Massachusetts § 42 - Commissioners in other states; enumeration of fees
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§ 42. Commissioners in other states; enumeration of fees
Section 42. The fees of commissioners appointed under section four of chapter two hundred and twenty-two shall be as follows:
For administering oaths and certifying the same under their official seals, one dollar for each; for taking acknowledgments of deeds and other instruments and certifying the same under their official seals, one dollar for each; for each written page contained in any deposition or affidavit taken by them, fifty cents; for administering the oath or affirmation to each deponent, one dollar; for authenticating, sealing up and directing each deposition, one dollar; for services not hereinbefore specified, the same fees as are allowed to justices of the peace in this commonwealth for like services; but the court to which a deposition is returnable shall order further allowance therefor if it appears proper to do so.
Source: official Massachusetts text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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