No, lease agreements do not need to be notarized in Massachusetts. As long as the residential lease meets all the criteria required to be legally binding, notarization is not necessary.
The landlord and tenant can agree to have the lease notarized if they wish, but it is not required by Massachusetts state law.
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The information for this answer was found on our Massachusetts Residential Lease Agreement answers.