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2023 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 6a - Superior Court for County of Middlesex; Equity Clerk

Section 6A. The justices of the superior court may designate, for a term of three years from the date of such designation, one of the assistant clerks for the county of Middlesex, appointed under section five, to perform, under the direction of the clerk of the courts for the county of Middlesex, the duties of clerk pertaining to actions in which equitable relief is sought in said court, who shall receive from said county, in addition to the salary paid to him as an assistant clerk under section four or section five, as the case may be, a sum equivalent to five per cent of the salary of the clerk.
2023 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 6b - Superior Court for County of Essex; Equity Clerk

Section 6B. The justices of the superior court may designate, for a term of three years from the date of such designation, one of the assistant clerks for the county of Essex, appointed under section five, to perform, under the direction of the clerk of the courts for the county of Essex, the duties of clerk pertaining to actions in which equitable relief is sought in said court, who shall receive from said county, in addition to the salary paid to him as an assistant clerk under section four, a sum equivalent to five per cent of the salary of the clerk.
2023 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 6c - Superior Court for County of Essex; Criminal Proceedings Clerk

Section 6C. The justices of the superior court may designate, for a term of three years from the date of such designation, one of the assistant clerks for the county of Essex, appointed under section five, to perform, under the direction of the clerk of the courts for the county of Essex, the duties of clerk pertaining to the criminal proceedings in said court, who shall receive from said county, in addition to the salary paid to him as an assistant clerk under section four, a sum equivalent to ten per cent of the salary of the clerk.
2023 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 6d - Superior Court for County of Norfolk; Criminal Proceedings Clerk

Section 6D. The clerk of the courts for the county of Norfolk may designate, subject to removal by the court or by the clerk, one of the assistant clerks for said county, appointed under section five, to perform, under the direction of said clerk, the duties of clerk pertaining to the criminal proceedings in said court, who shall receive from said county, in addition to the salary paid to him as an assistant clerk under section five, a sum equivalent to ten per cent of the salary of the clerk.
2023 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 6e - Superior Court for County of Worcester; Equity Proceedings Clerk

Section 6E. The justices of the superior court may designate, for a term of three years from the date of such designation, one of the assistant clerks for the county of Worcester, appointed under section five, to perform, under the direction of the clerk of the courts for the county of Worcester, the duties of clerk pertaining to the equity proceedings in said court, and such other duties as the clerk shall determine, who shall receive from said county, in addition to the salary paid to him as an assistant clerk under section four, a sum equivalent to five per cent of the salary of the clerk.
2023 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 6f - Superior Court for County of Worcester; Criminal Proceedings Clerk

Section 6F. The justices of the superior court may designate, for a term of three years from the date of such designation, one of the assistant clerks for the county of Worcester, appointed under section five, to perform, under the direction of the clerk of the courts for the county of Worcester, the duties of clerk pertaining to the criminal proceedings in said court, and such other duties as the clerk shall determine, who shall receive from said county, in addition to the salary paid to him as an assistant clerk under section four, a sum equivalent to ten per cent of the salary of the clerk.
2023 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 6g - Superior Court for County of Middlesex; Criminal Proceedings Clerk

Section 6G. The justices of the superior court may designate, for a term of three years from the date of such designation, one of the assistant clerks for the county of Middlesex, appointed under section five, to perform, under the direction of the clerk of the courts for the county of Middlesex, the duties of clerk pertaining to the criminal proceedings in said court, who shall receive from said county, in addition to the salary paid to him as an assistant clerk under section four, a sum equivalent to ten per cent of the salary of the clerk.
2023 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 6i - Superior Court for County of Plymouth; Equity Proceedings Clerk

Section 6I. The justices of the superior court may designate for a term of three years from the date of such designation, one of the assistant clerks for the county of Plymouth, to perform, under the direction of the clerk of courts for the county of Plymouth, the duties of clerk pertaining to the equity proceedings of said court, who shall receive from said county, in addition to the salary paid to him as an assistant clerk, a sum equivalent to five per cent of the salary of the clerk.
2023 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 6j - Superior Court for County of Plymouth; Criminal Proceedings Clerk

Section 6J. The justices of the superior court may designate, for a term of three years from the date of such designation, one of the assistant clerks for the county of Plymouth, appointed under section five, to perform, under the direction of the clerk of the courts for the county of Plymouth, the duties of clerk pertaining to the criminal proceedings in said court, who shall receive from said county, in addition to the salary paid to him as an assistant clerk under section five, a sum equivalent to ten per cent of the salary of the clerk.
2023 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 6k - Superior Court for County of Hampden; Equity Proceedings Clerk

Section 6K. The justices of the superior court may designate, for a term of three years from the date of such designation, one of the assistant clerks for the county of Hampden, appointed under section five, to perform under the direction of the clerk of courts for the county of Hampden, the duties of clerk pertaining to the equity proceedings in said court, and such other duties as the clerk shall determine, who shall receive from said county, in addition to the salary paid to him as an assistant clerk under section four, a sum equivalent to five per cent of the salary of the clerk.
2023 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 6l - Superior Court for County of Hampden; Criminal Proceedings Clerk

Section 6L. The justices of the superior court may designate, for a term of three years from the date of such designation, one of the assistant clerks for the county of Hampden, appointed under section five, to perform, under the direction of the clerk of courts for the county of Hampden, the duties of the clerk pertaining to the criminal proceedings in said court, and such other duties as the clerk shall determine, who shall receive from said county, in addition to the salary paid to him as an assistant clerk under section four, a sum equivalent to ten per cent of the salary of the clerk.
2023 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 6m - Superior Court for County of Bristol; Criminal Proceedings Clerk

Section 6M. The clerk of the courts for the county of Bristol may designate, subject to removal by the court or by the clerk, one of the assistant clerks for said county, appointed under section five, to perform, under the direction of said clerk, the duties of clerk pertaining to the criminal proceedings in said court, who shall receive from said county, in addition to the salary paid to him as an assistant clerk under section five, a sum equivalent to ten per cent of the salary of the clerk.
2023 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 6n - Superior Court for County of Bristol; Civil Proceedings Clerk

Section 6N. The clerk of the courts for the county of Bristol may designate, subject to removal by the court or by the clerk, one of the assistant clerks for said county to perform, under the direction of said clerk, the duties of clerk pertaining to the civil proceedings in said court. The assistant clerk shall receive from the commonwealth a sum equivalent to 5 per cent of the salary of the clerk in addition to the salary paid to the assistant.
2023 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 6o - Superior Court for County of Bristol; Equity Proceedings Clerk

Section 6O. The clerk of the courts for the county of Bristol may designate, subject to removal by the court or by the clerk, one of the assistant clerks for said county to perform, under the direction of the clerk, the duties of clerk pertaining to the equity proceedings in said court. The assistant clerk shall receive from the commonwealth a sum equivalent to 5 per cent of the salary of the clerk in addition to the salary paid to him as an assistant clerk.
2023 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 7 - Deputy Assistant Clerks

Section 7. The clerks of the courts may designate such employees in their offices, as in their judgment may be necessary for the convenience of the public, as deputy assistant clerks of the courts, who shall have the same authority to administer oaths as the assistant clerks of the courts. Under the direction of the clerk, such of his duties as clerk of the county commissioners as he shall designate shall be performed by a deputy assistant clerk. The clerks of the courts may from time to time, as necessity or the public convenience requires, authorize in writing one or more deputy assistant clerks, designated as aforesaid, to act as assistant clerks of the courts and may in like manner invest them with such powers of assistant clerks as may be necessary for the purpose.
2023 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 8 - Temporary Clerks

Section 8. If by reason of illness or other cause the clerk of the courts in any county, or of the supreme judicial court in Suffolk county, is unable to perform his duties, and there is no assistant clerk or he also is unable to perform the duties of his office, the justices of the supreme judicial court may appoint a temporary clerk, who shall perform the duties of the office until the clerk or assistant clerk resumes his duties. The justices of the superior court may appoint a temporary clerk if a clerk and assistant clerk of that court in Suffolk county cannot perform the duties of the office. When after any such temporary appointment the clerk or assistant clerk resumes his duties, he shall make a record of that fact, with the date, under his signature, in the latest book of records in each of his courts.
2023 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 9 - Temporary Assistant Clerks; Manner of Appointment

Section 9. If an assistant clerk of the courts is unable to perform the duties of his office, a temporary assistant clerk may be appointed in the same manner as an assistant clerk and he shall perform the duties of that office until the assistant clerk resumes his duties.
2023 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 10 - Temporary Clerk; Appointment by Court

Section 10. If at a sitting of any court neither the clerk nor assistant clerk is present, the court may appoint a temporary clerk, who shall perform the duties of the office during the sitting or until the clerk or assistant clerk resumes his duties, unless an appointment under one of the two preceding sections is sooner made or unless a new clerk has qualified.
2023 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 11 - Oath of Clerk

Section 11. The clerk, assistant clerk, temporary clerk and temporary assistant clerk of a court shall be sworn before a justice thereof, who shall, upon administering the oaths of office, forthwith make return of such act with the date thereof to the state secretary.
2023 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 12 - Bonds of Clerks

Section 12. The clerk and assistant clerk of the supreme judicial court for the commonwealth shall each, before entering upon the performance of his duties, and thereafter, at intervals of not more than one year, so long as he continues to hold such office, give bond, in the sum of two thousand dollars, conditioned to perform faithfully his official duties, payable to the state treasurer, with a surety company authorized to transact business in the commonwealth, as surety. Each clerk of the courts shall give bond in like manner to the commonwealth, conditioned to perform faithfully his official duties, with a surety company authorized to transact business in the commonwealth, as surety, in a sum not less than five thousand dollars. If the administrative justice shall so prescribe by rule, assistant clerks of the superior court department shall give bond in like manner and in a sum determined by said administrative justice.
2023 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 13 - Assistant Clerk; Notice to Secretary of State of Vacancies

Section 13. Each clerk shall forthwith report to the state secretary a vacancy in the office of assistant clerk, and shall report the name and residence of the person appointed to fill such vacancy, and the date of the expiration of the term of service.
2023 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 14 - General Duties of Clerks

Section 14. The clerks shall attend all the courts of which they are clerks when held in their respective counties, and the sessions of the county commissioners, and shall record their proceedings; and shall have the care and custody of all the records, books and papers, whether in physical or electronic form, which pertain to, or are filed or deposited in, their respective offices. The duties of the clerks, so far as they relate to the county commissioners, may be performed by deputy assistant clerks designated under section seven.
2023 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 15 - Supreme Judicial Court in Suffolk; Duties of Clerk and Assistant Clerk

Section 15. The clerk of the supreme judicial court for Suffolk county shall attend all sessions of the court, except when sitting as a full court; shall record the proceedings and shall preserve all the files and papers thereof, including electronic filings; shall keep an electronic or paper docket record of all complaints, petitions, including petitions for admission to the bar, or other processes presented to the court. The clerk shall maintain care and custody of all court forms, all electronic and paper dockets, all electronic and paper information, including but not limited to notes, data, audit trails, statutes, and statistics, all electronic and paper reports of every nature and description, and all records, books and papers, both in electronic and paper format, which are filed or deposited in the county clerk's office. The clerk shall make copies of all papers on file in the court and of the docket record thereof, if desired, and certify them under the seal of the court, shall issue such writs or other processes as the court orders, shall charge the fees provided by law for like services for clerks of courts, and if no express fee is provided, the clerk shall receive a fair compensation for the services required in analogy to like services for which a compensation is fixed by law. Each assistant clerk shall under the direction of the clerk perform any of the above duties of the clerk and shall pay over to the clerk all fees and amounts received as such assistant. When the assistant clerk is so acting his attestation as assistant clerk shall be sufficient without further designation. The clerk of the supreme judicial court for Suffolk county shall have responsibility for the internal administration of the clerk's office, including, personnel, staff services and record keeping.
2023 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 16 - Superior Court in Suffolk; Duties of Clerk

Section 16. The clerk of the superior court for civil business in Suffolk county, or such assistant clerk of said court as the justices thereof designate for such duty, shall act as clerk of said court when sitting in Boston for the hearing of cases from any other county, and for such purposes as the court may order.
2023 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 16a - Unified Session Clerk; Designation

Section 16A. The clerk of the superior court for criminal business in Suffolk county may designate, with the approval of the chief justice of the trial court, 1 assistant clerk appointed under section 5, as the unified session clerk to perform, under the direction of the clerk of the superior court for criminal business in Suffolk county, duties pertaining to the statewide unified session for trials and hearings relative to the determination of sexually dangerous persons pursuant to section 9 of chapter 123A. Such clerk shall receive, in addition to the salary paid to an assistant clerk under section 4, a sum equivalent to 10 per cent of the salary of an assistant clerk.
2023 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 17 - Electronic Rendering or Facsimile of Signature of Clerk; Signature of Assistant Clerk

Section 17. An authorized electronic rendering or a facsimile of the signature of the clerk of any court in the commonwealth, imprinted by him upon any writ, summons, subpoena, order of notice or order of attachment, except executions, shall have the same validity as his written signature.
The name of an assistant clerk of any court, followed by the designation ''assistant clerk'' shall be a sufficient official signature.
2023 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 18 - Affidavits in Court Proceedings

Section 18. Any affidavit required in any action or proceeding pending in any court in the commonwealth may be made and sworn to before a clerk or assistant clerk of such court.
2023 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 19 - Duty to Forward Notices of Appeal, etc., to Attorney General

Section 19. The clerks shall cause one or more copies of all notices of appeal, orders for the report of cases, and bills of exceptions in criminal matters which may be filed or allowed in cases in which the attorney general appears for the commonwealth to be printed and forwarded to him at Boston as soon as may be after they have been filed or allowed.
2023 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 20 - Rescripts, Notice Of

Section 20. When a rescript is filed in a case or proceeding in any court, the clerk, register or recorder of such court shall forthwith give notice thereof to an attorney of record of each party. The clerk of the supreme judicial court for the commonwealth shall transmit a copy of each rescript to the reporter of decisions.
2023 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 22 - Orders of Notice; Power of Clerk to Issue

Section 22. A clerk of the courts may issue any order of notice upon any complaint or other proceeding in a civil action which might be issued by court; but the court or a justice thereof may cause additional notice to be given.
2023 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 23 - Alphabetical List of Parties

Section 23. Each clerk shall keep an alphabetical list of the names of all parties to every action or judgment recorded in the records and a reference to the book and page thereof; and, if there are two or more plaintiffs or defendants, the name of each and a like reference shall be inserted in its appropriate place in the alphabetical list.
2023 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 26 - Physicians or Unregistered Practitioners Convicted of Crimes; Clerk to Report Convictions to Board of Registration in Medicine

Section 26. The clerk of any court in which a physician registered in the commonwealth is convicted of any crime or in which an unregistered practitioner is convicted of holding himself out as a practitioner of medicine or of practicing medicine shall, within one week thereafter, report the same to the board of registration in medicine together with a copy of the court proceedings in the case. For the purposes of this section, a person shall be deemed to be convicted of a crime if he pleaded guilty or was found or adjudged guilty by a court of competent jurisdiction.
In the instance where a physician pleads nolo contendere to charges or where sufficient facts of guilt were found and the matter was continued without a finding by a court of competent jurisdiction, such clerk shall, within one week thereafter, report the same to the board of registration in medicine together with a copy of the court proceedings in the case.
2023 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 27 - Extension of Papers on Record

Section 27. The supreme judicial court shall by rule or order direct in what manner and to what extent, if any, the papers in causes which are entered in any court of the commonwealth shall be extended upon the records, after final judgment or otherwise, and what shall be a final record. Such rule or order shall specify whether such extension shall be in whole or in part, shall be in long hand, typewriting, print or otherwise, or shall consist of the filing of original papers in such causes by loose leaf system or otherwise.
2023 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 28 - Records; Duty of Clerk to Exhibit

Section 28. The clerks of the courts in the several counties and of the supreme judicial and superior courts in Suffolk county shall at the first sitting in each year of the supreme judicial court in their counties exhibit their latest books of records to a justice of the court, who shall cause errors and defects therein to be corrected.
2023 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 29 - Records; Duty of Justices to Inspect

Section 29. The justices of the several courts shall inspect the doings of the clerks from time to time, and shall see that the records are made up seasonably and kept in good order; and if the records are left incomplete for more than six consecutive months, such neglect unless caused by illness or casualty shall be adjudged a forfeiture of the bond of the clerk.
2023 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 30 - Forfeiture of Bond

Section 30. If any neglect causes a forfeiture of the bond of a clerk or assistant clerk, the justices shall forthwith give written notice thereof to the treasurer having custody thereof, who shall thereupon cause suit to be brought thereon. The amount recovered in such suit shall be applied to the expense of making up the deficient records under the direction of the court in whose records the deficiency exists, and the surplus, if any, shall be carried into the account of such treasurer.
2023 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 31 - Misconduct in Office; Liability

Section 31. The two preceding sections shall not exempt a clerk or assistant clerk from an action for any other breach of the condition of his bond or from his liability in any other way or to any party for neglect or misconduct in his office.
2023 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 32 - Fees; Duty of Clerks to Account

Section 32. The clerks of the courts in the several counties, and of the supreme judicial court and superior court department for Suffolk county, shall keep cash books, which shall be the property of the commonwealth and shall be and remain a part of the records of the courts, in which they shall keep accounts of all fees received by them for their official acts and services, including fees for copies which they are not required by law to furnish, fees and money in proceedings relative to naturalization or for naturalization certificates, and all fees and money of whatever description or character received by them, or by any assistant or other person in their offices or employment, for any acts done or services rendered in connection with their said offices, and shall on or before the tenth day of each month pay over to the state treasurer all fees received during the preceding calendar month, and shall render therewith a sworn account thereof; provided, that said clerks shall account for and pay over to the United States bureau of naturalization in accordance with the federal laws as to naturalization such part of any moneys received by them under or by authority of such laws as they are required thereby to account for and pay over.
2023 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 33 - Assistant Clerk; Duties

Section 33. Each assistant clerk shall under the direction of the clerk perform any of the duties of the clerk and shall pay over to him all fees and amounts received as such assistant. In the absence or upon the resignation, death or removal of the clerk, the assistant clerk shall perform his duties under the direction of the court until he returns or until a new clerk has qualified, and upon the death, removal or resignation of the clerk, the assistant clerk shall account with, and pay over the money in his hands to, the officer to whom the clerk is by law required to account.
2023 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 34a - Establishment; Purpose; Membership; Term

Section 34A. There shall be a judicial council for the continuous study of the organization, rules and methods of procedure and practice of the judicial system of the commonwealth, the work accomplished, and the results produced by that system and its various parts. Said council shall be composed of the chief justice of the supreme judicial court or some other justice or former justice of that court appointed from time to time by him; the chief justice of the appeals court or some other justice or former justice of that court appointed from time to time by him; the administrative justice for each department of the trial court or some other justice or former justice appointed to said department, or division thereof as the case may be, or to a predecessor court of said department or division, appointed from time to time by said administrative justice; and not more than four members of the bar all to be appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the executive council. The appointments by the governor shall be for such periods, not exceeding four years, as he shall determine.
2023 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 34b - Reports to Governor; Rules of Practice and Procedure

Section 34B. The judicial council shall report annually on or before December first to the governor upon the work of the various branches of the judicial system. Said council may also from time to time submit for the consideration of the justices of the various courts such suggestions in regard to rules of practice and procedure as it may deem advisable.
2023 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 34c - Compensation; Clerical Expenses

Section 34C. No member of said council, except as hereinafter provided, shall receive any compensation for his services, but said council and the several members thereof shall be allowed from the state treasury out of any appropriation made for the purpose such expenses for clerical and other services, travel and incidentals as the governor and council shall approve. The secretary of said council, whether or not a member thereof, shall receive from the commonwealth a salary of ten thousand dollars.
2023 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 35 - Appointment; Statements of Financial Interest

Section 35. There shall be a board of bar examiners consisting of five persons, at least four of whom shall be residents of different counties, one of whom shall annually be appointed by the justices of the supreme judicial court for a term of five years from October first in the year of his appointment, and who may be removed by them. Such justices may fill vacancies.
The supreme judicial court shall require the members of the board of bar examiners to file statements of financial interest. Such statements so filed shall be confidential.
2023 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 36 - Examinations for Admission to Bar; Eligibility; Board Expenses

Section 36. Said board may, subject to the approval of the supreme judicial court, make rules with reference to examinations for admission to the bar and the qualifications of applicants therefor, and determine the time and place of such examinations, and conduct the same; provided, that any applicant for admission to the bar who is a graduate of a college or who has complied with the entrance requirements of a college, or who has fulfilled for two years the requirements of a day or evening high school or of a school of equal grade, shall not be required to take any examination as to his general education; and provided, further, that no applicant for an examination for admission to the bar shall be restricted as to the number of times he may take such an examination. The expenses of said board, as certified by its chairman and approved by a justice of the supreme judicial court, shall be paid by the commonwealth, together with such compensation to each member as the justices of the supreme judicial court approve.
2023 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 36a - Admission to the Bar; Educational Requirements of World War II Veterans

Section 36A. No rule requiring that an applicant for admission to the bar shall have completed any college work shall apply to any person who served in the armed forces of the United States during World War II.
2023 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 37 - Petition for Examination for Admission to the Bar; Fees

Section 37. A citizen of the United States, if over eighteen, may file a petition in the supreme judicial court or superior court to be examined for admission as an attorney at law. Unless the court otherwise orders, the clerk of such court shall refer the petition to the board of bar examiners to ascertain his acquirements and qualifications. If the board reports that the petitioner is of good moral character and sufficient acquirements and qualifications and recommends his admission, he shall be admitted unless the court otherwise determines, and thereafter may practice in all the courts of the commonwealth. A petitioner to be examined for admission shall pay to the clerk of the court in which his petition is filed a fee of $800 upon the entry of his petition and a further fee of $800 upon the entry of any subsequent petition. A member of the bar of any other state who applies to be admitted without examination shall pay to the clerk of the court in which his petition is filed a fee of $1,000. Any person who requests to have their bar examination scores transferred to another jurisdiction shall pay a fee of $25 for each transfer. If the board determines to allow petitioners for examination to use approved computers in connection with any portion of the examination, petitioners who use such computers shall pay a fee of $75 for such use; provided, that such a fee shall not be assessed against any petitioner who is granted permission to use such a computer by reason of any physical or mental impairment or other disability that substantially and mentally limits the individual's ability to complete the bar examination. Such fees shall be paid over to the commonwealth.
2023 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 38 - Oath of Office

Section 38. Whoever is admitted as an attorney shall in open court take and subscribe the oaths to support the constitution of the United States and of the commonwealth; and the following oath of office shall be administered to and subscribed by him:
I (repeat the name) solemnly swear that I will do no falsehood, nor consent to the doing of any in court; I will not wittingly or willingly promote or sue any false, groundless or unlawful suit, nor give aid or consent to the same; I will delay no man for lucre or malice; but I will conduct myself in the office of an attorney within the courts according to the best of my knowledge and discretion, and with all good fidelity as well to the courts as my clients. So help me God.
2023 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 38a - Aliens; Petitions and Examinations

Section 38A. Every alien who has made the primary declaration to become a citizen of the United States under the federal naturalization laws shall, upon otherwise complying with section thirty-seven, be permitted to file a petition in the supreme judicial or superior court to be examined for admission as an attorney at law, and to take the examinations held under said section; provided, that upon passing such examinations and otherwise meeting the requirements for admission as set forth in said section, the board of bar examiners shall not recommend his admission until satisfied that the applicant has become a citizen of the United States. No alien who claimed exemption during the world war on the ground of being an alien shall be entitled to the benefits of this section.
2023 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 39 - Attorneys From Sister States; Conditions for Admissions

Section 39. A citizen of the United States, whether man or woman, who has been admitted as an attorney or counsellor of the highest judicial court of any state, district, territory or country of which he was an inhabitant may, upon petition to the supreme judicial or the superior court be admitted to practice in all the courts of the commonwealth upon the production of satisfactory evidence of his good moral character and professional qualifications.
2023 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 40 - Removal; Grounds; Expenses

Section 40. An attorney may be removed by the supreme judicial or superior court for deceit, malpractice or other gross misconduct, and shall also be liable in damages to the person injured thereby, and to such other punishment as may be provided by law. Whenever a petition is filed for the removal of an attorney, the proceedings thereafter shall be conducted by an attorney to be designated by the court. The expenses of the inquiry and proceedings in either court shall be paid as in criminal prosecutions in the superior court.
2023 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 41 - Unauthorized Practice of Law; Solicitation of Business; Penalty

Section 41. Whoever has been so removed and continues thereafter to practice law or to receive any fee for his services as an attorney at law rendered after such removal, or who holds himself out, or who represents or advertises himself as an attorney or counsellor at law, or whoever, not having been lawfully admitted to practice as an attorney at law, represents himself to be an attorney or counsellor at law, or to be lawfully qualified to practice in the courts of the commonwealth, by means of a sign, business card, letter head or otherwise, or holds himself out or represents or advertises himself as having authority or power in behalf of persons who have claims for damages to procure settlements of such claims for damages either to person or property, or whoever, not being an attorney at law, solicits or procures from any such person or his representative, either for himself or another, the management or control of any such claim, or authority to adjust or bring suit to recover for the same, or solicits for himself or another from a person accused of crime or his representative the right to defend the accused person, shall be punished for a first offence by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than six months, and for a subsequent offence by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year.
2023 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 42 - Standing of Attorneys; Records

Section 42. The clerk of the supreme judicial court for Suffolk county shall cause to be made, and shall keep, a complete record in suitable form of all persons who are, or ever have been, or hereafter become, attorneys at law in this commonwealth, and of the suspension, removal or disbarment of such as have been or hereafter shall be suspended, removed or disbarred. Clerks of courts and other persons in whose custody there may be any record of an admission to the bar of an attorney at law, any record of a petition for suspension or removal therefrom, or of a judgment or decree of suspension or removal from practice of any attorney at law, shall within one month after the date of such record report the same to the clerk of the supreme judicial court for Suffolk county. The record of said clerk relative to an admission to the bar, or a suspension or removal therefrom, shall be prima facie evidence of the facts recorded. A certificate thereof signed by the clerk or assistant clerk shall be admissible as evidence of such record.
2023 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 43 - Claims for Damages; Solicitation Prohibited

Section 43. No attorney at law shall, through any runner, agent or person, hereinafter called a runner, who is employed by him solicit a person to employ him, nor shall any such runner solicit a person to employ such attorney, to present a claim for damages, or to prosecute an action for the enforcement thereof, and no attorney at law or runner shall directly or indirectly give or promise any person any money, fee, commission, profitable employment or other personal advantage in consideration of his employing such attorney on behalf of a person having a claim for damages, or of his soliciting or procuring the person who has such claim to employ such attorney to present such claim or to prosecute an action for the enforcement thereof. No attorney at law shall appear in any action or suit for the enforcement of a claim in connection with which he has violated this section. A district court, upon complaint alleging violation of any provision of this section by any runner who resides or has a place of business within its judicial district, may issue an order of notice to the person complained of to show cause why he should not be ordered to desist and refrain from violation of any such provision on penalty of contempt.
2023 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 44 - Disqualification for Violation of Sec. 43

Section 44. If it appears to the satisfaction of the court that an attorney whose appearance has been entered in any suit has in connection therewith violated the preceding section, such attorney may in the discretion of the court be disqualified from further acting in said suit, and the court may make an order for continuance, or for another and speedy trial, or such other order for the protection of the interests of the parties, as justice may require, and may deny the right to collect costs wholly or in part to any party to the suit.