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2014 Massachusetts General Laws
PART III COURTS, JUDICIAL OFFICERS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CIVIL CASES
TITLE I COURTS AND JUDICIAL OFFICERS
CHAPTER 222 JUSTICES OF THE PEACE, NOTARIES PUBLIC AND COMMISSIONERS
- Section 1 Appointment and jurisdiction of justices of the peace and notaries public
- Section 2 Repealed, 1923, 164, Sec. 7
- Section 3 Appointment of commissioners to administer oaths of office; returns; fees
- Section 4 Appointment of commissioners; term
- Section 5 Oath; seal
- Section 6 Powers and duties
- Section 7 Instructions to commissioner
- Section 8 Acknowledgment of instrument; printed or typed name; expiration date
- Section 8A Duty to print name below signature on probate matters
- Section 9 Acting as justice or notary after expiration of commission; penalty
- Section 10 Destruction of notary’s records; penalty
- Section 11 Acknowledgments by persons in armed forces or their dependents
- Section 12 Exemptions from maintaining journal of notary transactions
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