2006 Massachusetts Code - CHAPTER 276. — SEARCH WARRANTS, REWARDS, FUGITIVES FROMJUSTICE, ARREST, EXAMINATION, COMMITMENTAND BAIL. PROBATION OFFICERS ANDBOARD OF PROBATION.

• Chapter 276 — Section 1. Complaint; warrant for designated property or articles; search incident toarrest; documentary evidence subject to privilege.
• Section 1A. Articles belonging to subversive organizations.
• Section 2. Requisites of warrant.
• Section 2A. Form of warrant.
• Section 2B. Affidavit in support of application for warrant; contents and form.
• Section 2C. Manner of issuing warrants; application of secs. 2 — 2A—2B.
• Section 3. Seizure — custody and disposition of articles; exceptions.
• Section 3A. Time for return of warrant.
• Section 4. Notice before forfeiture of property.
• Section 5. Service of notice.
• Section 6. Postponement of trial; further notice.
• Section 7. Sale or destruction of property seized; disposition of proceeds.
• Section 8. Appeal; recognizance; jury trial; conformity to criminal cases;disposition of articles.
• Section 9. Rewards offered by governor; determination of claims.
• Section 10. Rewards offered for detecting or securing persons committing certainoffenses; determination of claims.
• Section 10A. Authority of officer of another state to arrest felon.
• Section 10B. Proceedings after arrest.
• Section 10C. Partial invalidity.
• Section 10D. Citation of law; uniform construction.
• Section 11. Definitions.
• Section 12. Arrest and delivery of accused to executives of another state; governor'sauthority.
• Section 13. Surrendering accused not in demanding state at time of crime orleavingdemanding state involuntarily.
• Section 14. Written demand; allegations; accompanying papers; charge of crime;authentication of copies of papers.
• Section 15. Investigation of demand and report to governor.
• Section 16. Governor's warrant of arrest; recital of facts.
• Section 17. Arrest and delivery of accused; commanding aid.
• Section 18. Authority to command assistance; penalties for refusal.
• Section 19. Rights of arrested person; habeas corpus; notice; penalty.
• Section 20. Confinement of accused; expense; evidence of transportation to demandingstate; new requisition.
• Section 20A. Warrant to apprehend on oath or affidavit; copies of papers attached.
• Section 20B. Arrest without warrant; taking accused before court or justice; complaint.
• Section 20C. Commitment to permit arrest under warrant of governor on requisition.
• Section 20D. Bail.
• Section 20E. Discharge; recommitment; bail.
• Section 20F. Forfeiture of bail.
• Section 20G. Prosecution pending in commonwealth.
• Section 20H. Inquiry into guilt or innocence.
• Section 20I. Recall of warrant or issuance of another.
• Section 20J. Waiver of warrant and procedure — etc.
• Section 20K. Warrant to receive accused and convey him to proper county; proceedingspending in another state.
• Section 20L. Application for requisition.
• Section 20M. Payment of agent's expenses.
• Section 20N. Service of process in civil action on accused; immunity.
• Section 20O. Trying for other crimes; immunity.
• Section 20P. Waiver by commonwealth.
• Section 20Q. Partial validity.
• Section 20R. Citation of law; uniform construction.
• Section 21. Justices may issue process.
• Section 22. Warrants — procedure for issuance.
• Section 23. Service of warrants and other processes.
• Section 23A. Warrant management system.
• Chapter 276: Section 23B. Annual list of persons registered with licensing authorities; criminal history systems board; outstanding warrants; notification of license suspension; hearing
• Section 24. Summons instead of warrant.
• Section 25. Summons fixing time for trial; service.
• Section 26. Failure to appear and abide orders as contempt.
• Section 27. Recognizance.
• Section 28. Arrest without warrant.
• Section 29. Release on bail or recognizance; outstanding warrants.
• Section 30. Penalty for default warrant recall — forfeiture ordefault of bail, or surrender of recognizance by probation officer.
• Section 31. Fines — court costs, restitution, support payments, etc. tobe noted on warrant management system.
• Section 32. Release from custody upon payment; recall of warrant.
• Section 33. Examination of arrested persons for injuries; reports; penalty.
• Section 33A. Use of telephone in places of detention.
• Section 34. Repealed — 1979, 344, Sec. 23.
• Section 35. Adjournments of examinations and trials.
• Section 36. Failure to appear; subsequent proceedings.
• Section 37. Failure to recognize; subsequent proceedings.
• Section 37A. Assignment of counsel.
• Section 38. Examination; assistance of counsel; waiver of indictment.
• Section 39. Repealed — 1979, 344, Sec. 25.
• Section 40. Testimony reduced to writing; signing by witnesses.
• Section 41. Discharge of prisoner.
• Section 42. Bail or commitment.
• Section 42A. Personal recognizance; terms and conditions to protect persons sufferingphysical abuse.
• Section 43. Conveying prisoner through another county.
• Section 44. Fees and expenses in district court in record sent to superior court.
• Section 45. Witnesses bound by recognizance.
• Section 46. Witnesses bound by recognizance on adjournment.
• Section 47. Sureties with recognizance.
• Section 48. Recognizances by minor witnesses.
• Section 49. Commitment of witnesses; discharge upon recognizance.
• Section 50. Repealed — 1979, 344, Sec. 25.
• Section 51. Release of committed witnesses; proceedings.
• Section 52. Rules regulating treatment of committed witnesses; removal to anothercounty.
• Section 52A. Removal of accused person to another county or to a correctionalinstitution; return; proceedings; cost of support.
• Section 53. Transporting male and female prisoners.
• Section 54. Handcuffing committed witnesses to accused persons; transporting together.
• Section 55. Discharge upon acknowledgment of satisfaction for injury.
• Section 56. Filing of order; delivery to jail keeper; discharge as bar to civil action.
• Section 57. Officials authorized to admit to bail; rules governingpersons takingbail — etc.
• Section 58. Release on personal recognizance or unsecured appearance bond;determination; fees; refusal; petition for review.
• Section 58A. Conditions of pretrial release of persons accused offelonies involving use of physical force — violation of an order,or abuse; detention hearing, order; review.
• Section 58B. Revocation of release and detention order followingviolation of release conditions.
• Section 59. Admission to bail by master in chancery.
• Section 60. Bail in Suffolk county; proceedings.
• Section 61. Bail taken out of court; certificate or recognizance and deposit bysurety; presence of persons; monthly statements by person taking bail.
• Section 61A. Disposition or encumbrance of real estate of bail or surety; violation ofsection.
• Section 61B. Bond of professional bondsman; arrest bond certificates; conditions ofacceptance; regulation.
• Section 62. Notice to district attorney of application to accept bail in Suffolk county.
• Section 63. Compensation for taking bail.
• Section 64. Admission to bail on Sunday.
• Section 65. Condition of recognizance.
• Section 66. Return of recognizance and examination taken by magistrate; ordercompelling; contempt.
• Section 67. Repealed — 1994, 247, Sec. 5.
• Section 68. Surrender of principal; notice; exoneration of bail; return of deposits;subsequent bail.
• Section 69. Surrender of principal after default; remission of penalty.
• Section 70. Inability to surrender principal; exoneration of bail.
• Section 71. Default on recognizance.
• Section 72. Surety paying amount for which bound; costs.
• Section 73. Award of portion of penalty to person entitled to forfeiture.
• Section 74. Judgment for whole or part of penalty.
• Section 75. Neglect — omissions or defects as defeating action.
• Section 76. Review and rehearing of case after judgment on recognizance.
• Section 77. Service of notice and copy of petition; return day.
• Section 78. Proceedings if former judgment diminished — etc.; costs.
• Section 79. Personal recognizance and deposit instead of sureties for release fromcustody.
• Section 80. Forfeiture of deposit on default; sale of bonds; collection on bank books;payments to state treasurer.
• Section 81. Defendant surrendering self; return of deposit — etc.
• Section 82. Bail commissioner or special magistrate authorized to admit to bail.
• Section 82A. Failure to appear in court after release on bail or recognizance;penalty.
• Section 83. Appointment and removal of probation officers; number;compensation — etc.
• Section 83A. Repealed — 1992, 379, Sec. 189.
• Section 83B--83F. Repealed — 1949, 783, Sec. 2.
• Section 84. Repealed — 1977, 97.
• Section 85. Powers and duties.
• Section 85A. Support and maintenance enforcement.
• Section 85B. Delinquent payments — collection, contempt.
• Section 86. Appointment of deputy probation officers by Boston juvenile court;creditable service.
• Section 87. Placing certain persons in care of probation officer.
• Section 87A. Conditions of probation; probation fees.
• Section 88. Clerical assistance.
• Section 89. Temporary probation officers.
• Section 89A. Counsellors to juvenile offenders.
• Section 90. Powers of probation officers; reports; records; inspection.
• Section 91. Power of probation officers appointed by Boston juvenile court to serveprocess.
• Section 92. Restitution or reparation to injured person through probation officer.
• Section 92A. Restitution in cases involving motor vehicle theft or fraudulent claims.
• Section 93. Payment to treasurer of unclaimed money collected by probation officer.
• Section 94. Expenses of probation officers.
• Section 95. Temporary support or transportation of probationers.
• Section 96. Refusal or neglect of duties by probation officer.
• Section 97. Interference with duties of department of youth services.
• Section 98. Commissioner of probation; appointment.
• Section 99. Powers and duties of commissioner of probation.
• Section 99A. Repealed — 1992, 379, Sec. 192.
• Section 99B. Probation officers; compensation.
• Section 99C. Repealed — 1978, 478, Sec. 296.
• Section 99D. Repealed — 1986, 520, Sec. 3.
• Section 100. Detailed reports of probation work; records; accessibility of information.
• Section 100A. Requests to seal files; conditions; application of section; effect ofsealing of records.
• Chapter 276 — Section 100B. Requests to seal delinquency files or records; conditions; sealing bycommissioner; notice for compliance; effect of sealing; limited disclosure.
• Section 100C. Sealing of records or files in certain criminal cases; effect uponemployment reports; enforcement.
• Section 101. Annual report of commissioner to general court.
• Section 101A. Establishment of uniform forms of blanks and records for use in districtcourt probation offices.
• Section 102. Authority of courts to require keeping of probation records as affected bysecs. 98—101A.
• Section 103. Notice to commissioner of appointment — removal, etc., of probation officer.