Massachusetts General Laws
Part III - Courts, Judicial Officers and Proceedings in Civil Cases
Title II - Actions and Proceedings Therein

Section 79a - Certified Copies of Public and Private Records - Section 79A. Copies of public records, of records described in...

Section 79b - Fact Statements Published for Persons in Particular Occupation - Section 79B. Statements of facts of general interest to persons...

Section 79c - Statements of Fact or Opinion in Scientific Publication; Notice of Intention to Use - Section 79C. Statements of facts or opinions on a subject...

Section 79d - Photographic Copies of Newspaper in Library; Prints From Photographic Films - Section 79D. Copies of any newspaper, or part thereof made...

Section 79e - Reproductions of Public or Business Records - Section 79E. If any business, institution, member of a profession...

Section 79f - Proof of Public Way - Section 79F. A certificate by the secretary of the public...

Section 79g - Medical and Hospital Services; Evidence - Section 79G. In any proceeding commenced in any court, commission...

Section 79h - Tort Actions for Personal Injuries or Death; Admissibility of Reports of Deceased Physicians - Section 79H. In an action of tort for personal injuries...

Section 79i - Actions to Recover From Insurer for Theft of Personal Property From Motor Vehicle or Trailer; Prima Facie Evidence of Forcible Entry Into Vehicle - Section 79I. In an action to recover from an insurer...

Section 79j - Business Records Required to Be Produced in Court; Certification, Admissibility and Inspection; Copies - Section 79J. A record kept by any business which is...

Section 79k - Duplicate of Computer Data File or Program File; Admissibility - Section 79K. A duplicate of a computer data file or...

Section 79l - Statements or Conduct Expressing Regret, Apology, Condolence by Health Care Provider; Admissibility - Section 79L. (a) As used in this section, the following...

Section 80 - Transcripts From Stenographic Notes - Section 80. Transcripts from stenographic notes duly taken under authority...

Section 81 - Criminal Proceedings; Out-of-Court Statements Describing Sexual Contact; Admissibility - Section 81. (a) An out-of-court statement of a child under...

Section 82 - Civil Proceedings; Out-of-Court Statements Describing Sexual Contact; Admissibility - Section 82. (a) The out-of-court statements of a child under...

Section 83 - Custody Hearings; Out-of-Court Statements Describing Sexual Contact; Admissibility - Section 83. (a) Any out-of-court statements of a child under...

Chapter 234 - Juries - [Repealed, 2016, 36, Sec. 1.]

Chapter 234a - Office of Jury Commissioner for the Commonwealth

Section 1 - Application of Chapter to Particular Counties - Section 1. This chapter shall apply in every county in...

Section 2 - Judicial Districts; Eligibility for Jury Service - Section 2. The judicial districts for purposes of this chapter...

Section 3 - Juror Service - Section 3. Juror service in the participating counties shall be...

Section 4 - Disqualification From Juror Service - Section 4. Any citizen of the United States who is...

Section 5 - Office of Jury Commissioner - Section 5. There shall be an office of jury commissioner...

Section 6 - Jury Management Advisory Committee - Section 6. A jury management advisory committee, consisting of six...

Section 7 - Jury Commissioner and Staff; Appointment; Salaries - Section 7. The office of jury commissioner shall be composed...

Section 8 - Rules of Court; Regulations - Section 8. The supreme judicial court may make and amend...

Section 9 - Liability of Cities and Towns - Section 9. The mayor, city manager, or other executive head...

Section 10 - Numbered Resident List - Section 10. On or before the first day of June...

Section 11 - Numbered Resident File - Section 11. On or before the first day of June...

Section 12 - Number of Prospective Jurors - Section 12. On or before the first day of July...

Section 13 - Random Selection of Prospective Jurors - Section 13. On or before the first day of September...

Section 14 - Typewritten Lists From Cities and Towns Not Submitting Numbered Resident Files - Section 14. On or before the first day of August...

Section 15 - Preparation of Prospective Juror List - Section 15. On or before the first day of September...

Section 16 - Master Juror List; Random Shuffling; Summoning Jurors in Sequence - Section 16. On or before the first day of October...

Section 17 - Letter of Venire - Section 17. At least twelve weeks prior to the time...

Section 18 - Discretionary Determination of Number of Jurors to Be Summoned - Section 18. At least twelve weeks prior to the commencement...

Section 19 - Juror Summons; Contents; Postcard Summons - Section 19. At least twelve weeks prior to the commencement...

Section 20 - Notice of Qualifications for Juror Service for Each Juror Summoned - Section 20. The office of jury commissioner shall provide a...

Section 21 - Juror Confirmation Form Included With Summons Other Than Postcard Summons - Section 21. Enclosed with a juror summons shall be a...

Section 22 - Confidential Juror Questionnaire for Each Prospective Juror - Section 22. The office of jury commissioner shall provide a...

Section 23 - Use of Juror Questionnaire During Voir Dire - Section 23. Unless the court orders otherwise, the clerk of...

Section 24 - Response to Postcard Summons; Response to Juror Summons Sent by First-Class Mail - Section 24. (a) Each grand and trial juror shall respond...

Section 25 - Final Summons - Section 25. Each grand and trial juror from whom the...

Section 26 - Summoning of Additional Grand or Trial Jurors; Response; Final Summons - Section 26. (a) Not later than the sixth week preceding...

Section 27 - Time and Manner of Service of Additional Jurors - Section 27. The office of jury commissioner may summon additional...

Section 27a - Questioning of Summoned Juror - Section 27A. After a summons has been received by a...

Section 28 - Cancellation of Juror Service - Section 28. The office of jury commissioner may cancel grand...

Section 29 - Modification of Juror Service - Section 29. The office of jury commissioner may modify the...

Section 30 - Standby Jurors - Section 30. The office of jury commissioner or the court...

Section 30a - Talesmen - Section 30A. If, by challenge or otherwise, a sufficient number...

Section 31 - Presentation by Juror to Clerk of Summons, Questionnaire and Notices - Section 31. On the first day of his term of...

Section 32 - Wilful Misrepresentations in Juror Questionnaire - Section 32. Any juror or other person who wilfully misrepresents...

Section 33 - Criminal History Records of Jurors - Section 33. The court, the office of jury commissioner, and...

Section 34 - Postponement of Term of Juror Service - Section 34. A trial juror shall have the right to...

Section 35 - Juror Service Performed at Any Location Within Judicial District - Section 35. Grand and trial jurors shall be summoned at...

Section 36 - Notice of Date of Postponement or Request for Location Transfer - Section 36. Not later than two weeks after the receipt...

Section 37 - Postponement for Reasons of Important Business of Commonwealth or United States - Section 37. The legislative, executive, and judicial departments of the...

Section 38 - Availability for Juror Service by Telephone Notice - Section 38. A grand or trial juror may be permitted...

Section 39 - Deferment or Advancement Of, or Excuse From, Juror Service; Term Limitations; Dismissal or Discharge of Juror - Section 39. The court or the office of jury commissioner...

Section 40 - Length of Trial; Excuse of Juror - Section 40. In the event a trial is expected by...

Section 41 - Length of Term of Service of Jurors - Section 41. The length of the term of service for...

Section 42 - Enforcement of Chapter - Section 42. The court shall take whatever actions are appropriate...

Section 43 - Delinquency Notice - Section 43. The office of jury commissioner may send a...

Section 44 - Criminal Complaint for Delinquent Juror - Section 44. The office of jury commissioner may prepare an...

Section 45 - Studies, Research and New Procedures - Section 45. The office of jury commissioner shall perform studies,...

Section 46 - Delegation of Authority to Jury Commissioner - Section 46. The committee or the court may delegate to...

Section 47 - Compensation and Reimbursement Policy - Section 47. The compensation and reimbursement policy of this chapter...

Section 48 - Payment of Regularly Employed Jurors - Section 48. Each regularly employed trial or grand juror shall...

Section 49 - Employers or Self-Employed Jurors Excused From Payment - Section 49. The court shall have the authority to excuse...

Section 50 - Reimbursement of Unemployed Jurors for Expenses - Section 50. Each unemployed trial or grand juror upon application...

Section 51 - Payment of Trial Juror by Commonwealth - Section 51. Each trial juror who serves more than three...

Section 52 - Grand Juror Financial Questionnaire - Section 52. Upon the commencement of grand juror service, each...

Section 53 - Private Hearing to Determine Rate of Compensation of Grand Juror - Section 53. On the first day of grand juror service,...

Section 54 - Payment of Grand Juror by Commonwealth - Section 54. Each grand juror who serves more than three...

Section 55 - Compensation of Absent, Alternate, Standby Jurors and Jurors on Telephone Notice; Credit During Adjournments - Section 55. A juror, including a standby juror and a...

Section 56 - Special Awards of Compensation and Reimbursement; Expenses; Special Arrangements - Section 56. Notwithstanding other provisions of this chapter, the court...

Section 56a - Meals for Jurors in Accordance With Their Religious Requirements - Section 56A. The court shall provide, upon request of a...

Section 57 - Juror Service Certificate; Contents - Section 57. The juror service certificate shall contain the name...

Section 58 - Juror Service Certificates; Tender to Employer for Compensation - Section 58. The office of jury commissioner shall provide juror...

Section 59 - Form of Payment of Grand and Trial Jurors Paid by Commonwealth - Section 59. Grand and trial jurors in participating counties shall...

Section 60 - Employer Liability for Failure to Pay Juror-Employee - Section 60. Any employer who fails to compensate a juror-employee...

Section 61 - Violation of Sec. 60; Harassment, Etc. of Employee - Section 61. Any willful violation of section sixty of this...

Section 62 - Trial Juror's Handbook - Section 62. Not later than ten days prior to the...

Section 63 - Telephone Lines Established by Office of Jury Commissioner - Section 63. The office of jury commissioner, with the approval...

Section 64 - Juror Orientation - Section 64. On the first morning of juror service, grand...

Section 65 - Welcoming Address to Jurors - Section 65. Following the juror orientation program, a member of...

Section 66 - Judicial Discretion Hearing With Juror or Employer - Section 66. Following the welcome to the jurors, the court...

Section 67 - List of Grand and Trial Jurors Expected to Appear Sent or Delivered to Appropriate Clerks of Court - Section 67. Not later than ten days in advance of...

Section 67a - Examination of Jurors - Section 67A. Upon motion of either party, the court shall,...

Section 67b - Peremptory Challenges - Section 67B. In a civil case each party shall be...

Section 67c - Certain Interests Not to Disqualify - Section 67C. In indictments and penal actions for the recovery...

Section 67d - Voir Dire Procedures - Section 67D. Notwithstanding section 67A, the following procedures shall govern...

Section 68 - Additional Jurors Impanelled; Alternate Jurors - Section 68. In every twelve-person jury case, the court shall...

Section 68a - Foreperson - Section 68A. After a jury has been impanelled and sworn,...

Section 68b - Number of Jurors Required to Render Verdict; Instructions on Sufficient Numbers - Section 68B. In any civil action the jury shall be...

Section 68c - Failure of Jury to Agree - Section 68C. If a jury, after due and thorough deliberation,...

Section 69 - Translators for Deaf Jurors - Section 69. A translator may assist a deaf juror during...

Section 69a - View by Jury - Section 69A. The court may, upon motion, allow the jury...

Section 70 - Instruction to Jury as to Occupation or Reputation of Other Jurors - Section 70. Upon motion of a party, or whenever the...

Section 71 - Fraud in Processing or Selection of Jurors or Prospective Jurors - Section 71. Whoever is guilty of fraud in the processing...

Section 72 - Preservation of Official Records and Papers Compiled and Maintained by Office of Jury Commissioner - Section 72. All official records and papers compiled and maintained...

Section 73 - Challenge of Array - Section 73. A party may challenge the composition of the...

Section 74 - Irregularities or Defects Causing Mistrial or Verdict to Be Set Aside - Section 74. Any irregularity in compiling any list of jurors...

Section 74a - Gratuities - Section 74A. If either party to a case at the...

Section 75 - Use of Data Processing Equipment, Etc. and Electronic Telecommunications Systems - Section 75. The use of data processing equipment, methods, services,...

Section 76 - Contracts and Agreements With, and Gifts, Etc. From Governmental Units - Section 76. The jury commissioner, may in accordance with applicable...

Section 77 - Contracts, Agreements, Gifts, etc.; Deposit of Funds - Section 77. The jury commissioner, with the approval of the...

Section 78 - Management of Jurors by Individual Courts - Section 78. Each court that receives jurors under this chapter...

Section 79 - Annual Report of Jury Commissioner - Section 79. On or before the first day of April...

Section 80 - Annual Conference of Participants - Section 80. On or before the first day of June...

Chapter 235 - Judgment and Execution

Section 3 - Entry of Judgment in District Courts; Summary Process - Section 3. District courts may by rule establish the time...

Section 4 - Judgment Nunc Pro Tunc - Section 4. Every judgment or order of the supreme judicial,...

Section 6 - Judgment on Default; Several Defendants - Section 6. In an action against two or more defendants...

Section 7 - Judgments Against Defaulting Defendants; Separate Executions - Section 7. If in such action any defendants are defaulted,...

Section 8 - Interest on Judgments; Warrant or Execution - Section 8. When judgment is rendered upon an award of...

Section 9 - Judgment for Penalty Forfeited - Section 9. If in an action for a breach of...

Section 10 - Judgment for Penal Sum; Amount of Execution - Section 10. The court shall award an execution for so...

Section 11 - Further Damages; Remedy - Section 11. If a further amount afterwards becomes due on...

Section 12 - Proceedings in Actions for Further Damages - Section 12. The amount due in such action shall be...

Section 13 - Actions for Damages Instead of Penalty - Section 13. The four preceding sections shall not prevent a...

Section 14 - Executions in Actions on Judgments - Section 14. (a) If a judgment is rendered for the...

Section 15 - Action in Erroneous Venue; Execution - Section 15. If judgment is rendered in a local action...

Section 16 - Execution Not to Issue Until Appellate Review Exhausted - Section 16. No execution shall issue upon a judgment until...

Section 17 - Executions; Time for Issuing; Successive Executions; Entry of Satisfactions - Section 17. An original execution shall not issue after the...

Section 18 - Executions of District Court; Where Enforceable - Section 18. Executions issued by a district court may be...

Section 19 - Unsatisfied Judgments; Expiration of Time for Taking Out Executions; Remedies - Section 19. If a judgment remains unsatisfied after the expiration...

Section 20 - Erroneous Levy; New Execution; Motion - Section 20. If an execution is returned satisfied in whole...

Section 21 - Erroneous Levy on Member of Corporation; Subsequent Proceedings - Section 21. If an execution against a corporation is satisfied...

Section 22 - Forms of Execution - Section 22. The forms of execution shall be the same...

Section 23 - Execution on Judgments Against Fiduciaries, Sheriffs, etc.; Execution for Possession of Rented or Leased Dwelling - Section 23. Original executions issuing on judgments against executors, administrators,...

Section 23a - Recognition and Enforcement of Money-Judgments of Foreign States; Definitions - Section 23A. Except as hereinafter provided, any foreign judgment that...

Section 24 - Bankruptcy or Insolvency; Successive Executions on Unsatisfied Judgments; Remedies - Section 24. If a plaintiff would be entitled to a...

Section 25 - Special Judgment Where Insolvent, etc., Has Given Bond to Dissolve an Attachment - Section 25. If a plaintiff would be entitled to a...

Section 26 - Petitioner for Review Adjudged Bankrupt, etc.; Special Judgments - Section 26. The court may enter a special judgment, with...

Section 27 - Set-Off of Execution Generally; Exceptions - Section 27. Executions between the same parties may, if required...

Section 28 - Levy of Execution; Service; Executions in the Alternative - Section 28. If an execution is in the alternative, so...

Section 29 - Levy of Execution on Land; Personal Property - Section 29. If the creditor directs an officer to levy...

Section 30 - Levy on Corporate Property - Section 30. An execution against a corporation, if levied upon...

Section 31 - Property Liable to Execution - Section 31. All property which by common law is liable...

Section 32 - Current Coin Taken on Execution - Section 32. Current gold or silver coin may be taken...

Section 33 - Bank Notes Taken on Execution - Section 33. Bank notes and all other bills or evidences...

Section 34 - Property Exempt From Execution - Section 34. The following property of the debtor shall be...

Section 34a - Annuities, Pensions, Profit Sharing or Retirement Plans; Insolvency; Attachment - Section 34A. The right or interest of any person in...

Section 35 - Indemnification of Officer - Section 35. If there is reasonable doubt as to the...

Section 36 - Sale of Personalty on Execution; Costs - Section 36. Personal property seized on execution shall be safely...

Section 37 - Notice of Sale - Section 37. The officer shall give notice of the time...

Section 38 - Property Valued in Excess of Three Hundred Dollars; Notice of Sale - Section 38. If the value of such property to be...

Section 39 - Adjournment of Sale; Notice - Section 39. If, at the time appointed for the sale,...

Section 40 - Adjournment Upon Injunction - Section 40. If a sale of such property on execution...

Section 41 - Failure of Highest Bidder to Purchase; Re-Sale - Section 41. If the highest bidder for an article at...

Section 42 - Return of Execution; Liability for Fraud - Section 42. The officer making such sale shall in his...

Section 43 - Proceeds of Sale; Disposition - Section 43. The officer shall apply the money arising from...

Section 44 - Proceeds of Sale; Disposition Among Several Creditors - Section 44. If the property sold on execution has been...

Section 45 - Successive Attachments; Notice; Liability of Attaching Officer - Section 45. If an attachment or seizure on execution is...

Section 46 - Nature of Term for Years; Levy; Notice of Sale - Section 46. Terms for years, if the original lease was...

Section 47 - Suspension of Levy by Prior Seizure - Section 47. If personal property has been seized on execution,...

Section 48 - Liability of Property Not Sold on Prior Seizure; Service of Execution - Section 48. If such property is sold in part under...

Section 49 - Death, etc., of Officer Beginning Levy or Service; Completion of Service; Certificates - Section 49. If an officer, who has begun to serve...

Section 50 - Removal of Officer After Beginning of Levy - Section 50. If an officer has begun to serve an...

Section 51 - Death of Party; Completion of Service - Section 51. If either party dies after any property, real...

Section 52 - Detaining Money Collected on Execution; Penalty - Section 52. An officer who, upon demand by the creditor,...

Chapter 236 - Levy of Executions on Land

Section 1 - Land and Rights Subject to Execution - Section 1. All the land of a debtor in possession,...

Section 2 - Estates Tail - Section 2. Estates tail may be taken on execution in...

Section 3 - Proceedings Upon Levy; Notice and Appraisal - Section 3. An officer taking land on execution shall give...

Section 4 - Deposit of Notice of Land Taken on Execution or Mesne Process; Nantucket County - Section 4. If land, which was not attached on mesne...

Section 5 - Entries by Register - Section 5. The register shall note on every such copy...

Section 6 - Levy by Set-Off; Appointment of Appraisers - Section 6. The officer shall cause the land to be...

Section 7 - Qualifications and Duties of Appraisers; Certificates of Appraisal - Section 7. The appraisers shall be sworn, before a justice...

Section 8 - Valuation of Estates as Fee Simple; Exception - Section 8. The value of the estate of the debtor...

Section 9 - Mortgaged Land; Appraisal - Section 9. If a right of redeeming mortgaged land is...

Section 10 - Appraisal When Several Parcels Are Levied Upon - Section 10. If the execution is levied at the same...

Section 11 - Description of Land in Certificate of Appraisers; Return - Section 11. Land levied upon, whether an entire parcel or...

Section 12 - Land Held Jointly or in Common; Levy Upon - Section 12. If land is held by a debtor in...

Section 13 - Land Incapable of Division; Levy Upon - Section 13. If the land levied upon cannot be divided...

Section 14 - Life Estates; Levy Upon - Section 14. A life estate may be taken and set...

Section 15 - Rents and Profits; Levy Upon; Expiration of Life Estates - Section 15. If execution is levied on rents and profits,...

Section 16 - Leased Land; Levy Upon - Section 16. If the land levied upon is under lease...

Section 17 - Levy on Leased Land Where Reversion of Part Only Is Taken - Section 17. If the land is under lease as aforesaid...

Section 18 - Homestead Property; Levy of Execution - [Text of section applicable as provided by 2010, 395, Sec....

Section 19 - Delivery of Seisin to Creditor; Debtor's Rights in Remainder, Etc. - Section 19. An officer serving an execution shall deliver to...

Section 20 - Momentary Seisin - Section 20. If an execution is levied on land of...

Section 21 - Return and Record of Execution - Section 21. The officer shall return the execution, with a...

Section 22 - Record as Prima Facie Evidence - Section 22. Such record in the registry of deeds of...

Section 23 - Officer's Return; Requisites - Section 23. The return of the officer on the execution...

Section 24 - Validity of Levy as Against Subsequent Attaching Creditors and Purchasers - Section 24. If the execution and return are not recorded...

Section 25 - Levy Valid Against Creditor - Section 25. If the execution and return have not been...

Section 26 - Levy by Sale; Disposition of Proceeds; Lands Taken on Behalf of Commonwealth - Section 26. Land and rights mentioned in section one and...

Section 27 - Conduct of Sale; Effect - Section 27. The officer authorized to serve the execution shall...

Section 28 - Notice of Sale - Section 28. The officer, thirty days at least before the...

Section 29 - Adjournment of Sale - Section 29. If, at the time appointed for the sale,...

Section 30 - Adjournment by Court - Section 30. Section forty of chapter two hundred and thirty-five...

Section 31 - Suspension of Levy; Record; Effect; Liability of Land - Section 31. If land has been seized on execution and...

Section 32 - Proceedings After Dissolution of Prior Attachment - Section 32. If land is set off or sold in...

Section 33 - Right of Redemption; Time; Amount Required; Deed or Release - Section 33. If land or rights have been taken and...

Section 34 - Ascertainment of Amount Due; Tender - Section 34. The debtor may in all cases cause the...

Section 35 - Redemption of Mortgage Paid by Creditor or Purchaser - Section 35. If the creditor or, in case of a...

Section 36 - Redemption of Right to Redeem From Tax Sale - Section 36. Rights of redeeming land sold for the payment...

Section 37 - Redemption Where Levy on Rents and Profits of Life Estate - Section 37. If an execution is levied on rents and...

Section 38 - Tender; Refusal to Release Land; Remedies - Section 38. If the debtor tenders the amount justly due...

Section 39 - Action for Redemption - Section 39. The debtor may, within the year before limited...

Section 40 - Proceedings - Section 40. The debtor shall in his complaint offer to...

Section 41 - Costs - Section 41. The court may award costs to either party,...

Section 42 - Rights of Debtors, Creditors or Purchasers Exercisable by Heirs, Etc. - Section 42. Everything required in this chapter to be done...

Section 43 - When Levy Considered Made - Section 43. A levy by set-off or sale shall be...

Section 44 - Service of Notice - Section 44. Notice to the debtor under this chapter may...

Section 45 - Fees and Charges - Section 45. The fees and charges of levying an execution...

Section 46 - Lands, etc., in Different Counties - Section 46. A levy upon lands in different counties or...

Section 47 - Time for Bringing Action for Possession - Section 47. If an execution is levied on land or...

Section 48 - Levy on Land Subject to Lien Not Allowed For - Section 48. If, after an execution has been levied by...

Section 49 - Levy on Right of Redeeming Land Taken on Execution - Section 49. The right of redeeming land taken on execution...

Section 49a - Certain Levies Made Void by Operation of Law - Section 49A. If a levy on execution shall not have...

Section 50 - Waiver of Levy; Remedies - Section 50. If, before an execution which has been levied...

Section 51 - Invalid Levy; Remedy - Section 51. If, after the return of an execution, it...

Section 52 - Procedure - Section 52. If at the hearing the court finds that...

Section 53 - Levy on Land of Deceased - Section 53. Land of a deceased person which has not...

Section 54 - Decedent's Land; Effect of Redemption - Section 54. Land taken as provided in the preceding section...

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Massachusetts General Laws Part III - Courts, Judicial Officers and Proceedings in Civil Cases Title II - Actions and Proceedings Therein

Massachusetts General Laws
Part III - Courts, Judicial Officers and Proceedings in Civil Cases
Title II - Actions and Proceedings Therein