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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 112, sec. 287 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 112 / Section 287
Appraisal management companies; maintenance and preservation of records
Status: in_force

Section 287. Each appraisal management company shall maintain the records related to the services it provides. All records shall be preserved in accordance with the record keeping rule of the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice unless the board, by regulation, prescribes additional requirements for particular types of records.

Section 287. Each appraisal management company shall maintain the records related to the services it provides. All records shall be preserved in accordance with the record keeping rule of the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice unless the board, by regulation, prescribes additional requirements for particular types of records.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 180, sec. 11C — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 180 / Section 11C
Filing fees
Status: in_force

Section 11C. Filing fees for the following shall be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven: (a) For filing articles of organization required by section three. (b) For filing articles of amendment required by section seven. (c) For filing restated articles of organization in accordance with section seven. (d) For filing a petition in accordance with section seven A. (e) For filing articles of consolidation or merger in accordance with section ten. (f) For the reservation of a name, or the extension of a reservation, and payment of the fee shall accompany the application. (g) For filing all other certificates, statements, or reports required by this chapter unless another filing fee is specifically provided therefor.

Section 11C. Filing fees for the following shall be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven:

(a) For filing articles of organization required by section three.

(b) For filing articles of amendment required by section seven.

(c) For filing restated articles of organization in accordance with section seven.

(d) For filing a petition in accordance with section seven A.

(e) For filing articles of consolidation or merger in accordance with section ten.

(f) For the reservation of a name, or the extension of a reservation, and payment of the fee shall accompany the application.

(g) For filing all other certificates, statements, or reports required by this chapter unless another filing fee is specifically provided therefor.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 241, sec. 21 — MA Code / Part III / Title III / Chapter 241 / Section 21
Stranger claiming paramount title
Status: in_force

Section 21. A person who has not appeared and who claims to hold by title paramount to that under which the petitioner claims as a co-tenant shall not be concluded by the partition, but may maintain his action for the land against any or all of the parties, or persons holding under them, within the time in which he might have brought such action if the petition for partition had not been filed.

Section 21. A person who has not appeared and who claims to hold by title paramount to that under which the petitioner claims as a co-tenant shall not be concluded by the partition, but may maintain his action for the land against any or all of the parties, or persons holding under them, within the time in which he might have brought such action if the petition for partition had not been filed.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 221B, sec. 2 — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 221B / Section 2
Certification of officers; performance review; recertification and removal
Status: in_force

Section 2. A committee of child support hearing officers shall certify as child support hearing officers members of the bar of the commonwealth who shall have practiced family law for a minimum period prescribed by the committee. Those certified shall participate in a training program prescribed by the committee, shall possess such other qualifications as the committee on child support hearing officers shall fix, and shall not be justices or clerk-magistrates of the trial court. The committee shall certify hearing officers eligibility for reappointment yearly. The performance of the hearing officer shall be subject to an annual review. Public notice of the review shall be given and members of the public may submit to the committee written comments relating to their performance. The committee shall adopt appropriate rules giving the hearing officers opportunity to respond to written comments concerning recertification. The hearing officer shall serve in the various divisions of the trial court departments, as appointed by the administrative justices of those departments and shall be removable by such administrative justices during their terms.

Section 2. A committee of child support hearing officers shall certify as child support hearing officers members of the bar of the commonwealth who shall have practiced family law for a minimum period prescribed by the committee. Those certified shall participate in a training program prescribed by the committee, shall possess such other qualifications as the committee on child support hearing officers shall fix, and shall not be justices or clerk-magistrates of the trial court. The committee shall certify hearing officers eligibility for reappointment yearly. The performance of the hearing officer shall be subject to an annual review. Public notice of the review shall be given and members of the public may submit to the committee written comments relating to their performance. The committee shall adopt appropriate rules giving the hearing officers opportunity to respond to written comments concerning recertification. The hearing officer shall serve in the various divisions of the trial court departments, as appointed by the administrative justices of those departments and shall be removable by such administrative justices during their terms.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 56, sec. 24 — MA Code / Part I / Title VIII / Chapter 56 / Section 24
Lists of candidates; instructions for voters; supplies; defacement or destruction
Status: in_force

Section 24. Whoever, before a primary or election, wilfully defaces or destroys any list of candidates posted according to law, or, during a primary, caucus or election, wilfully defaces, tears down, removes or destroys any card of instruction or specimen ballot posted for the instruction of voters, or during a primary, caucus or election, wilfully removes or destroys any of the supplies or conveniences furnished to enable a voter to prepare his ballot, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars.

Section 24. Whoever, before a primary or election, wilfully defaces or destroys any list of candidates posted according to law, or, during a primary, caucus or election, wilfully defaces, tears down, removes or destroys any card of instruction or specimen ballot posted for the instruction of voters, or during a primary, caucus or election, wilfully removes or destroys any of the supplies or conveniences furnished to enable a voter to prepare his ballot, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 262, sec. 35 — MA Code / Part III / Title VI / Chapter 262 / Section 35
Marriages
Status: in_force

Section 35. The fee for lawfully solemnizing and certifying a marriage shall not exceed $100 if performed in the justice of the peace's home community or $150 if performed in any municipality in the commonwealth; provided, however, that no additional charge shall be made for travel in connection with such solemnization notwithstanding any law to the contrary. Nor shall any additional charge be made by a justice of the peace, for providing flowers, for providing music, for providing a photographer, for providing a location where the marriage ceremony takes place, or for providing an unofficial certificate of marriage. Additional charges are allowable for prenuptial counseling conferences, rehearsals, and other special requests by the couple whose marriage is being solemnized; provided, however, that the amount of these additional charges must be disclosed in writing to the couple whose marriage is being solemnized at least forty-eight hours prior to the rendering of these services. The total fee for lawfully solemnizing and certifying a marriage shall not exceed the fee limit fixed for solemnizing and certifying a marriage in a justice of the peace's home community where a municipal employee who is also a justice of the peace solemnizes a marriage in a municipal building at a time when said building is regularly open for business.

Section 35. The fee for lawfully solemnizing and certifying a marriage shall not exceed $100 if performed in the justice of the peace's home community or $150 if performed in any municipality in the commonwealth; provided, however, that no additional charge shall be made for travel in connection with such solemnization notwithstanding any law to the contrary. Nor shall any additional charge be made by a justice of the peace, for providing flowers, for providing music, for providing a photographer, for providing a location where the marriage ceremony takes place, or for providing an unofficial certificate of marriage. Additional charges are allowable for prenuptial counseling conferences, rehearsals, and other special requests by the couple whose marriage is being solemnized; provided, however, that the amount of these additional charges must be disclosed in writing to the couple whose marriage is being solemnized at least forty-eight hours prior to the rendering of these services. The total fee for lawfully solemnizing and certifying a marriage shall not exceed the fee limit fixed for solemnizing and certifying a marriage in a justice of the peace's home community where a municipal employee who is also a justice of the peace solemnizes a marriage in a municipal building at a time when said building is regularly open for business.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 156C, sec. 5 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 156C / Section 5
Office and agent for service of process in commonwealth
Status: in_force

Section 5. Each limited liability company shall have and maintain in the commonwealth: (1) an office, which may but need not be a place of its business in the commonwealth at which shall be kept the records required by section nine to be maintained; and (2) a resident agent for service of process on the limited liability company, which agent must be an individual resident of the commonwealth, a domestic corporation, or a foreign corporation authorized to do business in the commonwealth.

Section 5. Each limited liability company shall have and maintain in the commonwealth:

(1) an office, which may but need not be a place of its business in the commonwealth at which shall be kept the records required by section nine to be maintained; and

(2) a resident agent for service of process on the limited liability company, which agent must be an individual resident of the commonwealth, a domestic corporation, or a foreign corporation authorized to do business in the commonwealth.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176Q, sec. 16 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176Q / Section 16
Regulations
Status: in_force

Section 16. The connector may adopt regulations to implement this chapter.

Section 16. The connector may adopt regulations to implement this chapter.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32A, sec. 4 — MA Code / Part I / Title IV / Chapter 32A / Section 4
Purchase of insurance policies by commission
Status: in_force

Section 4. The commission shall negotiate with and purchase, on such terms as it deems to be in the best interest of the commonwealth and its employees, from one or more insurance companies, savings banks or non-profit hospital or medical service corporations, a policy or policies of group life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance covering persons in the service of the commonwealth, and group general or blanket insurance providing hospital, surgical, medical, dental and other health insurance benefits covering persons in the service of the commonwealth and their dependents, and shall execute all agreements or contracts pertaining to said policies or any amendments thereto for and on behalf and in the name of the commonwealth. Said commission may negotiate a contract for such term not exceeding five years as it may, in its discretion, deem to be the most advantageous to the commonwealth; provided, however, that the portion of the cost of the premium per month to be borne by the commonwealth shall not exceed the estimated monthly cost for which funds have been appropriated by the general court for the then current fiscal year. For the purposes of this chapter, any nonprofit hospital service corporation or nonprofit medical corporation organized under chapter one hundred seventy-six A or one hundred and seventy-six B shall be and is hereby authorized to enter into a reinsurance agreement as herein provided in the same manner as any other insurance company.

Section 4. The commission shall negotiate with and purchase, on such terms as it deems to be in the best interest of the commonwealth and its employees, from one or more insurance companies, savings banks or non-profit hospital or medical service corporations, a policy or policies of group life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance covering persons in the service of the commonwealth, and group general or blanket insurance providing hospital, surgical, medical, dental and other health insurance benefits covering persons in the service of the commonwealth and their dependents, and shall execute all agreements or contracts pertaining to said policies or any amendments thereto for and on behalf and in the name of the commonwealth. Said commission may negotiate a contract for such term not exceeding five years as it may, in its discretion, deem to be the most advantageous to the commonwealth; provided, however, that the portion of the cost of the premium per month to be borne by the commonwealth shall not exceed the estimated monthly cost for which funds have been appropriated by the general court for the then current fiscal year.

For the purposes of this chapter, any nonprofit hospital service corporation or nonprofit medical corporation organized under chapter one hundred seventy-six A or one hundred and seventy-six B shall be and is hereby authorized to enter into a reinsurance agreement as herein provided in the same manner as any other insurance company.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 88, sec. 10 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 88 / Section 10
False statement as to quantity or quality of goods laden
Status: in_force

Section 10. Whoever knowingly and with intent to defraud such proprietors makes or causes to be made a false statement of the quantity or quality of goods, wares or merchandise laden or to be laden on board of a boat used on such canal shall forfeit one hundred dollars.

Section 10. Whoever knowingly and with intent to defraud such proprietors makes or causes to be made a false statement of the quantity or quality of goods, wares or merchandise laden or to be laden on board of a boat used on such canal shall forfeit one hundred dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 140, sec. 159 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 140 / Section 159
Treble damages for injuries caused by dogs ordered to be restrained
Status: in_force

Section 159. If a hearing authority or a district court has deemed a dog to be a dangerous dog and such dog wounds a person or worries, wounds or kills any livestock or fowl, the owner or keeper of the dog shall be liable in tort to the person injured by the dog for 3 times the amount of damages sustained by such person.

Section 159. If a hearing authority or a district court has deemed a dog to be a dangerous dog and such dog wounds a person or worries, wounds or kills any livestock or fowl, the owner or keeper of the dog shall be liable in tort to the person injured by the dog for 3 times the amount of damages sustained by such person.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 84, sec. 24 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 84 / Section 24
Damage from defects in dedicated ways
Status: in_force

Section 24. The board or officer having authority over public ways in a town shall, if the public safety so requires, cause such ways to be closed where they enter upon and unite with an existing public way or may by other sufficient means caution the public against entering thereon; otherwise the town shall be liable for damages arising from defects therein as in the case of ways duly laid out and established.

Section 24. The board or officer having authority over public ways in a town shall, if the public safety so requires, cause such ways to be closed where they enter upon and unite with an existing public way or may by other sufficient means caution the public against entering thereon; otherwise the town shall be liable for damages arising from defects therein as in the case of ways duly laid out and established.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 59, sec. 42 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 59 / Section 42
Telephone and telegraph companies; failure to make returns
Status: in_force

Section 42. If any company, or any treasurer thereof, shall in any year, fail to make the return required by section forty-one, the commissioner shall estimate the value of the property of the company according to his best information and belief.

Section 42. If any company, or any treasurer thereof, shall in any year, fail to make the return required by section forty-one, the commissioner shall estimate the value of the property of the company according to his best information and belief.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 148, sec. 27B — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 148 / Section 27B
Piling snow on fire hydrants; penalty
Status: in_force

Section 27B. No person other than an employee in the service of the commonwealth or any political subdivision thereof or in the service of an independent contractor acting for the commonwealth or any such subdivision shall pile, push or plow snow or ice on or against any fire hydrant or other similar device used for fire protection which is located in any public or private way so as to conceal such hydrant or device or cover any outlet thereof. Whoever violates this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars.

Section 27B. No person other than an employee in the service of the commonwealth or any political subdivision thereof or in the service of an independent contractor acting for the commonwealth or any such subdivision shall pile, push or plow snow or ice on or against any fire hydrant or other similar device used for fire protection which is located in any public or private way so as to conceal such hydrant or device or cover any outlet thereof. Whoever violates this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 75, sec. 17 — MA Code / Part I / Title XII / Chapter 75 / Section 17
Experiments and investigations; nature and scope
Status: in_force

Section 17. The trustees shall cause experiments and investigations to be made at said station in the following subjects: First, The causes, prevention and remedies of diseases of domestic animals, plants and trees; Second, The history and habits of insects destructive to vegetation, and the means of abating them; Third, The manufacture and composition of both foreign and domestic fertilizers, their values and adaptability to different crops and soils; Fourth, The values, under all conditions, of forage, grain and root crops, as food for farm animals, for various purposes; Fifth, The comparative value of green and dry forage, and the cost of producing and preserving them in the best condition; Sixth, The adulteration of any article of food intended for the use of men or animals; Seventh, Testing poultry to eliminate disease; Eighth, Other subjects deemed advantageous to agriculture and horticulture in the commonwealth.

Section 17. The trustees shall cause experiments and investigations to be made at said station in the following subjects:

First, The causes, prevention and remedies of diseases of domestic animals, plants and trees;

Second, The history and habits of insects destructive to vegetation, and the means of abating them;

Third, The manufacture and composition of both foreign and domestic fertilizers, their values and adaptability to different crops and soils;

Fourth, The values, under all conditions, of forage, grain and root crops, as food for farm animals, for various purposes;

Fifth, The comparative value of green and dry forage, and the cost of producing and preserving them in the best condition;

Sixth, The adulteration of any article of food intended for the use of men or animals;

Seventh, Testing poultry to eliminate disease;

Eighth, Other subjects deemed advantageous to agriculture and horticulture in the commonwealth.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 83, sec. 23 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 83 / Section 23
Cost of sewers; payment of portion by municipality
Status: in_force

Section 23. A town by vote of its town meeting or a city by vote of its board of aldermen or city council shall determine whether it shall pay the whole or a portion of the cost of laying out and constructing main drains or of a system or systems of sewerage and sewage disposal, and if a portion, what portion. If the town or city votes to pay less than the whole cost, in providing for the payment of the remaining portion of the cost of said system or systems the town or city may avail itself of any or all of the methods of payment authorized by law to a town or city, and the provisions of chapter eighty relative to the apportionment, division, reassessment, abatement and collection of assessments, to liens therefor and to interests thereon, shall apply to assessments made under this chapter. At the same meeting at which it determines that any portion of the cost is to be borne by the town or city, it may by vote determine by which of such methods the remaining portion of said cost shall be provided.

Section 23. A town by vote of its town meeting or a city by vote of its board of aldermen or city council shall determine whether it shall pay the whole or a portion of the cost of laying out and constructing main drains or of a system or systems of sewerage and sewage disposal, and if a portion, what portion. If the town or city votes to pay less than the whole cost, in providing for the payment of the remaining portion of the cost of said system or systems the town or city may avail itself of any or all of the methods of payment authorized by law to a town or city, and the provisions of chapter eighty relative to the apportionment, division, reassessment, abatement and collection of assessments, to liens therefor and to interests thereon, shall apply to assessments made under this chapter. At the same meeting at which it determines that any portion of the cost is to be borne by the town or city, it may by vote determine by which of such methods the remaining portion of said cost shall be provided.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, sec. 58 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 272 / Section 58
Employing or permitting employment of minor under 15 to beg
Status: in_force

Section 58. A parent or other person who employs a minor under fifteen in begging or who, having the care or custody of such minor, permits him to engage in such employment shall be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than six months.

Section 58. A parent or other person who employs a minor under fifteen in begging or who, having the care or custody of such minor, permits him to engage in such employment shall be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than six months.