Massachusetts General Laws
Title II - Proceedings in Criminal Cases
Chapter 280 - Fines and Forfeitures

Section 1 - Recovery of Fines and Forfeitures - Section 1. Fines and forfeitures exacted as punishments for offences...

Section 2 - Payment of Certain Fines and Forfeitures; Apportionment Among Beneficiaries - Section 2. A fine or forfeiture imposed by a court...

Section 3 - Proceedings to Recover Penalties; Appointment of Counsel - Section 3. In proceedings in the name of the commonwealth...

Section 4 - Criminal Prosecutions; Expenses Paid by Commonwealth; Waiver of Costs for Indigent Defendants - Section 4. Expenses arising in a criminal prosecution, including fees...

Section 5 - Appeal Briefs in Criminal Cases; Payment of Costs - Section 5. In a criminal case in which questions of...

Section 6 - Costs as Penalty for Crime; Expenses of Prosecution - Section 6. Costs shall not be imposed by a justice...

Section 6a - Special Cost Assessments; Exemption - Section 6A. Before imposing a fine or forfeiture as a...

Section 6b - Criminal Assessments - Section 6B. The court shall impose an assessment of not...

Section 6c - Assessment Proceeds - Section 6C. Any assessment imposed pursuant to section six B...

Section 7 - Certificates of Fines Imposed; Delivery to State Treasurer - Section 7. At the end of every sitting of the...

Section 8 - Transfer to State Treasurer of Fines Paid - Section 8. The clerk of the superior court for the...

Section 9 - Fines Paid; Transfer to State Treasurer by Clerks of Courts in Suffolk County - Section 9. The clerks of all courts in Suffolk county,...

Section 10 - Payment of Witness Fees; Presentment of Certificate - Section 10. The state treasurer shall pay to the persons...

Section 11 - Certification of Fines and Forfeitures; Payment to Commonwealth - Section 11. Except as otherwise provided in section eighty of...

Section 12 - Escape of Prisoner; Liability of Sheriff for Fines or Forfeitures of Prisoner - Section 12. A sheriff who, having a person in his...

Section 13 - Failure of Sheriff to Pay Fines or Forfeitures of Escaped Prisoner; Remedy - Section 13. If a sheriff neglects to make such payment...

Section 14 - Default in Fine Payment; Commitment to Jail or House of Correction; Payment to Jailer or Superintendent - Section 14. A person committed to a jail or house...

Section 15 - Quarterly Transfers to State Treasurer of Payments Received by Jailer or Superintendent; Account on Oath - Section 15. Every keeper of a jail and superintendent of...

Section 16 - Payment by State Treasurer of Expenses or Fees; Time Limit for Demand; Qualifications for Payment to Clerks of District Court - Section 16. The state treasurer shall pay over to the...