Massachusetts General Laws
Title VI - Costs and Fees
Chapter 261 - Costs in Civil Actions

Section 1 - Prevailing Party to Recover Costs - Section 1. In civil actions the prevailing party shall recover...

Section 2 - Insolvency of Defendant - Section 2. If a discontinuance or a nonsuit is entered...

Section 4 - Superior Court Cases - Section 4. If, in a personal action, except an action...

Section 5 - Offer of Payment and Satisfaction; Effect - Section 5. If a defendant brings money into court and...

Section 6 - Real Actions and Replevin - Section 6. The prevailing party in a real action or...

Section 7 - Unnecessary Actions - Section 7. A plaintiff who brings several actions in the...

Section 8 - Cases Tried Together - Section 8. If two or more cases are tried together...

Section 9 - Judgment on Certain Counts Only; Effect on Costs - Section 9. If a verdict is rendered for the plaintiff...

Section 10 - Subsequent Actions for Same Cause; Conditions Precedent for Commencement - Section 10. If a judgment for costs upon a nonsuit,...

Section 11 - Double or Treble Costs; Allowance - Section 11. If double or treble costs are allowed, the...

Section 13 - Discretion of Court - Section 13. In civil actions or other proceedings in which...

Section 14 - Actions by State; Liability for Costs - Section 14. In civil actions and in proceedings which are...

Section 15 - Action by State in Behalf of Private Parties; Effect on Costs - Section 15. A private person at whose relation, for whose...

Section 16 - Judgment for Costs Against State; Payment - Section 16. If a judgment for costs is rendered against...

Section 17 - Attorney General; Travel Costs - Section 17. If costs are taxed for the commonwealth, no...

Section 18 - Arbitrators and Courts; Powers; Effect of This Chapter - Section 18. This chapter shall not affect the power of...

Section 19 - Clerk; Duty to Tax Costs; Notice - Section 19. Costs shall be taxed by the clerk of...

Section 20 - Appeal From Taxation of Costs - Section 20. Either party may appeal from the taxation by...

Section 21 - Execution for Costs; Bond for Costs - Section 21. If the appellant is liable for the costs,...

Section 22 - Appeal Costs; Allowance - Section 22. The costs incurred by the appeal may be...

Section 23 - Supreme Judicial, Appeals and Superior Courts; Items of Costs - Section 23. There shall be allowed, in a civil action...

Section 24 - Trials at Designated Place - Section 24. If the shire town where a case shall...

Section 25a - Miscellaneous Expenses; Allowances - Section 25A. Unless the court shall otherwise determine, the prevailing...

Section 26 - District Courts; Items of Costs - Section 26. There should be allowed in a civil action...

Section 27a - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 27a to 27g - Section 27A. As used in sections twenty-seven A to twenty-seven...

Section 27b - Affidavit of Indigency; Waiver, Substitution or State Payment of Fees or Costs; Supplementary Affidavits - Section 27B. Upon or after commencing or answering to any...

Section 27c - Granting Requests for Waiver, Substitution or State Payment - Section 27C. (1) If the affidavit is filed with the...

Section 27d - Appeal; Notice; Record; Speedy Hearing; Stay of Proceedings; Decision Final - Section 27D. In any case where the court denies a...

Section 27e - Repayment; Deductions From Judgment or Settlement; Notice; Procedure - Section 27E. Any party on whose behalf any fees or...

Section 27f - Substitute Documents, Services or Objects at Less Cost; Court Order - Section 27F. The court may, upon its own motion or...

Section 27g - Payment Procedure; Public Record; Report of Expenditures - Section 27G. The clerk shall receive from any indigent party...

Section 29 - Court Action by Inmate; Affidavit of Indigency; Court-Ordered Payment Plan; Review and Recommendation; Penalties for Abuse of Process - Section 29. (a) If an inmate brings an action in...