Section 2. A sheriff, before performing any official act, shall be sworn and prior to being sworn, and thereafter, at intervals of not more than one year, so long as he continues to hold such office, shall give to the state treasurer a bond in such amount and with such sureties as the superior court shall order and approve, conditioned to perform faithfully his own duties and to be responsible for the official acts of his deputies. A default, malfeasance or misfeasance in office of a deputy sheriff or jailer after the death, removal or resignation of the sheriff by whom he was appointed, shall be a breach of the bond of such sheriff.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Title VI - Counties and County Officers
Section 3 - Deputies; Appointment; Oath
Section 4 - Special Sheriff; Appointment; Oath; Bond; Powers
Section 5 - Special Sheriffs; Powers and Duties
Section 7 - Failure to Post Bond; Penalty
Section 8 - Suits on Bonds of Sheriffs
Section 9 - Copies of Sheriff's Bonds; Source; Use as Evidence
Section 10 - Suits Against Sheriff; Procedure for Satisfying Judgment
Section 11 - Duties of Sheriffs and Deputies; Service of Precepts
Section 12 - Duties of Sheriffs and Deputies; Service of Demands, Notices and Citations
Section 13 - Powers and Duties; Requisition of Aid
Section 14 - Service of Writs and Precepts After Removal
Section 15 - Service of Writs Against the Sheriff or Deputies
Section 16 - Attendance at Sessions of Courts
Section 21 - Traveling Expenses
Section 21a - Travel Vouchers or Other Verification of Travel Expenses
Section 22 - Accounting of Fees; Disposition of Funds
Section 24 - Transportation of Prisoners or Persons in Custody; Sheriffs' Duties
Section 25 - Transportation of Prisoners or Persons in Custody; Costs; Appropriations; Report