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Section 1 - Divisions; Justices; Definitions - Section 1. For each county there shall be a division...
Section 2 - Judges; Number in Certain Counties; First Justices, Powers, Terms - Section 2. There shall be six judges of probate in...
Section 3b - Hampshire County; Associate Justice - Section 3B. There shall be an associate justice of the...
Section 3c - Circuit Justices; Appointment; Expenses - Section 3C. There shall be 11 associate justices of the...
Section 4 - Registers of Probate and Insolvency - Section 4. There shall be in each county a register...
Section 5 - Oath of Judge - Section 5. Each judge of probate, before entering upon the...
Section 5a - Oath of Register - Section 5A. Each register, before entering upon the performance of...
Section 6a - Special Judge or Register; Interest in Proceedings; Prohibition - Section 6A. No special judge of probate, register, assistant register...
Section 6b - Prohibitions and Restrictions on Justices; Assignment to Another County - Section 6B. No justice, circuit justice or special justice sitting...
Section 7 - Judge and Register; Appointment as Guardian or Executor - Section 7. If a judge or register desires to be...
Section 8 - Chief Justice; Powers and Duties - Section 8. The justice provided for under the provisions of...
Section 81/2 - Deputy Court Administrator - Section 81/2. The deputy court administrator provided for under the...
Section 8a - Provision of Suitable Offices - Section 8A. The chief justice and deputy court administrator shall...
Section 9 - Out of County Authority; Probate Judges - Section 9. A judge of probate may, in any case...
Section 10 - Vacancy; Powers of Acting Judge; Bonds - Section 10. Bonds required to be given to the judge...
Section 11 - Judges; Inspection of Records; Forfeiture of Bonds of Registers; Notice - Section 11. Judges of probate shall semi-annually inspect the doings...
Section 12 - Bond of Register - Section 12. Each register shall give bond to the state...
Section 13 - Temporary Register - Section 13. Upon the death, resignation, removal or absence of...
Section 14 - Register; Duty to Certify Amount of Assistance - Section 14. The register shall certify upon his records and...
Section 15 - Register; Duties; Custody of Records, Etc. - Section 15. The register shall have the care and custody...
Section 15a - Register or Assistant; Printing or Typing of Names on Filed Instruments - Section 15A. The register or assistant register may print or...
Section 15b - Inventory Involving Real Estate in Registry District Other Than District in Which Filed; Recording of Information - Section 15B. Whenever the inventory or schedule filed by a...
Section 15c - Inventory Involving Real Estate Located in Another County; Duties of Registers - Section 15C. The register in each county shall, upon the...
Section 16 - Register; Copies of Certain Papers; Mailing to Commissioner of Revenue - Section 16. The register shall, except as herein provided, send...
Section 16a - Register; Copies of Petitions for Probate of Will, Appointment of Personal Representative, and Adjudication of Intestacy - Section 16A. The register in each county shall, upon the...
Section 17 - Register to Report Vacancy and Appointment of Assistant - Section 17. The register shall forthwith report to the state...
Section 18 - Register; Furnishing Copies; Fees - Section 18. The register shall furnish copies of records or...
Section 19 - Register; Reports to Division of Public Charities - Section 19. Whenever any instrument creating or increasing an estate...
Section 20 - Register to Account - Section 20. The register shall annually, on the first Mondays...
Section 21 - Register; Receipt of Complaints, Petitions, and Applications - Section 21. He may at any time receive and place...
Section 22 - Register; Power to Issue Attachments, Appoint Appraisers, Etc. - Section 22. The register may issue process of attachment and...
Section 22a - Identification of Husbands and Wives in Documents and Communications - Section 22A. Whenever the register, in any communication, document or...
Section 23 - First Assistant Registers - Section 23. The register of the respective courts of the...
Section 23a - Assistant Registers - Section 23A. In addition to the first assistant registers of...
Section 23b - Administrative Deputy Assistants - Section 23B. The registers of probate of the respective courts...
Section 23c - Judicial Case Managers - Section 23C. The first justice of the respective courts of...
Section 23d - Assistant Judicial Case Managers - Section 23D. In addition to the judicial case managers of...
Section 26 - Assistant Registers; Official Signatures - Section 26. The signing of the name of any second,...
Section 27 - Assistant Registers; Duties - Section 27. An assistant register shall perform his duties under...
Section 27a - Duties of Judicial Case Managers - Section 27A. A judicial case manager and an assistant judicial...
Section 28 - Suffolk County; Clerk to Administer Oaths in Probate Proceedings - Section 28. The first justice of the Suffolk county court...
Section 29 - Middlesex County; Clerk to Administer Oaths in Probate Proceedings - Section 29. The first justice of the Middlesex county court...
Section 29a - Dukes County; Clerk to Administer Oaths in Probate Proceedings - Section 29A. The first justice of the Dukes county court...
Section 29b - Nantucket County; Clerk to Administer Oaths in Probate Proceedings - Section 29B. The first justice for the Nantucket county court...
Section 29c - Barnstable Probate Court; Deputy Assistant Registers - Section 29C. The register of the Barnstable probate court may,...
Section 29d - Berkshire Probate Court; Deputy Assistant Register - Section 29D. The register of the Berkshire probate court may,...
Section 29e - Hampden Probate Court; Deputy Assistant Registers - Section 29E. The register of the Hampden probate court may,...
Section 29f - Worcester Probate Court; Deputy Assistant Registers - Section 29F. The register of the Worcester probate and family...
Section 29g - Bristol Probate and Family Court; Deputy Assistant Registers - Section 29G. The register of the Bristol probate and family...
Section 29h - Hampshire Probate Court First Justice; Deputy Assistant Registers - Section 29H. The register of the Hampshire probate and family...
Section 29i - Plymouth Probate Court; Deputy Assistant Registers - Section 29I. The register of the Plymouth probate and family...
Section 29j - Essex Probate and Family Court; Deputy Assistant Register - Section 29J. The register of the Essex probate and family...
Section 29k - Franklin Probate and Family Court; Deputy Assistant Register - Section 29K. The register of the Franklin probate and family...
Section 29l - Norfolk Probate and Family Court; Deputy Assistant Register - Section 29L. The register of the Norfolk probate and family...
Section 30 - Court Officers; Appointment for Certain Counties - Section 30. The judges of probate for the counties of...
Section 33 - Allowance to Registers for Assistance - Section 33. The registers for the several counties shall annually...
Section 35 - Salaries of Registers, Administrative Deputy Assistants, Assistant Registers, etc.; Payment - Section 35. The salaries of registers, including administrative deputy assistants,...
Section 35a - Registers; Salaries - Section 35A. The salaries of the registers of the probate...
Section 35b - Assistant Registers, Judicial Case Managers and Administrative Deputy Assistants; Salaries - Section 35B. The salaries of first assistant registers, judicial case...
Section 39 - Court Officers and Messengers; Compensation - Section 39. The compensation of court officers for attendance at...
Section 42 - Traveling Expenses - Section 42. Judges, registers, judicial case managers, assistant judicial case...
Section 43 - Temporary Register; Compensation; Fees - Section 43. A temporary register shall be entitled to the...