Section 7. Sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, constables and other officers shall serve all lawful processes issued by a court, judge, judicial officer or county commissioners legally directed to them.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part III - Courts, Judicial Officers and Proceedings in Civil Cases
Title I - Courts and Judicial Officers
Chapter 220 - Courts and Naturalization
Section 1 - Flags; Display in Courts
Section 3 - Conservators of Peace; Powers of Justices
Section 4 - First Day of Sitting; Designation
Section 5 - Change of Time and Place of Court; Notice
Section 6 - Business Days; Exceptions
Section 8 - Purchase of Claims by Attorney and Court Officers, etc., Prohibited; Penalty
Section 10 - Judge, etc.; Interest of Town in Suit or Proceeding
Section 11 - United States Judicial Officer; Ineligibility for Certain Offices
Section 12 - Referee in Bankruptcy; Ineligibility for Certain Offices
Section 13 - Exclusion of Minors as Spectators From Court Room
Section 13a - Contempt Cases; Rights of Defendant
Section 13b - Contempt Cases; Demand for Retirement of Justice Sitting
Section 14 - Commitment for Contempt; Service of Process
Section 14a - Time Within Which Certain Decisions to Be Rendered