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Section 40 - Removal; Grounds; Expenses - Section 40. An attorney may be removed by the supreme...
Section 41 - Unauthorized Practice of Law; Solicitation of Business; Penalty - Section 41. Whoever has been so removed and continues thereafter...
Section 42 - Standing of Attorneys; Records - Section 42. The clerk of the supreme judicial court for...
Section 43 - Claims for Damages; Solicitation Prohibited - Section 43. No attorney at law shall, through any runner,...
Section 44 - Disqualification for Violation of Sec. 43 - Section 44. If it appears to the satisfaction of the...
Section 44a - Employees of Hospitals or Other Medical Institutions; Communication With Attorney Concerning Personal Injury Cases - Section 44A. No person in the employ of, or in...
Section 44b - Copies of Sec. 44a; Furnishing to Hospitals; Posting - Section 44B. The superintendent or other person in immediate charge...
Section 45 - Sheriffs, Deputy Sheriffs and Constables; Practice of Law Prohibited - Section 45. A sheriff, deputy sheriff or constable who appears...
Section 46 - Practice of Law by Corporations; Prohibition; Exception - Section 46. No corporation or association shall practice or appear...
Section 46a - Practice of Law; Persons Authorized - Section 46A. No individual, other than a member, in good...
Section 46b - Jurisdiction to Restrain Violation of Sec. 46, 46a or 46c - Section 46B. The supreme judicial court and the superior court...
Section 46c - Furnishing Services to Debtor in Debt Pooling Plan; Unauthorized Practice of Law - Section 46C. The furnishing of advice or services for and...
Section 46d - Credit Counseling Corporations, Applicability of Secs. 46 to 46c - Section 46D. The provisions of sections forty-six, forty-six A, forty-six...
Section 48 - Prosecution or Defense of Own Suits; Restriction - Section 48. Parties may manage, prosecute or defend their own...
Section 50 - Attorney's Lien for Fees; Enforcement - Section 50. From the authorized commencement of an action, counterclaim...
Section 50a - Discharge of State or Political Subdivision From Liability for Attorney's Lien - Section 50A. Payment by the commonwealth or by any political...
Section 50b - Claims; Summary Determination - Section 50B. The court shall determine all claims in a...
Section 51 - Failure to Pay Client's Money; Penalty - Section 51. An attorney at law who unreasonably neglects to...
Section 52 - Disqualification of Attorney to Act in Suits Previously Decided by Him - Section 52. No person shall be employed or allowed to...
Section 53 - Masters in Chancery - Section 53. The governor, with the advice and consent of...
Section 54 - Completion of Business on Expiration of Commission - Section 54. A master may complete any unfinished proceedings and...
Section 55 - Compensation of Masters, Etc. - Section 55. The supreme judicial court, the superior court or...
Section 57 - Masters; Appointment - Section 57. When a civil action is at issue and...
Section 58 - Masters; Hearings; Reports; Judgment - Section 58. Masters shall give notice to the parties of...
Section 59 - Auditors; Discharge by Court - Section 59. The court may for cause discharge the auditors...
Section 61 - Masters; Compensation and Travel Expenses - Section 61. The court shall award reasonable compensation and allow...
Section 62 - Reports of Masters - Section 62. Masters appointed by the probate and family court...
Section 62a - Masters; Death or Incapacity; Compensation - Section 62A. If a master appointed by the probate and...
Section 62b - Clerks of Courts as Magistrates - Section 62B. Clerks of court for the several counties, the...
Section 62c - Magistrates; Powers and Duties - Section 62C. A magistrate designated under the previous section, in...
Section 63 - Appointment; Tenure - Section 63. There shall be a reporter of decisions of...
Section 64 - Preparation of Reports; Time of Publication - Section 64. He shall attend the law sittings of the...
Section 64a - Printing or Publication in Electronic Format and Sale of Reports of Decisions of Supreme Judicial and Appeals Courts; Advertisement for Bids; Award and Execution of Contracts; Performance Bond - Section 64A. The reporter shall from time to time advertise...
Section 65 - Style of Reports - Section 65. The volumes of reports shall be styled ''Massachusetts...
Section 66 - Opinions; Duration and Manner of Keeping - Section 66. The commonwealth shall provide a safe and convenient...
Section 67 - Deputy Reporter - Section 67. If the reporter is prevented from attending at...
Section 68 - Compensation of Reporter - Section 68. The reporter shall receive from the commonwealth a...
Section 69 - Number; Compensation for Attendance - Section 69. Not more than 4 deputy sheriffs or court...
Section 69a - Court Officer Appointments and Removals; Security of John Adams Courthouse - Section 69A. (a) The chief justice of the supreme judicial...
Section 70 - Appointment; Security of John Adams Courthouse - Section 70. Subject to appropriation, the court administrator may appoint...
Section 70a - Court Officers; Performance of Police Powers and Duties - Section 70A. Court officers and those authorized to act as...
Section 71 - Chief Deputy Sheriff for Suffolk, Middlesex and Hampden; Chief Court Officer for Hampden, Norfolk and Worcester Counties - Section 71. The chief justice of the trial court shall...
Section 71a - Assistant Chief Court Officers in Suffolk County - Section 71A. The court administrator may designate three of the...
Section 72 - Tenure - Section 72. Officers appointed as court officers to attend upon...
Section 73 - Compensation in Suffolk County Land Court and Probate Court - Section 73. The officer in attendance upon the land court...
Section 73b - Compensation in Suffolk County Supreme Judicial Court and Appeals Court - Section 73B. Each officer in attendance upon the supreme judicial...
Section 75 - Deputy Sheriffs and Constables; Compensation - Section 75. The compensation of deputy sheriffs not on salary...
Section 76 - Administrative Assistant and Messengers in Suffolk County; Appointment; Compensation; Duties - Section 76. The administrative assistant to the justices of the...
Section 76a - Superior Court in Suffolk County; Assistant Messenger - Section 76A. The justices of the superior court may appoint...
Section 77 - Premiums on Official Bonds; Payment - Section 77. Premiums on bonds of court officers and deputy...
Section 78 - Supreme Judicial Court in Suffolk County; Service of Venires; Bond - Section 78. Any officer in attendance upon the supreme judicial...
Section 79 - Witnesses; Summoning in Suffolk and Worcester; Expenses - Section 79. Officers in attendance upon the sessions of the...
Section 80 - Uniforms of Court Officers - Section 80. Court officers receiving stated salaries and deputy sheriffs...
Section 81 - Double Compensation Prohibited - Section 81. No deputy sheriff or constable receiving a salary...
Section 82 - Appointment of Stenographers in Superior Court - Section 82. The justices of the superior court shall appoint...
Section 83 - Temporary Stenographers; Fees - Section 83. The presiding justice at any sitting, trial or...
Section 86 - Stenographer for Grand Jury; Appointment; Custody of Notes; Costs - Section 86. A justice of the superior court may, upon...
Section 87 - Duties of Stenographers; Regulations - Section 87. The justices of the superior court may make...
Section 88 - Furnishing Transcripts of Notes; Fees - Section 88. Upon request of the presiding justice or any...
Section 89 - Clerical Assistants - Section 89. The justices of the superior court from time...
Section 90a - Services Rendered Outside Appointing County; Compensation; Statement - Section 90A. When a salaried official stenographer renders service in...
Section 91 - Superior Courts; Compensation of Stenographers - Section 91. Official stenographers, and all additional and temporary stenographers,...
Section 91b - Employment of Stenographer by Defendant; Admissibility of Transcripts of Notes; Application of Section - Section 91B. At any hearing or proceeding in connection with...
Section 91c - Appointment of Stenographer in Civil Cases Before Auditor or Master; Admissibility of Transcripts - Section 91C. Any party to a civil proceeding assigned to...
Section 91d - Court Reporters; Practices; Contracts - Section 91D. (a) As used in this section, the following...
Section 92 - Appointment of Interpreters; Compensation - Section 92. The justices of the superior court may appoint...
Section 92a - Interpreters for the Deaf or Hearing-Impaired; Court Proceedings; Arrests; Admissibility of Evidence; Fees and Expenses; Privileged Communications - Section 92A. In any proceeding in any court in which...
Section 93 - Supreme Judicial Court; Salaries of Clerks - Section 93. The salary of the clerk of the supreme...
Section 94 - Manner of Payment; Salaries of Clerks and Assistant Clerks - Section 94. Except as provided in section ninety-three and except...
Section 99 - Traveling Expenses - Section 99. Clerks and assistant clerks of courts shall receive...
Section 100 - Temporary and Assistant Clerks; Salaries - Section 100. Each temporary clerk shall be paid by the...
Section 101 - Salaries as Full Compensation - Section 101. Except as otherwise provided, the salaries of clerks...
Section 102 - Clerical Assistance - Section 102. The clerks of the courts in the several...
Chapter 221a - The Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation Act
Section 1 - Definitions - Section 1. As used in this chapter, the following words...
Section 2 - Creation of Corporation; Purpose - Section 2. There is hereby created a body politic and...
Section 3 - Board of Directors - Section 3. The corporation shall be governed and its corporate...
Section 4 - Executive Director; Employees - Section 4. The board shall hire an executive director and...
Section 5 - Vice Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer of Board of Directors; Duties; Bond - Section 5. The directors shall annually elect one of their...
Section 6 - Powers of Corporation - Section 6. The corporation shall have the following powers: (a)...
Section 7 - Compliance of Recipients and Employees With Chapter Provisions and Rules, etc.; Attorney Responsibilities; Non–english Speaking Clients - Section 7. The corporation shall have authority to insure the...
Section 8 - Participation in Litigation; Influencing Legislation; Political Activity; Attorney Compensation - Section 8. The corporation shall not itself participate in litigation...
Section 9 - Financial Assistance to State and Local Programs - Section 9. The corporation shall, subject to appropriation or to...
Section 10 - Annual Report - Section 10. The corporation shall annually submit a complete and...
Section 11 - Audit - Section 11. The books and records of the corporation shall...
Section 12 - Legal Assistance Fund; Applications; Financial Statements - Section 12. There shall be established and set up on...
Chapter 221b - Child Support Hearing Officers
Section 2 - Certification of Officers; Performance Review; Recertification and Removal - Section 2. A committee of child support hearing officers shall...
Section 3 - Committee on Child Support Hearing Officers; Membership; Terms; Chairman - Section 3. The committee on child support hearing officers shall...
Section 4 - Child Support Cases; Procedures; Power of Hearing Officers - Section 4. There are hereby established within the superior court...
Section 5 - Rules - Section 5. The child support cases heard by the child...
Section 6 - Powers of Hearing Officers - Section 6. Without the approval of any justice of any...
Section 7 - Power of Hearing Officers to Make Orders - Section 7. A hearing officer shall have the power to...
Section 7a - Review and Approval of Orders or Judgments - Section 7A. Each order or judgment of a hearing officer...
Section 8 - Reconsideration Hearing - Section 8. Within three business days of the hearing officer's...
Section 9 - Orders and Judgments; Effective Date; Stays - Section 9. Orders or judgments of a hearing officer shall...
Section 10 - Appeals - Section 10. After review of the hearing officer's decision in...
Chapter 221c - Court Interpreters for the Trial Court
Section 1 - Definitions - Section 1. For the purpose of this chapter, the following...
Section 2 - Right to Assistance; Availability of Qualified Interpreters; Reports - Section 2. A non–English speaker, throughout a legal proceeding, shall...
Section 3 - Waiver of Right to Interpreter - Section 3. (a) A waiver of the right to an...
Section 4 - Oath; Verification of Testimony; Privileged Communications - Section 4. (a) Before beginning to interpret in any proceeding...
Section 5 - Removal of Interpreter - Section 5. Any of the following actions shall be good...
Section 6 - Compensation; Expenses - Section 6. Interpreters appointed pursuant to this chapter shall be...
Section 7 - Committee for the Administration of Interpreters for Trial Court; Coordinator of Court Interpreter Services; Appointment; Duties - Section 7. (a) There shall be a committee for the...
Chapter 222 - Justices of the Peace, Notaries Public and Commissioners
Section 1 - Definitions - Section 1. For the purposes of this chapter, the following...
Section 1a - Appointment and Jurisdiction of Justices of the Peace and Notaries Public - Section 1A. Justices of the peace and notaries public shall...
Section 3 - Appointment of Commissioners to Administer Oaths of Office; Returns; Fees - Section 3. The governor, with the advice and consent of...
Section 4 - Appointment of Commissioners; Term - Section 4. The governor, with the advice and consent of...
Section 5 - Oath; Seal - Section 5. A person appointed commissioner in a state, territory,...
Section 6 - Powers and Duties - Section 6. A commissioner may, in his state, territory, district,...
Section 7 - Instructions to Commissioner - Section 7. The state secretary shall prepare and forward to...
Section 8 - Acknowledgment of Instrument; Printed or Typed Name; Expiration Date; Official Notarial Seal or Stamp - Section 8. (a) When taking an acknowledgment of an instrument...
Section 9 - Acting as Justice or Notary After Expiration of Commission; Penalty - Section 9. Whoever presumes to act as a justice of...
Section 10 - Destruction of Notary's Records; Penalty - Section 10. Whoever knowingly destroys, defaces or conceals the records...
Section 11 - Acknowledgments by Persons in Armed Forces or Their Dependents - Section 11. Persons serving in or with the armed forces...
Section 12 - Exemptions From Maintaining Journal of Notary Transactions - Section 12. Notwithstanding section 22 or any other general or...
Section 13 - Qualifications; Grounds for Denial of Application for Appointment - Section 13. (a) A person qualified for a notary public...
Section 14 - Term of Commission - Section 14. A person commissioned as a notary public may...
Section 15 - Notarial Acts; Forms of Acknowledgment or Certification; When Alternate Forms May Be Used - Section 15. (a) A notary public may perform the following...
Section 16 - Notarial Acts That Should Not Be Performed; Prohibited Actions by Notary Public - Section 16. (a) A notary public shall not perform a...
Section 17 - Notaries Public Not Licensed to Practice Law; Prohibition From Offering Legal Advice or Advertisement as Legal Specialist; Immigration Matters; Real Estate Closings - Section 17. (a) A notary public shall not advise clients,...
Section 18 - Violations of Chapter; Penalties; Civil Cause of Action and Remedies; Unfair or Deceptive Act or Practice - Section 18. (a) The attorney general or district attorney may...
Section 19 - Duty to Perform Notarial Act Upon Payment of Fee; Exceptions - Section 19. A notary public shall perform a notarial act...
Section 20 - Lawfulness, Accuracy or Truthfulness of Document or Transition Involving Notarial Act; Effect of Documents Not Containing Acknowledgement or Certification; Rules of Land Court Relating to Filing of Documents - Section 20. (a) A notary public shall not be authorized...
Section 21 - Advertisements for Notarial Services in Language Other Than English - Section 21. A notary public who is not an attorney...
Section 22 - Chronological Official Journal of Notarial Acts; Contents; Exceptions From Duty to Maintain; Examination; Safeguarding - Section 22. (a) Except as provided in subsection (f), a...
Section 23 - Fees Not to Be Charged for Certain Notarial Acts - Section 23. Notwithstanding section 41 of chapter 262, no fee...
Section 24 - Destruction of Notary Seals and Stamps Upon Expiration, Resignation or Revocation of Commission; Retention of Journal and Records - Section 24. If a notary public's commission expires, is resigned...
Section 25 - Change of Name or Address; Notice to State Secretary - Section 25. Within 10 days after the change of a...
Section 26 - Revocation of Commission - Section 26. A notary public's commission may be revoked for...