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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 218 - District Courts
- Section 1 - Territorial Jurisdiction and Place of Holding Court
- Section 2 - Boston Municipal Courts; Concurrent Jurisdiction Over Waters and Islands
- Section 2a - Transfer of Civil Actions Brought in Wrong Court
- Section 3 - Boston Municipal Courts; Concurrent Criminal Jurisdiction Over Waters and Islands
- Section 4 - District Court Jurisdiction; Seals
- Section 4a - Massachusetts Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act
- Section 5 - Contempt Cases; Service of Process
- Section 6 - Justices; Number; Terms; Compensation; Duties
- Section 6a - Special Justices of District Court; Certification of Full Time Duties; Restrictions on Employment
- Section 7 - Oaths; Power to Administer
- Section 8 - Clerks; Appointment; Number; Retirement; Vacation and Sick Leave
- Section 9 - Temporary Clerks
- Section 10 - Assistant Clerks
- Section 10a - Deputy Assistant Clerks; Power to Designate
- Section 11 - Temporary Assistant Clerks
- Section 12 - Clerks; Oath of Office; Duties and Powers
- Section 13 - Records; Storage
- Section 14 - Facsimile Signatures
- Section 15 - Times for Holding Trials; Office Hours
- Section 16 - Bond of Clerk
- Section 17 - Justice, Clerk or Assistant Clerk; Restrictions on Practice of Law; Special Justices; Restrictions on Hearing or Trying Cases
- Section 18 - Justices and Clerks; Receipt of Certain Fees; Prohibition
- Section 19 - General Provisions
- Section 19a - District Court or Boston Municipal Court; Statement of Facts in Support of Civil Action for Damages; Dismissal; Appeals
- Section 19b - District Court or Boston Municipal Court; Trial by Jury of Six; Appeals
- Section 19c - District Court Jurisdiction; Equity Powers and Rules
- Section 19d - Housing Specialists; Appointment; Knowledge Requisites; Powers and Duties
- Section 20 - Actions Against Executors and Administrators, and Against Bail
- Section 21 - Power to Establish Rules of Small Claims Procedure; Venue; Jurisdictional Amount; Hearings; Damages and Penalties
- Section 22 - Procedure
- Section 23 - Initial Determination of Cause; Removal; Claim for Trial by Jury; Bond or Deposit; Finding as Evidence; Report to Appellate Division
- Section 24 - Transfer to Regular Docket
- Section 25 - Costs; Discretion of Court
- Section 26 - General Provisions
- Section 26a - Trial by Jury; Discovery; Jury-Waived Trial; Record of Proceedings; Probation
- Section 27 - Imposition of Penalties
- Section 27a - Jury Sessions
- Section 28 - Recognizances to Keep Peace
- Section 29 - Repealed, 1964, 308, Sec. 10
- Section 30 - Binding Over to Superior Court
- Section 31 - Repealed, 1992, 379, Sec. 142
- Section 32 - Complaints and Warrants
- Section 32a - Inclusion of Offense-Based Tracking Number on Application for Complaint
- Section 33 - Warrants and Process; Power of Clerks to Issue
- Section 34 - Arrest Without Warrant; Endorsement of Complaint by Arresting Officer
- Section 35 - Complaints, Warrants and Process; Power to Issue; Disqualification to Hear Case; Destruction of Applications for Complaints
- Section 35a - Process; Issuance on Complaints for Misdemeanors; Consideration of Criminal Records and Domestic Violence Records; Right to Hearing
- Section 36 - Justice of Peace; Taking Bail
- Section 37 - Process for Witnesses and Defendants in Criminal and Juvenile Cases; Direction and Service
- Section 38 - Access to Courts; Sittings; Adjournments; Filing of Complaints
- Section 39 - Books and Supplies
- Section 40 - Part-Time Special Justices; Authorized Cases
- Section 41 - Special Justice; Powers and Duties
- Section 42 - Adjournment When Justice Absent
- Section 42a - Chief Justice; Powers and Duties
- Section 42b - Deputy Court Administrator
- Section 43 - Uniform Rules of Practice and Procedure; Power to Make and Promulgate
- Section 43a - Uniform Practices; Forms; Superintendence of Record Keeping
- Section 43b - Official Forms; Powers of Chief Justice
- Section 43c - Repealed, 1978, 478, Sec. 199
- Section 43d - Repealed, 1993, 478, Sec. 7
- Section 43e - Community Mediation Advisory Board; Coordinator
- Section 44 - Process; Formal Requisites; Territorial Jurisdiction
- Section 45, 46 - Repealed, 1975, 377, Sec. 15
- Section 47 - Clerks; Duty to Make Payments and to Account; Penalty
- Section 48 - Sentences to Deer Island
- Section 49 - Clerks; Duty to Pay Certain Fees; Advances; Accounting
- Section 50 - Justices; Number; Vacation and Sick Leave; Rule Making Power
- Section 51 - Repealed, 1978, 478, Sec. 205
- Section 51a - Chief Justice of the Boston Municipal Court Department; Powers and Duties
- Section 52 - Justices and Special Justices; Assignment; Additional Sessions; Compensation, Etc.
- Section 52a - Clerks; Criminal and Civil Business
- Section 53 - Clerks and Assistant Clerks
- Section 53a - Temporary Assistant Clerks
- Section 54 - Civil Jurisdiction
- Section 55 - Recording Systems; Stenographic and Medical Services and Equipment
- Section 56 - Clerks; Accounting; Penalty
- Section 57 - Juvenile Courts; Divisions; Territorial Jurisdiction; Appeals
- Section 57a - Chief Justice for the Juvenile Court Department; Powers and Duties
- Section 57b - Deputy Court Administrator for the Juvenile Court Department
- Section 58 - Justices and Clerks; Assignment; Salaries; Vacation and Sick Leave; Interpreters
- Section 58a - Administrative Assistant for Intergovernmental Relations
- Section 58b - Special Justices of Boston Juvenile Court; Certification of Full-Time Duties; Restrictions on Employment
- Section 58c - Special Justices of Juvenile Court
- Section 59 - Powers, Duties and Procedure; Jurisdiction
- Section 60 - Jurisdiction Over Offenders; Rule Making Power
- Section 61 To 65 - Repealed, 1992, 379, Sec. 168
- Section 66 - Boston Municipal Court Department; Messenger
- Section 67 - Boston Municipal Court; Interpreters
- Section 68 - East Boston Division of the Boston Municipal Court Department; Interpreter
- Section 69 - Clerks of Divisions of District Court Department; Allowance for Assistance
- Section 70 - Clerks of Boston Municipal and Juvenile Court Departments; Allowance for Assistance
- Section 71 To 73 - Repealed, 1922, 399, Sec. 3
- Section 74 - Monthly Installments
- Section 75, 75a - Repealed, 1978, 478, Sec. 224
- Section 75b - Salaries of Assistant Clerks of Boston Municipal Court Department
- Section 76, 76a - Repealed, 1978, 478, Sec. 224
- Section 77 - Repealed, 1955, 741, Sec. 1a
- Section 77a, 77b - Repealed, 1978, 478, Sec. 224
- Section 78 - Repealed, 1975, 863, Sec. 6
- Section 79 - Salaries of Clerks
- Section 80 - Compensation of Assistant Clerks; Practice of Law
- Section 80a - Boston Municipal Court Department; Salaries of Secretary and Assistant Secretary to Justices
- Section 81 - Traveling Expenses
- Section 82 - Repealed, 1956, 738, Sec. 8
- Section 82a - Repealed, 1969, 867, Sec. 2
- Section 83 - Repealed, 1931, 301, Sec. 36
- Section 84 - Computation of Compensation
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