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MA Gen L ch 221 § 70 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part III - Courts, Judicial Officers and Proceedings in Civil Cases|Title I - Courts and Judicial Officers|Chapter 221 - Clerks, Attorneys and Other Officers of Judicial Courts|Section 70 - Appointment; Security of John Adams Courthouse

Section 70. Subject to appropriation, the court administrator may appoint for attendance upon the several sessions of the trial court such officers as he deems necessary for the efficient operation of said court.  If a trial court department shall locate to the John Adams courthouse, the court administrator shall assign such security personnel, who may be court officers or associate court officers, as are sufficient to meet the security needs in the areas of the John Adams courthouse occupied by any such trial court department.
MA Gen L ch 221 § 70a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part III - Courts, Judicial Officers and Proceedings in Civil Cases|Title I - Courts and Judicial Officers|Chapter 221 - Clerks, Attorneys and Other Officers of Judicial Courts|Section 70a - Court Officers; Performance of Police Powers and Duties

Section 70A. Court officers and those authorized to act as court officers within the judicial branch may perform police duties and have police powers in or about the areas of the court to which they have been assigned when so designated by the chief justice of the trial court, the chief justice of the supreme judicial court or the chief justice of the appeals court, as appropriate.
MA Gen L ch 221 § 71 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part III - Courts, Judicial Officers and Proceedings in Civil Cases|Title I - Courts and Judicial Officers|Chapter 221 - Clerks, Attorneys and Other Officers of Judicial Courts|Section 71 - Chief Deputy Sheriff for Suffolk, Middlesex and Hampden; Chief Court Officer for Hampden, Norfolk and Worcester Counties

Section 71. The chief justice of the trial court shall designate a court officer to act as chief deputy sheriff for attendance on each superior court in Suffolk, Middlesex, and Hampden counties. In Hampden, Norfolk and Worcester counties the chief justice of the trial court may designate one court officer as chief court officer for attendance on the superior court. Such officers, under the orders of the chief justice of the trial court, in addition to their regular duties as court officers, shall supervise, direct and assign the officers of their respective courts.
MA Gen L ch 221 § 71a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part III - Courts, Judicial Officers and Proceedings in Civil Cases|Title I - Courts and Judicial Officers|Chapter 221 - Clerks, Attorneys and Other Officers of Judicial Courts|Section 71a - Assistant Chief Court Officers in Suffolk County

Section 71A. The court administrator may designate three of the court officers of the superior court to act as assistant chief court officers for attendance on the superior court in Suffolk county. Such officers, in addition to their regular duties as court officers, shall perform such other duties as from time to time may be prescribed by the court administrator.
MA Gen L ch 221 § 72 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part III - Courts, Judicial Officers and Proceedings in Civil Cases|Title I - Courts and Judicial Officers|Chapter 221 - Clerks, Attorneys and Other Officers of Judicial Courts|Section 72 - Tenure

Section 72. Officers appointed as court officers to attend upon the sessions of the supreme judicial, appeals or superior court in any county, including chief deputies, assistant chief deputies and all chief court officers designated under section seventy-one, shall hold office during good behavior and until they are removed by the court administrator or, with respect to court officers of the supreme judicial court and the appeals court, their respective chief justices, for cause.
MA Gen L ch 221 § 73 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part III - Courts, Judicial Officers and Proceedings in Civil Cases|Title I - Courts and Judicial Officers|Chapter 221 - Clerks, Attorneys and Other Officers of Judicial Courts|Section 73 - Compensation in Suffolk County Land Court and Probate Court

Section 73. The officer in attendance upon the land court in Suffolk County shall receive from the commonwealth in full for all services performed by him such salary as shall be fixed by the judges of said court. Each officer in attendance upon the probate court in said county shall receive in full for all services performed by him such salary as shall be fixed by the judges of said court.
MA Gen L ch 221 § 73b (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part III - Courts, Judicial Officers and Proceedings in Civil Cases|Title I - Courts and Judicial Officers|Chapter 221 - Clerks, Attorneys and Other Officers of Judicial Courts|Section 73b - Compensation in Suffolk County Supreme Judicial Court and Appeals Court

Section 73B. Each officer in attendance upon the supreme judicial court in the county of Suffolk shall receive in full for all services performed by him such salary as shall be fixed by the justices of the supreme judicial court, which salary shall be paid by the commonwealth. Each officer in attendance upon the appeals court in the county of Suffolk shall receive in full for all services performed by him such salary as shall be fixed by the justices of the appeals court. Said salary shall be paid by the commonwealth.
MA Gen L ch 221 § 75 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part III - Courts, Judicial Officers and Proceedings in Civil Cases|Title I - Courts and Judicial Officers|Chapter 221 - Clerks, Attorneys and Other Officers of Judicial Courts|Section 75 - Deputy Sheriffs and Constables; Compensation

Section 75. The compensation of deputy sheriffs not on salary and of constables for attendance upon the supreme judicial, appeals, superior or probate court shall be paid by the commonwealth. The compensation of deputy sheriffs not on salary and of constables for attendance upon the sessions of the county commissioners, shall be paid by the respective counties.
MA Gen L ch 221 § 76 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part III - Courts, Judicial Officers and Proceedings in Civil Cases|Title I - Courts and Judicial Officers|Chapter 221 - Clerks, Attorneys and Other Officers of Judicial Courts|Section 76 - Administrative Assistant and Messengers in Suffolk County; Appointment; Compensation; Duties

Section 76. The administrative assistant to the justices of the supreme judicial court in Suffolk county shall be appointed by the justices of said court. Said administrative assistant shall be paid by the commonwealth such sum as shall be determined by the justices of said court. The messenger to the justices of the appeals court shall be appointed by the justices of said court and shall also act as clerical assistant of said justices. His salary shall be established by the justices of said court. The messenger of the superior court in said county shall be appointed by the justices of said court and shall also act as clerical assistant of the justices of said court. His salary shall be established by the justices of said court and shall be paid by the commonwealth.
MA Gen L ch 221 § 76a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part III - Courts, Judicial Officers and Proceedings in Civil Cases|Title I - Courts and Judicial Officers|Chapter 221 - Clerks, Attorneys and Other Officers of Judicial Courts|Section 76a - Superior Court in Suffolk County; Assistant Messenger

Section 76A. The justices of the superior court may appoint an assistant messenger of said court sitting in and for the county of Suffolk. His salary shall be established by said justices and shall be paid by the commonwealth.
MA Gen L ch 221 § 77 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part III - Courts, Judicial Officers and Proceedings in Civil Cases|Title I - Courts and Judicial Officers|Chapter 221 - Clerks, Attorneys and Other Officers of Judicial Courts|Section 77 - Premiums on Official Bonds; Payment

Section 77. Premiums on bonds of court officers and deputy sheriffs in attendance on the supreme judicial, appeals or superior court in Suffolk county and on the courts in Bristol, Hampden, Middlesex, Norfolk, and Worcester counties shall be paid by the commonwealth.
MA Gen L ch 221 § 78 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part III - Courts, Judicial Officers and Proceedings in Civil Cases|Title I - Courts and Judicial Officers|Chapter 221 - Clerks, Attorneys and Other Officers of Judicial Courts|Section 78 - Supreme Judicial Court in Suffolk County; Service of Venires; Bond

Section 78. Any officer in attendance upon the supreme judicial court in Suffolk county under section seventy-three, including the messenger of the justices of said court, may be designated by the justices to serve venires for jurors and the processes of said court, and when so designated shall have the authority of constables for said purposes, and shall be paid by the commonwealth his actual expenses necessarily incurred in making such services. He shall first give to the commonwealth a bond with sufficient sureties in the sum of fifteen hundred dollars for the faithful performance of his duties.
MA Gen L ch 221 § 79 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part III - Courts, Judicial Officers and Proceedings in Civil Cases|Title I - Courts and Judicial Officers|Chapter 221 - Clerks, Attorneys and Other Officers of Judicial Courts|Section 79 - Witnesses; Summoning in Suffolk and Worcester; Expenses

Section 79. Officers in attendance upon the sessions of the superior court for criminal business in Suffolk county and the officers appointed for attendance on the sessions of the superior court for civil or criminal business in Worcester county shall summon witnesses on behalf of the commonwealth from any part of the commonwealth, but shall receive therefor no compensation in addition to their salaries except for expenses actually incurred and paid.
MA Gen L ch 221 § 80 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part III - Courts, Judicial Officers and Proceedings in Civil Cases|Title I - Courts and Judicial Officers|Chapter 221 - Clerks, Attorneys and Other Officers of Judicial Courts|Section 80 - Uniforms of Court Officers

Section 80. Court officers receiving stated salaries and deputy sheriffs in attendance upon the supreme judicial, appeals or superior court in Suffolk, Middlesex, Bristol, Norfolk, Hampden and Worcester counties shall, while on duty in said courts, wear uniforms which shall be designated by the court administrator and which shall be furnished at the expense of the commonwealth.
MA Gen L ch 221 § 81 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part III - Courts, Judicial Officers and Proceedings in Civil Cases|Title I - Courts and Judicial Officers|Chapter 221 - Clerks, Attorneys and Other Officers of Judicial Courts|Section 81 - Double Compensation Prohibited

Section 81. No deputy sheriff or constable receiving a salary from the county shall be designated to attend, for compensation by the day, upon the sessions of the supreme judicial or superior court, and no deputy sheriff or constable shall receive compensation for attendance upon the sessions of more than one court, or upon more than one session of the same court, on the same day.
MA Gen L ch 221 § 82 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part III - Courts, Judicial Officers and Proceedings in Civil Cases|Title I - Courts and Judicial Officers|Chapter 221 - Clerks, Attorneys and Other Officers of Judicial Courts|Section 82 - Appointment of Stenographers in Superior Court

Section 82. The justices of the superior court shall appoint from time to time such official stenographers and additional stenographers for the several counties as the business of the court may require. Official and additional stenographers shall be sworn officers of the court, removable at the pleasure of the justices, may be appointed for more than one county, and shall perform such services in the county or counties for which they are appointed or in any other county, as may be assigned them by the justices or by their authority. The title of court reporter may be used by or to designate any stenographer referred to in this chapter.
MA Gen L ch 221 § 83 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part III - Courts, Judicial Officers and Proceedings in Civil Cases|Title I - Courts and Judicial Officers|Chapter 221 - Clerks, Attorneys and Other Officers of Judicial Courts|Section 83 - Temporary Stenographers; Fees

Section 83. The presiding justice at any sitting, trial or hearing in the supreme judicial court or the superior court, in case no stenographer is assigned therefor or in case of the illness or absence of a stenographer assigned, may appoint one or more temporary stenographers, who shall be sworn, and shall during his or their service have the powers and duties of an official stenographer.  Upon motion of any party, at any sitting, trial or hearing in any department of the Trial Court, where no official stenographer is assigned or available, the presiding justice shall appoint and designate any certified shorthand reporter to serve as temporary official stenographer for purposes of said proceedings, provided that the attendance fee of such certified shorthand reporter shall be borne by the moving party or parties, and where more than one party joins in the motion, shall be paid in equal shares by the requesting parties. Fees for transcripts of the proceedings shall be charged and apportioned among the parties in accordance with the provisions of section eighty-eight. The motion requesting the appointment of a temporary official stenographer shall specifically identify the person whose appointment is requested and shall certify that said person is a certified shorthand reporter. The fees for attendance and copies of transcripts paid to any individual appointed pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be taxable as costs in favor of the prevailing party or parties to the same extent, and in the same manner, as the fees of official stenographers.
MA Gen L ch 221 § 86 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part III - Courts, Judicial Officers and Proceedings in Civil Cases|Title I - Courts and Judicial Officers|Chapter 221 - Clerks, Attorneys and Other Officers of Judicial Courts|Section 86 - Stenographer for Grand Jury; Appointment; Custody of Notes; Costs

Section 86. A justice of the superior court may, upon the request of the district attorney or, if the grand jury was convened upon the written request of the attorney general, upon the request of the attorney general, appoint a stenographer, who shall be sworn, and who shall take stenographic notes of such testimony given before the grand jury as he may direct, and shall provide him with a transcript fully written out of such part of said notes as he requires. Such notes or any transcripts thereof, other than such transcripts as may be required by said justice, shall be transmitted to the district attorney or the attorney general as the case may be, and he shall have the custody thereof. This section shall not authorize the taking of any statement or testimony of a grand juror. Transcription costs shall be paid as provided in section 88.
MA Gen L ch 221 § 87 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part III - Courts, Judicial Officers and Proceedings in Civil Cases|Title I - Courts and Judicial Officers|Chapter 221 - Clerks, Attorneys and Other Officers of Judicial Courts|Section 87 - Duties of Stenographers; Regulations

Section 87. The justices of the superior court may make regulations not inconsistent with law relative to the assignments, duties and service of stenographers appointed for that court, and any other matters relative to such stenographers.
MA Gen L ch 221 § 88 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part III - Courts, Judicial Officers and Proceedings in Civil Cases|Title I - Courts and Judicial Officers|Chapter 221 - Clerks, Attorneys and Other Officers of Judicial Courts|Section 88 - Furnishing Transcripts of Notes; Fees

Section 88. Upon request of the presiding justice or any party, the stenographer shall furnish a transcript of his notes, or any part thereof, taken at a trial or hearing, for which he shall be paid by the party requesting it at the rate of $3 per page for the original and $1 per page for each additional copy ordered at the same time. If requested by a party, the stenographer shall furnish an electronic reproduction at an amount not to exceed $5 for each electronic reproduction requested. All electronic reproductions shall be in an open source format as specified by the office of transcription services. Additional paper copies, if so requested by an indigent person or counsel for an indigent person, shall be paid at $.10 per page. In the event that daily copy is ordered by the presiding justice or any party, the rate shall be $4.50 per page for the original copy and $1.50 per page for each additional copy; provided that, if requested by a party, the stenographer shall furnish an electronic reproduction at an amount not to exceed $5 for each electronic reproduction; and provided further, that additional paper copies, if so requested by an indigent person or counsel for an indigent person, shall be paid at $.10 per page. If a transcript is ordered by the presiding justice or, in a criminal case, by the district attorney, payment therefor shall be made at the same rate by the administrative office of the trial court upon a voucher approved by the presiding justice and, in a criminal case, the charges for transcripts furnished to a justice and to the district attorney shall be taxed like other expenses. If the presiding justice orders that a statement given to the police be transcribed, all parties shall receive a copy and payment therefor shall be made at the same rate by the administrative office of the trial court upon a voucher approved by the presiding justice.
MA Gen L ch 221 § 89 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part III - Courts, Judicial Officers and Proceedings in Civil Cases|Title I - Courts and Judicial Officers|Chapter 221 - Clerks, Attorneys and Other Officers of Judicial Courts|Section 89 - Clerical Assistants

Section 89. The justices of the superior court from time to time may appoint one or more clerical assistants, removable at the pleasure of the justices, and fix their compensation, which shall be paid by the county, or the commonwealth, or by both in such proportion as the justices may determine. The justices may make regulations not inconsistent with law relative to the assignments, duties and service of such clerical assistants, and any other matters relative to them.
MA Gen L ch 221 § 90a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part III - Courts, Judicial Officers and Proceedings in Civil Cases|Title I - Courts and Judicial Officers|Chapter 221 - Clerks, Attorneys and Other Officers of Judicial Courts|Section 90a - Services Rendered Outside Appointing County; Compensation; Statement

Section 90A. When a salaried official stenographer renders service in a county other than the one for which he is appointed, the justice shall allow him his reasonable and actual expenses for transportation, food and lodging, to be paid by the commonwealth. At the conclusion of his assignment he shall send a statement of the dates when he rendered service in such county, attested by the clerk of the court, to the state treasurer.
MA Gen L ch 221 § 91 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part III - Courts, Judicial Officers and Proceedings in Civil Cases|Title I - Courts and Judicial Officers|Chapter 221 - Clerks, Attorneys and Other Officers of Judicial Courts|Section 91 - Superior Courts; Compensation of Stenographers

Section 91. Official stenographers, and all additional and temporary stenographers, appointed by the justices of the superior court shall receive salaries which shall be established from time to time by said justices which shall be paid by the commonwealth. Such official stenographers and additional and temporary stenographers shall receive such reasonable and actual expenses for travel, food and lodging as the administrative justice may allow.
MA Gen L ch 221 § 91b (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part III - Courts, Judicial Officers and Proceedings in Civil Cases|Title I - Courts and Judicial Officers|Chapter 221 - Clerks, Attorneys and Other Officers of Judicial Courts|Section 91b - Employment of Stenographer by Defendant; Admissibility of Transcripts of Notes; Application of Section

Section 91B. At any hearing or proceeding in connection with a criminal case, including a hearing on the issuance of a complaint, at which a court appointed stenographer is not present, the defendant or the person against whom such complaint is filed may have the proceedings taken by a stenographer provided at his own expense. The judge or other officer presiding at such hearing or proceeding shall provide a suitable place in which such stenographer may hear and take notes of all testimony, arguments and rulings. The transcripts of notes taken by stenographers provided under authority of this section shall be admissible in accordance with the provisions of section eighty of chapter two hundred and thirty-three, except that the provisions of this section shall not be applicable to grand jury proceedings.
MA Gen L ch 221 § 91c (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part III - Courts, Judicial Officers and Proceedings in Civil Cases|Title I - Courts and Judicial Officers|Chapter 221 - Clerks, Attorneys and Other Officers of Judicial Courts|Section 91c - Appointment of Stenographer in Civil Cases Before Auditor or Master; Admissibility of Transcripts

Section 91C. Any party to a civil proceeding assigned to trial before an auditor or master may, upon motion duly made to the court, have such proceedings recorded at his own expense. Such party shall include in his motion the name of the official stenographer to be designated by the court. Said official stenographer, after being duly sworn, may take notes of all testimony adduced before the auditor or master. The transcripts thereof, after certification by said stenographer, shall be admissible in evidence in any further trial or hearing of the matter as evidence of testimony given, whenever proof of such testimony is otherwise competent.
MA Gen L ch 221 § 91d (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part III - Courts, Judicial Officers and Proceedings in Civil Cases|Title I - Courts and Judicial Officers|Chapter 221 - Clerks, Attorneys and Other Officers of Judicial Courts|Section 91d - Court Reporters; Practices; Contracts

Section 91D. (a) As used in this section, the following words and phrases unless the context otherwise requires, shall have the following meanings:  ''Court reporter'', a shorthand reporter or voice reporter engaged in the practice of court reporting.  ''Practice of court reporting'', the making of a verbatim record of any Massachusetts trial, legislative public hearing, state agency public hearing, deposition, examination before trial, hearing or proceeding before any grand jury, referee, board, commission, master or arbitrator, or other testimony given under oath.  (b) Contracts entered into pursuant to the practice of court reporting, not related to a particular case or reporting incident, between a court reporter or any person with whom a court reporter has a principal and agency relationship and an attorney at law, party to an action, or party having a financial interest in an action shall be prohibited. An attorney shall not be prohibited from negotiating or bidding reasonable court reporting fees, equal to all parties, on a case by case basis. This section shall not apply to a contract entered into pursuant to the practice of court reporting for the courts or to other contracts with governmental entities.  A person aggrieved by a violation of this section shall be entitled to review in the superior court and shall be entitled to all legal and equitable relief within the jurisdiction of the court.