Section 8. Except as otherwise provided in section thirty-seven of chapter two hundred and fifty-five, before the officer serving the writ delivers the goods to the plaintiff, he shall take from the plaintiff or a person in his behalf a bond payable to the defendant in a sum equal to double the value of the goods, with sufficient sureties, conditioned to prosecute the replevin to final judgment and to pay such damages and costs as the defendant shall recover and to return the goods if such shall be the final judgment. The officer shall appraise the goods and return the writ in the manner provided in sections three and four; but if the writ is returnable to the superior court, the bond shall be left with the clerk of the court for the use of the defendant.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part III - Courts, Judicial Officers and Proceedings in Civil Cases
Title IV - Certain Writs and Proceedings in Special Cases
Section 1 - Distrained or Impounded Beasts
Section 3 - Amount of Bond; Appraisal of Property
Section 5 - Judgment for Defendant
Section 6 - Judgment for Plaintiff
Section 7 - Goods Unlawfully Taken, Detained or Attached
Section 8 - Bond; Amount; Appraisal of Goods
Section 9 - Judgment for Defendant
Section 10 - Damages; Assessment; Rate
Section 11 - Money Recovered by Officer After Replevin of Goods Attached, etc.; Disposition
Section 12 - Application of Amounts Received by Creditor
Section 13 - Judgment for Plaintiff
Section 14 - Sureties on Bond; Approval
Section 15 - Approval of Sureties; Proceedings
Section 17 - Defects in Bond; Dismissal of Action
Section 18 - Actions Against Sureties; Serving and Entering Writ; Limitations
Section 19 - Damages; Assessment
Section 20 - Judgment for Return of Goods Attached