Massachusetts Code — 218
Browse 92 sections in division 218 of the Massachusetts code. Each section page includes the full statutory text, official source links, and citation guidance.
Sections (showing up to 300)
- § 1. Territorial jurisdiction and place of holding court
- § 2. Boston municipal courts; concurrent jurisdiction over waters and islands
- § 2A. Transfer of civil actions brought in wrong court
- § 3. Boston municipal courts; concurrent criminal jurisdiction over waters and islands
- § 4. District court jurisdiction; seals
- § 4A. Massachusetts Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act
- § 5. Contempt cases; service of process
- § 6. Justices; number; terms; compensation; duties
- § 6A. Special justices of district court; certification of full time duties; restrictions on employment
- § 7. Oaths; power to administer
- § 8. Clerks; appointment; number; retirement; vacation and sick leave
- § 9. Temporary clerks
- § 10. Assistant clerks
- § 10A. Deputy assistant clerks; power to designate
- § 11. Temporary assistant clerks
- § 12. Clerks; oath of office; duties and powers
- § 13. Records; storage
- § 14. Facsimile or electronic rendering of signatures
- § 15. Times for holding trials; office hours
- § 16. Bond of clerk
- § 17. Justice, clerk or assistant clerk; restrictions on practice of law; special justices; restrictions on hearing or trying cases
- § 18. Justices and clerks; receipt of certain fees; prohibition
- § 19. General provisions
- § 19A. District court or Boston municipal court; statement of facts in support of civil action for damages; dismissal; appeals
- § 19B. District court or Boston municipal court; trial by jury of six; appeals
- § 19C. District court jurisdiction; equity powers and rules
- § 19D. Housing specialists; appointment; knowledge requisites; powers and duties
- § 20. Actions against executors and administrators, and against bail
- § 21. Power to establish rules of small claims procedure; venue; jurisdictional amount; hearings; damages and penalties
- § 22. Procedure
- § 23. Initial determination of cause; removal; claim for trial by jury; bond or deposit; finding as evidence; report to appellate division
- § 24. Transfer to regular docket
- § 25. Costs; discretion of court
- § 26. General provisions
- § 26A. Trial by jury; discovery; jury-waived trial; record of proceedings; probation
- § 27. Imposition of penalties
- § 27A. Jury sessions
- § 28. Recognizances to keep peace
- § 30. Binding over to superior court
- § 32. Complaints and warrants
- § 32A. Inclusion of offense-based tracking number on application for complaint
- § 33. Warrants and process; power of clerks to issue
- § 34. Arrest without warrant; endorsement of complaint by arresting officer
- § 35. Complaints, warrants and process; power to issue; disqualification to hear case; destruction of applications for complaints
- § 35A. Process; issuance on complaints for misdemeanors; consideration of criminal records and domestic violence records; right to hearing
- § 36. Justice of peace; taking bail
- § 37. Process for witnesses and defendants in criminal and juvenile cases; direction and service
- § 38. Access to courts; sittings; adjournments; filing of complaints
- § 39. Books and supplies
- § 40. Part-time special justices; authorized cases
- § 41. Special justice; powers and duties
- § 42. Adjournment when justice absent
- § 42A. Chief justice; powers and duties
- § 42B. Deputy court administrator
- § 43. Uniform rules of practice and procedure; power to make and promulgate
- § 43A. Uniform practices; forms; superintendence of record keeping
- § 43B. Official forms; powers of chief justice
- § 43E. Community mediation advisory board; coordinator
- § 44. Process; formal requisites; territorial jurisdiction
- § 47. Clerks; duty to make payments and to account; penalty
- § 48. Sentences to Deer Island
- § 49. Clerks; duty to pay certain fees; advances; accounting
- § 50. Justices; number; vacation and sick leave; rule making power
- § 51A. Chief justice of the Boston Municipal Court department; powers and duties
- § 52. Justices and special justices; assignment; additional sessions; compensation, etc.
- § 52A. Clerks; criminal and civil business
- § 53. Clerks and assistant clerks
- § 53A. Temporary assistant clerks
- § 54. Civil jurisdiction
- § 55. Recording systems; stenographic and medical services and equipment
- § 56. Clerks; accounting; penalty
- § 57. Juvenile courts; divisions; territorial jurisdiction; appeals
- § 57A. Chief justice for the juvenile court department; powers and duties
- § 57B. Deputy court administrator for the juvenile court department
- § 58. Justices and clerks; assignment; salaries; vacation and sick leave; interpreters
- § 58A. Administrative assistant for intergovernmental relations
- § 58B. Special justices of Boston juvenile court; certification of full-time duties; restrictions on employment
- § 58C. Special justices of juvenile court
- § 59. Powers, duties and procedure; jurisdiction
- § 60. Jurisdiction over offenders; rule making power
- § 66. Boston municipal court department; messenger
- § 67. Boston municipal court; interpreters
- § 68. East Boston division of the Boston municipal court department; interpreter
- § 69. Clerks of divisions of district court department; allowance for assistance
- § 70. Clerks of Boston municipal and juvenile court departments; allowance for assistance
- § 74. Monthly installments
- § 75B. Salaries of assistant clerks of Boston municipal court department
- § 79. Salaries of clerks
- § 80. Compensation of assistant clerks; practice of law
- § 80A. Boston municipal court department; salaries of secretary and assistant secretary to justices
- § 81. Traveling expenses
- § 84. Computation of compensation