Massachusetts General Laws
Title VI - Counties and County Officers
Chapter 37 - Sheriffs

Section 1 - Election - Section 1. A sheriff shall be elected in each county,...

Section 2 - Oath and Bond - Section 2. A sheriff, before performing any official act, shall...

Section 3 - Deputies; Appointment; Oath - Section 3. A sheriff may appoint deputies, who shall be...

Section 4 - Special Sheriff; Appointment; Oath; Bond; Powers - Section 4. He shall appoint a special sheriff, who shall...

Section 5 - Special Sheriffs; Powers and Duties - Section 5. If, by reason of illness, absence, interest or...

Section 7 - Failure to Post Bond; Penalty - Section 7. A sheriff neglecting or refusing to give bond...

Section 8 - Suits on Bonds of Sheriffs - Section 8. The holder of a judgment against a sheriff...

Section 9 - Copies of Sheriff's Bonds; Source; Use as Evidence - Section 9. The state treasurer shall deliver an attested copy...

Section 10 - Suits Against Sheriff; Procedure for Satisfying Judgment - Section 10. A sheriff shall not be arrested upon mesne...

Section 11 - Duties of Sheriffs and Deputies; Service of Precepts - Section 11. Sheriffs and their deputies shall serve and execute,...

Section 12 - Duties of Sheriffs and Deputies; Service of Demands, Notices and Citations - Section 12. They may serve by copy, by them attested,...

Section 13 - Powers and Duties; Requisition of Aid - Section 13. They may require suitable aid in the execution...

Section 14 - Service of Writs and Precepts After Removal - Section 14. They may execute precepts in their hands at...

Section 15 - Service of Writs Against the Sheriff or Deputies - Section 15. If a sheriff is a party to a...

Section 16 - Attendance at Sessions of Courts - Section 16. Sheriffs, by themselves or by their deputies may...

Section 17 - Salaries - Section 17. The salaries of sheriffs shall be paid by...

Section 21 - Traveling Expenses - Section 21. The sheriff of Nantucket county shall be entitled...

Section 21a - Travel Vouchers or Other Verification of Travel Expenses - Section 21A. For the purposes of paying the salary and...

Section 22 - Accounting of Fees; Disposition of Funds - Section 22. Each sheriff shall keep an account of all...

Section 24 - Transportation of Prisoners or Persons in Custody; Sheriffs' Duties - Section 24. The sheriffs of the several counties, and their...

Section 25 - Transportation of Prisoners or Persons in Custody; Costs; Appropriations; Report - Section 25. The cost of transportation required by section twenty-four...

Section 26 - Identification Cards for Full-Time Deputies - Section 26. The sheriff shall issue to every full-time deputy...