Massachusetts General Laws
Chapter 218 - District Courts
Section 66 - Boston Municipal Court Department; Messenger

Massachusetts General Laws

Part III - Courts, Judicial Officers and Proceedings in Civil Cases

Title I - Courts and Judicial Officers

Chapter 218 - District Courts

Section 1 - Territorial Jurisdiction and Place of Holding Court

Section 2 - Boston Municipal Courts; Concurrent Jurisdiction Over Waters and Islands

Section 2a - Transfer of Civil Actions Brought in Wrong Court

Section 3 - Boston Municipal Courts; Concurrent Criminal Jurisdiction Over Waters and Islands

Section 4 - District Court Jurisdiction; Seals

Section 4a - Massachusetts Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act

Section 5 - Contempt Cases; Service of Process

Section 6 - Justices; Number; Terms; Compensation; Duties

Section 6a - Special Justices of District Court; Certification of Full Time Duties; Restrictions on Employment

Section 7 - Oaths; Power to Administer

Section 8 - Clerks; Appointment; Number; Retirement; Vacation and Sick Leave

Section 9 - Temporary Clerks

Section 10 - Assistant Clerks

Section 10a - Deputy Assistant Clerks; Power to Designate

Section 11 - Temporary Assistant Clerks

Section 12 - Clerks; Oath of Office; Duties and Powers

Section 13 - Records; Storage

Section 14 - Facsimile Signatures

Section 15 - Times for Holding Trials; Office Hours

Section 16 - Bond of Clerk

Section 17 - Justice, Clerk or Assistant Clerk; Restrictions on Practice of Law; Special Justices; Restrictions on Hearing or Trying Cases

Section 18 - Justices and Clerks; Receipt of Certain Fees; Prohibition

Section 19 - General Provisions

Section 19a - District Court or Boston Municipal Court; Statement of Facts in Support of Civil Action for Damages; Dismissal; Appeals

Section 19b - District Court or Boston Municipal Court; Trial by Jury of Six; Appeals

Section 19c - District Court Jurisdiction; Equity Powers and Rules

Section 19d - Housing Specialists; Appointment; Knowledge Requisites; Powers and Duties

Section 20 - Actions Against Executors and Administrators, and Against Bail

Section 21 - Power to Establish Rules of Small Claims Procedure; Venue; Jurisdictional Amount; Hearings; Damages and Penalties

Section 22 - Procedure

Section 23 - Initial Determination of Cause; Removal; Claim for Trial by Jury; Bond or Deposit; Finding as Evidence; Report to Appellate Division

Section 24 - Transfer to Regular Docket

Section 25 - Costs; Discretion of Court

Section 26 - General Provisions

Section 26a - Trial by Jury; Discovery; Jury-Waived Trial; Record of Proceedings; Probation

Section 27 - Imposition of Penalties

Section 27a - Jury Sessions

Section 28 - Recognizances to Keep Peace

Section 30 - Binding Over to Superior Court

Section 32 - Complaints and Warrants

Section 32a - Inclusion of Offense-Based Tracking Number on Application for Complaint

Section 33 - Warrants and Process; Power of Clerks to Issue

Section 34 - Arrest Without Warrant; Endorsement of Complaint by Arresting Officer

Section 35 - Complaints, Warrants and Process; Power to Issue; Disqualification to Hear Case; Destruction of Applications for Complaints

Section 35a - Process; Issuance on Complaints for Misdemeanors; Consideration of Criminal Records and Domestic Violence Records; Right to Hearing

Section 36 - Justice of Peace; Taking Bail

Section 37 - Process for Witnesses and Defendants in Criminal and Juvenile Cases; Direction and Service

Section 38 - Access to Courts; Sittings; Adjournments; Filing of Complaints

Section 39 - Books and Supplies

Section 40 - Part-Time Special Justices; Authorized Cases

Section 41 - Special Justice; Powers and Duties

Section 42 - Adjournment When Justice Absent

Section 42a - Chief Justice; Powers and Duties

Section 42b - Deputy Court Administrator

Section 43 - Uniform Rules of Practice and Procedure; Power to Make and Promulgate

Section 43a - Uniform Practices; Forms; Superintendence of Record Keeping

Section 43b - Official Forms; Powers of Chief Justice

Section 43e - Community Mediation Advisory Board; Coordinator

Section 44 - Process; Formal Requisites; Territorial Jurisdiction

Section 47 - Clerks; Duty to Make Payments and to Account; Penalty

Section 48 - Sentences to Deer Island

Section 49 - Clerks; Duty to Pay Certain Fees; Advances; Accounting

Section 50 - Justices; Number; Vacation and Sick Leave; Rule Making Power

Section 51a - Chief Justice of the Boston Municipal Court Department; Powers and Duties

Section 52 - Justices and Special Justices; Assignment; Additional Sessions; Compensation, Etc.

Section 52a - Clerks; Criminal and Civil Business

Section 53 - Clerks and Assistant Clerks

Section 53a - Temporary Assistant Clerks

Section 54 - Civil Jurisdiction

Section 55 - Recording Systems; Stenographic and Medical Services and Equipment

Section 56 - Clerks; Accounting; Penalty

Section 57 - Juvenile Courts; Divisions; Territorial Jurisdiction; Appeals

Section 57a - Chief Justice for the Juvenile Court Department; Powers and Duties

Section 57b - Deputy Court Administrator for the Juvenile Court Department

Section 58 - Justices and Clerks; Assignment; Salaries; Vacation and Sick Leave; Interpreters

Section 58a - Administrative Assistant for Intergovernmental Relations

Section 58b - Special Justices of Boston Juvenile Court; Certification of Full-Time Duties; Restrictions on Employment

Section 58c - Special Justices of Juvenile Court

Section 59 - Powers, Duties and Procedure; Jurisdiction

Section 60 - Jurisdiction Over Offenders; Rule Making Power

Section 66 - Boston Municipal Court Department; Messenger

Section 67 - Boston Municipal Court; Interpreters

Section 68 - East Boston Division of the Boston Municipal Court Department; Interpreter

Section 69 - Clerks of Divisions of District Court Department; Allowance for Assistance

Section 70 - Clerks of Boston Municipal and Juvenile Court Departments; Allowance for Assistance

Section 74 - Monthly Installments

Section 75b - Salaries of Assistant Clerks of Boston Municipal Court Department

Section 79 - Salaries of Clerks

Section 80 - Compensation of Assistant Clerks; Practice of Law

Section 80a - Boston Municipal Court Department; Salaries of Secretary and Assistant Secretary to Justices

Section 81 - Traveling Expenses

Section 84 - Computation of Compensation