' notice except for emergency repairs.

• Required notice: At least 48 hours for sanitary-code compliance work; otherwise follow the lease and applicable law
• Entry time: Arrange with the tenant under the lease and applicable law
• Lease, local, subsidy, and program requirements checked: ☐ Yes
• Entry is not retaliatory, harassing, or excessive: ☐ Confirmed

1. Notice

Notice date: [__/__/____]

To tenant(s): [________________________________]

Rental premises/unit: [________________________________]

Landlord/property manager: [________________________________]

Notice is given that the landlord or authorized representatives intend to enter the dwelling unit as follows:

• Entry date: [__/__/____]
• Approximate start time: [________]
• Expected time window/duration: [________________________________]
• Persons expected to enter and roles: [________________________________]

2. Purpose and Scope

• ☐ Inspect specified condition: [________________________________]
• ☐ Make repairs: [________________________________]
• ☐ Show the premises to a prospective tenant, purchaser, mortgagee, or that person's agent: [________________________________]
• ☐ Inspect for security-deposit damage within the last 30 days of the tenancy or after either party has given notice of intent to terminate: [________________________________]

Areas to be entered and work/inspection scope:

[____________________________________________________________]

The entry will be limited to the stated purpose and scope. No emergency or no-notice authority is claimed by this form.

3. Coordination and Safeguards

• Tenant presence: ☐ Not required ☐ Requested ☐ Agreed: [________________]
• Pets, alarms, gates, accessibility, or health precautions: [________________________________]
• Contact for questions or a lawful scheduling request: [________________________________]
• Alternate date/time, if agreed: [________________________________]
• Authorized representative will carry identification: ☐ Yes
• Entry completion/condition record will be retained: ☐ Yes

4. Delivery Record

Delivered by: [NAME / ROLE]

Use only a delivery method permitted by the lease and applicable law.

• Method: ☐ Personal delivery ☐ Posting/door delivery if permitted ☐ Mail ☐ Acknowledged electronic notice ☐ Other lawful method: [________]
• Delivery date/time: [________________________________]
• Recipient/address/account: [________________________________]
• Proof, acknowledgement, photo, or tracking retained: ☐ Yes

Landlord/agent signature and date: [________________________________]

Sources and References

• Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 186, § 15B — Massachusetts Legislature — https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartII/TitleI/Chapter186/Section15B
• 105 CMR 410.003(E) — Massachusetts sanitary code — https://www.mass.gov/doc/105-cmr-410-minimum-standards-of-fitness-for-human-habitation-state-sanitary-code-chapter-ii/download
• Massachusetts state law library reproduction of § 15B