To find state agencies contact information, see the Massachusetts legal directories or the Commonwealth of Massachusetts website . To find administrative regulations, check in either of the two annotated versions of the Massachusetts code under the relevant statutory sections. The annotations will provide citations to related CMR provisions. The footnotes in Massachusetts Practice will give citations to related CMR sections. Searching the CMR databases online can prove very difficult, so should be reserved as a last resort.
Regulatory language can be repetitive and quite idiosyncratic.
Search results often will bring up far too many, too few or unrelated documents. Administrative law research, particularly at the state level, can be very challenging. Please come to the Langdell reference desk. The reference staff is eager to assist you.