Massachusetts General Laws
Title I - Courts and Judicial Officers
Chapter 211b - Trial Court of the Commonwealth

Section 1 - Organization - Section 1. There shall be a trial court of the...

Section 2 - Number of Trial Court Justices; Appointments - Section 2. There shall be 82 justices appointed to the...

Section 3 - Justices Assigned to Other Departments; Powers and Duties - Section 3. Any justice appointed to a department, or a...

Section 4 - Salaries; Practice of Law; Expenses; Vacation and Sick Leave; Special Justices - Section 4. The salaries of the justices of the trial...

Section 5 - Chief Justices; Appointment; Term; Removal - Section 5. The office of the chief justice of a...

Section 5a - Deputy Court Administrators; Appointment; Term; Removal; Submission of Disputes to Chief Justice of the Trial Court and Court Administrator - Section 5A. The office of the deputy court administrator of...

Section 6 - Chief Justice of the Trial Court; Appointment; Term; Removal - Section 6. The office of the chief justice of the...

Section 6a - Advisory Board - Section 6A. There shall be an advisory board to assist...

Section 6b - Office of Court Management; Court Administrator - Section 6B. There shall be an office of court management...

Section 7 - Vacancies in Office - Section 7. In the case of a vacancy in the...

Section 8 - Advisory Committee on Personnel Standards - Section 8. There shall be an advisory committee on personnel...

Section 9 - Chief Justice of the Trial Court; Powers and Duties - Section 9. The chief justice of the trial court, in...

Section 9a - Employees of Chief Justice for Administration and Management; Powers and Duties - Section 9A. The court administrator, subject to the superintendence power...

Section 9b - Domestic and Sexual Violence Training for Court Personnel - Section 9B. The chief justice of the trial court department...

Section 10 - Chief Justice and Deputy Court Administrators; Powers and Duties - Section 10. Subject to the superintendence authority of the supreme...

Section 10a - First Justices; Powers and Duties - Section 10A. A first justice, in addition to his judicial...

Section 10b - Appointment of Assistant Clerks - Section 10B. (a) The exclusive authority to select and appoint...

Section 10c - Limitation of Powers, Duties or Responsibilities of Clerks or Registers of Probate - Section 10C. The general superintendence and administrative authority of the...

Section 10d - Court Officers; Applicants for Appointment as Court Officer; Written Examination; Investigation and Interview; Promotion - Section 10D. (a) Each applicant for initial appointment as a...

Section 12 - Office of Court Management; Court Administrator - Section 12. There shall be an office of court management...

Section 13 - Estimates of Expenses, Costs and Revenue - Section 13. The first justice of each division or court...

Section 14 - Services of Retired Justices - Section 14. (a) A retired justice of the trial court...

Section 16 - Judicial Institute; Training Judicial and Nonjudicial Personnel - Section 16. The chief justice for administration and management shall...

Section 17 - Operation and Maintenance of Court Facilities; Long-Range Planning and Capital Budget Requests; Occupancy Fees - Section 17. The court administrator, in consultation with the chief...

Section 19 - Mandatory Alternative Dispute Resolution Program - Section 19. The chief justice of the trial court may...

Section 20 - Leave of Absence; Restrictions - Section 20. A chief justice of the trial court may,...

Section 21 - Publication of Notice in Newspaper; Notice Requirements Deemed Met - Section 21. Whenever a department established under this chapter is...

Section 22 - Delivery of Criminal Case Disposition Information to Department of State Police - Section 22. For the purposes of updating the criminal history...