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2021 Massachusetts General Laws
Part III - Courts, Judicial Officers and Proceedings in Civil Cases
Title I - Courts and Judicial Officers
Chapter 217 - Judges and Registers of Probate and Insolvency
- Section 1 - Divisions; Justices; Definitions
- Section 2 - Judges; Number in Certain Counties; First Justices, Powers, Terms
- Section 2a To 3a - Repealed, 1978, 478, Secs. 139 to 141
- Section 3b - Hampshire County; Associate Justice
- Section 3c - Circuit Justices; Appointment; Expenses
- Section 4 - Registers of Probate and Insolvency
- Section 5 - Oath of Judge
- Section 5a - Oath of Register
- Section 6 - Repealed, 1978, 478, Sec. 143
- Section 6a - Special Judge or Register; Interest in Proceedings; Prohibition
- Section 6b - Prohibitions and Restrictions on Justices; Assignment to Another County
- Section 7 - Judge and Register; Appointment as Guardian or Executor
- Section 8 - Chief Justice; Powers and Duties
- Section 81/2 - Deputy Court Administrator
- Section 8a - Provision of Suitable Offices
- Section 9 - Out of County Authority; Probate Judges
- Section 10 - Vacancy; Powers of Acting Judge; Bonds
- Section 11 - Judges; Inspection of Records; Forfeiture of Bonds of Registers; Notice
- Section 12 - Bond of Register
- Section 13 - Temporary Register
- Section 14 - Register; Duty to Certify Amount of Assistance
- Section 15 - Register; Duties; Custody of Records, Etc.
- Section 15a - Register or Assistant; Printing or Typing of Names on Filed Instruments
- Section 15b - Inventory Involving Real Estate in Registry District Other Than District in Which Filed; Recording of Information
- Section 15c - Inventory Involving Real Estate Located in Another County; Duties of Registers
- Section 16 - Register; Copies of Certain Papers; Mailing to Commissioner of Revenue
- Section 16a - Register; Copies of Petitions for Probate of Will, Appointment of Personal Representative, and Adjudication of Intestacy
- Section 17 - Register to Report Vacancy and Appointment of Assistant
- Section 18 - Register; Furnishing Copies; Fees
- Section 19 - Register; Reports to Division of Public Charities
- Section 20 - Register to Account
- Section 21 - Register; Receipt of Complaints, Petitions, and Applications
- Section 22 - Register; Power to Issue Attachments, Appoint Appraisers, Etc.
- Section 22a - Identification of Husbands and Wives in Documents and Communications
- Section 23 - First Assistant Registers
- Section 23a - Assistant Registers
- Section 23b - Administrative Deputy Assistants
- Section 23c - Judicial Case Managers
- Section 23d - Assistant Judicial Case Managers
- Section 24 To 25a - Repealed, 1978, 478, Sec. 149
- Section 26 - Assistant Registers; Official Signatures
- Section 27 - Assistant Registers; Duties
- Section 27a - Duties of Judicial Case Managers
- Section 28 - Suffolk County; Clerk to Administer Oaths in Probate Proceedings
- Section 29 - Middlesex County; Clerk to Administer Oaths in Probate Proceedings
- Section 29a - Dukes County; Clerk to Administer Oaths in Probate Proceedings
- Section 29b - Nantucket County; Clerk to Administer Oaths in Probate Proceedings
- Section 29c - Barnstable Probate Court; Deputy Assistant Registers
- Section 29d - Berkshire Probate Court; Deputy Assistant Register
- Section 29e - Hampden Probate Court; Deputy Assistant Registers
- Section 29f - Worcester Probate Court; Deputy Assistant Registers
- Section 29g - Bristol Probate and Family Court; Deputy Assistant Registers
- Section 29h - Hampshire Probate Court First Justice; Deputy Assistant Registers
- Section 29i - Plymouth Probate Court; Deputy Assistant Registers
- Section 29j - Essex Probate and Family Court; Deputy Assistant Register
- Section 29k - Franklin Probate and Family Court; Deputy Assistant Register
- Section 29l - Norfolk Probate and Family Court; Deputy Assistant Register
- Section 30 - Court Officers; Appointment for Certain Counties
- Section 31 - Repealed, 1992, 379, Sec. 117
- Section 31a To 32c - Repealed, 1978, 478, Sec. 157
- Section 33 - Allowance to Registers for Assistance
- Section 34 - Repealed, 1978, 478, Sec. 157
- Section 34a - Repealed, 1978, 478, Sec. 159
- Section 35 - Salaries of Registers, Administrative Deputy Assistants, Assistant Registers, etc.; Payment
- Section 35a - Registers; Salaries
- Section 35b - Assistant Registers, Judicial Case Managers and Administrative Deputy Assistants; Salaries
- Section 35c - Repealed, 2001, 177, Sec. 43b
- Section 36 - Repealed, 1926, 380, Sec. 3
- Section 37 - Repealed, 1926, 380, Sec. 4
- Section 38 - Repealed, 1937, 408, Sec. 2
- Section 39 - Court Officers and Messengers; Compensation
- Section 40 - Repealed, 1975, 862, Sec. 4; 1978, 478, Sec. 163
- Section 41 - Repealed, 1963, 819, Sec. 5
- Section 42 - Traveling Expenses
- Section 43 - Temporary Register; Compensation; Fees
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