Massachusetts Code — 222
Browse 29 sections in division 222 of the Massachusetts code. Each section page includes the full statutory text, official source links, and citation guidance.
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- § 1. Definitions
- § 1A. Appointment and jurisdiction of justices of the peace and notaries public
- § 3. Appointment of commissioners to administer oaths of office; returns; fees
- § 4. Appointment of commissioners; term
- § 5. Oath; seal
- § 6. Powers and duties
- § 7. Instructions to commissioner
- § 8. Acknowledgment of instrument; printed or typed name; expiration date; official notarial seal or stamp
- § 9. Acting as justice or notary after expiration of commission; penalty
- § 10. Destruction of notary's records; penalty
- § 11. Acknowledgments by persons in armed forces or their dependents
- § 12. Exemptions from maintaining journal of notary transactions
- § 13. Qualifications; grounds for denial of application for appointment
- § 14. Term of commission
- § 15. Notarial acts; forms of acknowledgment or certification; when alternate forms may be used
- § 16. Notarial acts that should not be performed; prohibited actions by notary public
- § 17. Notaries public not licensed to practice law; prohibition from offering legal advice or advertisement as legal specialist; immigration matters; real estate closings
- § 18. Violations of chapter; penalties; civil cause of action and remedies; unfair or deceptive act or practice
- § 19. Duty to perform notarial act upon payment of fee; exceptions
- § 20. Lawfulness, accuracy or truthfulness of document or transition involving notarial act; effect of documents not containing acknowledgement or certification; rules of land court relating to filing of documents
- § 21. Advertisements for notarial services in language other than English
- § 22. Chronological official journal of notarial acts; contents; exceptions from duty to maintain; examination; safeguarding
- § 23. Fees not to be charged for certain notarial acts
- § 24. Destruction of notary seals and stamps upon expiration, resignation or revocation of commission; retention of journal and records
- § 25. Change of name or address; notice to state secretary
- § 26. Revocation of commission
- § 27. Tamper-evident technologies to perform notarial acts; recording of documents
- § 28. Communication technology for remotely-located principal in a notarial act; limitations and requirements
- § 29. Use of personal information obtained under Sec. 28