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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 267, sec. 21 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 267 / Section 21
Notes, bills, orders or checks as currency
Status: in_force

Section 21. Whoever issues or passes a note, bill, order or check, other than foreign bills of exchange, the notes or bills of a bank incorporated by the laws of this commonwealth, of the United States, of some one of the United States or of any of the British provinces of North America, with the intent that the same shall be circulated as currency, shall be punished by a fine of fifty dollars.

Section 21. Whoever issues or passes a note, bill, order or check, other than foreign bills of exchange, the notes or bills of a bank incorporated by the laws of this commonwealth, of the United States, of some one of the United States or of any of the British provinces of North America, with the intent that the same shall be circulated as currency, shall be punished by a fine of fifty dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 263, sec. 5A — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 263 / Section 5A
Driving while intoxicated; right to medical examination; notice
Status: in_force

Section 5A. A person held in custody at a police station or other place of detention, charged with operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, shall have the right, at his request and at his expense, to be examined immediately by a physician selected by him. The police official in charge of such station or place of detention, or his designee, shall inform him of such right immediately upon being booked, and shall afford him a reasonable opportunity to exercise it. Such person shall, immediately upon being booked, be given a copy of this section unless such a copy is posted in the police station or other place of detention in a conspicuous place to which such person has access.

Section 5A. A person held in custody at a police station or other place of detention, charged with operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, shall have the right, at his request and at his expense, to be examined immediately by a physician selected by him. The police official in charge of such station or place of detention, or his designee, shall inform him of such right immediately upon being booked, and shall afford him a reasonable opportunity to exercise it. Such person shall, immediately upon being booked, be given a copy of this section unless such a copy is posted in the police station or other place of detention in a conspicuous place to which such person has access.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 209, sec. 26 — MA Code / Part II / Title III / Chapter 209 / Section 26
Antenuptial settlements; record; description of property
Status: in_force

Section 26. A schedule of the property intended to be affected, containing a sufficiently clear description thereof to enable a creditor of the husband or wife to distinguish it from other property, shall be annexed to such contract; and such contract and schedule shall, either before the marriage or within ninety days thereafter, be recorded in the registry of deeds for the county or district where the husband resides at the time of the record, or, if he is not a resident of this commonwealth, then in the registry of deeds for the county or district where the wife resides at the time of the record, if it is made before the marriage, or where she last resided, if made after the marriage. If the contract is not so recorded, it shall be void except as between the parties thereto and their heirs and personal representatives. It shall also be recorded in the registry of deeds for every county or district where there is land to which it relates.

Section 26. A schedule of the property intended to be affected, containing a sufficiently clear description thereof to enable a creditor of the husband or wife to distinguish it from other property, shall be annexed to such contract; and such contract and schedule shall, either before the marriage or within ninety days thereafter, be recorded in the registry of deeds for the county or district where the husband resides at the time of the record, or, if he is not a resident of this commonwealth, then in the registry of deeds for the county or district where the wife resides at the time of the record, if it is made before the marriage, or where she last resided, if made after the marriage. If the contract is not so recorded, it shall be void except as between the parties thereto and their heirs and personal representatives. It shall also be recorded in the registry of deeds for every county or district where there is land to which it relates.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 112, sec. 174 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 112 / Section 174
Real estate appraiser titles; certification or licensing; opinions
Status: in_force

Section 174. A. No person, other than a state-certified general real estate appraiser, state-certified residential real estate appraiser or state-licensed real estate appraiser, shall assume or use that respective title or any title, designation, or abbreviation likely to create the impression of certification or licensing as a real estate appraiser by the commonwealth. A person who is not state-certified or state-licensed shall not describe or refer to any appraisal or other evaluation of real estate located in the commonwealth by the term ''certified''; provided, however, that this shall not preclude a person who is not certified as a state-certified general real estate appraiser, state-certified residential real estate appraiser or state-licensed real estate appraiser from appraising real estate in connection with non-federally related transactions for compensation. B. The provisions of sections one hundred and seventy-three to one hundred and ninety-nine, inclusive, shall not apply to a real estate broker or salesperson or to a certified public accountant or business broker who, in the ordinary course of business, gives an opinion of the price of real estate for the purpose of a prospective listing, purchase, sale, or business valuation, provided, however, that such opinion of the price shall not be referred to as an appraisal. C. The certification and licensing provisions of this chapter shall not apply to transactions exempted from the requirements of Title XI.

Section 174. A. No person, other than a state-certified general real estate appraiser, state-certified residential real estate appraiser or state-licensed real estate appraiser, shall assume or use that respective title or any title, designation, or abbreviation likely to create the impression of certification or licensing as a real estate appraiser by the commonwealth. A person who is not state-certified or state-licensed shall not describe or refer to any appraisal or other evaluation of real estate located in the commonwealth by the term ''certified''; provided, however, that this shall not preclude a person who is not certified as a state-certified general real estate appraiser, state-certified residential real estate appraiser or state-licensed real estate appraiser from appraising real estate in connection with non-federally related transactions for compensation.

B. The provisions of sections one hundred and seventy-three to one hundred and ninety-nine, inclusive, shall not apply to a real estate broker or salesperson or to a certified public accountant or business broker who, in the ordinary course of business, gives an opinion of the price of real estate for the purpose of a prospective listing, purchase, sale, or business valuation, provided, however, that such opinion of the price shall not be referred to as an appraisal.

C. The certification and licensing provisions of this chapter shall not apply to transactions exempted from the requirements of Title XI.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 80, sec. 10 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIII / Chapter 80 / Section 10
Appeal to county commissioners
Status: in_force

Section 10. A person who is aggrieved by the refusal of a board of officers of a city, town or district to abate an assessment may, instead of pursuing the remedy provided by section seven, appeal within the time limited therein to the county commissioners of the county in which the land assessed is situated. The person so appealing shall, within ten days after the filing of said appeal, give written notice thereof to such city, town or district. Such notice may be given by mailing a copy of the appeal by registered mail, postage prepaid, to the board which made the assessment or to the clerk of such city, town or district. The county commissioners shall hear the parties, and shall have the same powers and duties with respect to the abatement of such assessment as the board by which it was assessed, and may make an order as to costs. The decision of the county commissioners shall be final.

Section 10. A person who is aggrieved by the refusal of a board of officers of a city, town or district to abate an assessment may, instead of pursuing the remedy provided by section seven, appeal within the time limited therein to the county commissioners of the county in which the land assessed is situated. The person so appealing shall, within ten days after the filing of said appeal, give written notice thereof to such city, town or district. Such notice may be given by mailing a copy of the appeal by registered mail, postage prepaid, to the board which made the assessment or to the clerk of such city, town or district. The county commissioners shall hear the parties, and shall have the same powers and duties with respect to the abatement of such assessment as the board by which it was assessed, and may make an order as to costs. The decision of the county commissioners shall be final.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 246, sec. 74 — MA Code / Part III / Title IV / Chapter 246 / Section 74
Recovery of costs
Status: in_force

Section 74. If a person so summoned does not pay the costs when demanded by the officer serving the execution, the officer shall state the fact in his return, and if it also appears by the return that the costs have not been paid, the court shall award a new execution against him for the costs.

Section 74. If a person so summoned does not pay the costs when demanded by the officer serving the execution, the officer shall state the fact in his return, and if it also appears by the return that the costs have not been paid, the court shall award a new execution against him for the costs.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71B, sec. 11A — MA Code / Part I / Title XII / Chapter 71B / Section 11A
Incarcerated children with a disability; special education; sharing of personal data
Status: in_force

Section 11A. The department of education shall provide special education to school aged children with a disability who are incarcerated in county houses of correction. Notwithstanding chapter 66A or any other general or special law to the contrary, the department of elementary and secondary education and each of the county houses of correction may share with each other, school districts and educational service providers, personal data of individuals incarcerated in county houses of correction, to facilitate prompt access to special education services for individuals incarcerated in county houses of correction.

Section 11A. The department of education shall provide special education to school aged children with a disability who are incarcerated in county houses of correction. Notwithstanding chapter 66A or any other general or special law to the contrary, the department of elementary and secondary education and each of the county houses of correction may share with each other, school districts and educational service providers, personal data of individuals incarcerated in county houses of correction, to facilitate prompt access to special education services for individuals incarcerated in county houses of correction.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40, sec. 43A — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 40 / Section 43A
Permission to construct pipelines for conveying petroleum or by-products thereof; conditions
Status: in_force

Section 43A. The board of alderman or the selectmen may, subject to such terms and conditions as they may deem advisable and subject also to such rules and regulations as may be promulgated by the state department of fire services, grant to any person the right to lay, construct, maintain and operate pipe lines for conveying petroleum or the products or by-products thereof through, over, across or under any public way, other than a way referred to in section forty-four B of chapter thirty, and in connection therewith may grant permission to any such person to dig up, open or tunnel under such public way.

Section 43A. The board of alderman or the selectmen may, subject to such terms and conditions as they may deem advisable and subject also to such rules and regulations as may be promulgated by the state department of fire services, grant to any person the right to lay, construct, maintain and operate pipe lines for conveying petroleum or the products or by-products thereof through, over, across or under any public way, other than a way referred to in section forty-four B of chapter thirty, and in connection therewith may grant permission to any such person to dig up, open or tunnel under such public way.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 34, sec. 9E — MA Code / Part I / Title VI / Chapter 34 / Section 9E
Extended record; form and contents
Status: in_force

Section 9E. The extended record shall be in abridged form. It shall comprise an abbreviated chronicle of all matters entered upon the docket, under the same or a similar title or an abstract thereof, and under the same number, and shall contain a brief and concise narrative of the essential features of the matter. Any final judgment, decree or order affecting the title to land shall be copied therein at length. But contracts and amendments thereof shall not be copied unless so ordered by the commissioners.

Section 9E. The extended record shall be in abridged form. It shall comprise an abbreviated chronicle of all matters entered upon the docket, under the same or a similar title or an abstract thereof, and under the same number, and shall contain a brief and concise narrative of the essential features of the matter. Any final judgment, decree or order affecting the title to land shall be copied therein at length. But contracts and amendments thereof shall not be copied unless so ordered by the commissioners.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 171, sec. 77 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 171 / Section 77
Massachusetts Credit Union Share Insurance Corporation; insurance of shares and deposits
Status: in_force

Section 77. A credit union may arrange to have its shares and deposits insured by the Massachusetts Credit Union Share Insurance Corporation. A credit union may arrange with the National Credit Union Administration for the insurance of its shares and deposits pursuant to the Federal Credit Union Act, as amended. Any credit union which shall apply to said Administration for insurance shall forthwith give written notice of such application to the commissioner. If such application is accepted and such credit union is notified that the Administration is willing to provide such insurance, such credit union may become insured by said Administration; provided, however, that the acquisition of such insurance shall have been approved by the directors of the credit union. When any credit union which has applied for insurance to said Administration shall have complied with all the requirements prerequisite to obtaining such insurance and shall have received notice in writing from said Administration that it is insured by it, such credit union shall file with the commissioner copies of such notice and of the vote of its directors required by this section such copies to be certified by the president and clerk of the credit union.

Section 77. A credit union may arrange to have its shares and deposits insured by the Massachusetts Credit Union Share Insurance Corporation. A credit union may arrange with the National Credit Union Administration for the insurance of its shares and deposits pursuant to the Federal Credit Union Act, as amended.

Any credit union which shall apply to said Administration for insurance shall forthwith give written notice of such application to the commissioner. If such application is accepted and such credit union is notified that the Administration is willing to provide such insurance, such credit union may become insured by said Administration; provided, however, that the acquisition of such insurance shall have been approved by the directors of the credit union.

When any credit union which has applied for insurance to said Administration shall have complied with all the requirements prerequisite to obtaining such insurance and shall have received notice in writing from said Administration that it is insured by it, such credit union shall file with the commissioner copies of such notice and of the vote of its directors required by this section such copies to be certified by the president and clerk of the credit union.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 150C, sec. 12 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 150C / Section 12
Modification or correction of award; grounds; procedure
Status: in_force

Section 12. (a) Upon application made within thirty days after delivery of a copy of the award to the applicant, the superior court shall modify or correct the award if:— (1) There was an evident miscalculation of figures or an evident mistake in the description of any person, thing or property referred to in the award; (2) The arbitrators have awarded upon a matter not submitted to them and the award may be corrected without affecting the merits of the decision upon the issues submitted; or (3) The award is imperfect in a matter of form, not affecting the merits of the controversy. (b) If the application is granted, the court shall modify and correct the award so as to effect its intent and shall confirm the award as so modified and corrected; otherwise, it shall confirm the award as made. (c) An application to modify or correct an award may be joined in the alternative with an application to vacate the award.

Section 12. (a) Upon application made within thirty days after delivery of a copy of the award to the applicant, the superior court shall modify or correct the award if:—

(1) There was an evident miscalculation of figures or an evident mistake in the description of any person, thing or property referred to in the award;

(2) The arbitrators have awarded upon a matter not submitted to them and the award may be corrected without affecting the merits of the decision upon the issues submitted; or

(3) The award is imperfect in a matter of form, not affecting the merits of the controversy.

(b) If the application is granted, the court shall modify and correct the award so as to effect its intent and shall confirm the award as so modified and corrected; otherwise, it shall confirm the award as made.

(c) An application to modify or correct an award may be joined in the alternative with an application to vacate the award.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94A, sec. 8 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94A / Section 8
Appeal by applicant or licensee of decision of commissioner; jurisdiction of superior court
Status: in_force

Section 8. An applicant or licensee aggrieved by any decision of the commissioner may appeal therefrom by filing a petition in the superior court within twenty days after notice of such decision has been given under section nineteen. Upon such appeal, said court may revise or reverse such decision if such action, in its opinion, is warranted by the evidence.

Section 8. An applicant or licensee aggrieved by any decision of the commissioner may appeal therefrom by filing a petition in the superior court within twenty days after notice of such decision has been given under section nineteen. Upon such appeal, said court may revise or reverse such decision if such action, in its opinion, is warranted by the evidence.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 253, sec. 62 — MA Code / Part III / Title IV / Chapter 253 / Section 62
Contracts; effect of this chapter
Status: in_force

Section 62. This chapter shall not affect any contract or agreement by or between the proprietors of a mill as to the repair or rebuilding thereof.

Section 62. This chapter shall not affect any contract or agreement by or between the proprietors of a mill as to the repair or rebuilding thereof.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 156B, sec. 90 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 156B / Section 90
Demand for determination of value; bill in equity; venue
Status: in_force

Section 90. If during the period of thirty days provided for in section eighty-nine the corporation upon which such demand is made and any such objecting stockholder fail to agree as to the value of such stock, such corporation or any such stockholder may within four months after the expiration of such thirty-day period demand a determination of the value of the stock of all such objecting stockholders by a bill in equity filed in the superior court in the county where the corporation in which such objecting stockholder held stock had or has its principal office in the commonwealth.

Section 90. If during the period of thirty days provided for in section eighty-nine the corporation upon which such demand is made and any such objecting stockholder fail to agree as to the value of such stock, such corporation or any such stockholder may within four months after the expiration of such thirty-day period demand a determination of the value of the stock of all such objecting stockholders by a bill in equity filed in the superior court in the county where the corporation in which such objecting stockholder held stock had or has its principal office in the commonwealth.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 203E, sec. 806 — MA Code / Part II / Title II / Chapter 203E / Section 806
Trustee's skills
Status: in_force

Section 806. Trustee's skills A trustee who has special skills or expertise, or is named trustee in reliance upon the trustee's representation that the trustee has such special skills or expertise, shall have a duty to use such special skills or expertise.

Section 806. Trustee's skills

A trustee who has special skills or expertise, or is named trustee in reliance upon the trustee's representation that the trustee has such special skills or expertise, shall have a duty to use such special skills or expertise.