Section 53b – Witness Fees of Uniformed Members of Department of State Police
Section 53B. Any uniformed member of the department of state police, appointed under section ten of chapter twenty-two C, on duty at night, or on vacation or furlough, or on a day off, who attends as a witness in a civil or criminal suit pending in a district court or in a juvenile court or […]
Section 53c – Compensatory Time Off to Police Officers
Section 53C. Any police officer, including an officer of the department of state police appointed under section ten of chapter twenty-two C, on duty at night or on vacation, furlough or on a day off, who attends as a witness for the commonwealth in a criminal case pending in a district court, including the municipal […]
Section 55 – Railroad Police
Section 55. Railroad police shall not be entitled to any fees for attendance upon a trial as witnesses for the commonwealth, but they may be allowed their necessary expenses therefor.
Section 56 – Witness Fees of Public Officers; Disallowance
Section 56. Except as otherwise provided, an officer of the commonwealth whose salary is fixed by law, or any employee of the commonwealth receiving regular compensation therefrom shall not be entitled to a witness fee before any court in a cause in which the commonwealth is a party. An officer whose compensation is derived solely […]
Section 44 – Copies
Section 44. The department of public utilities or the department of telecommunications and cable may charge a fee to be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven for copies of official documents and orders relating to common and contract carriers. Other public officers required by […]
Section 44a – Certified Copies of Vital Records; Exemption
Section 44A. The fee for a certified copy of a birth, marriage or death record issued by the office of the commissioner of public health shall be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven; except that any person whom the commissioner or registrar of vital […]
Section 45 – Page Defined
Section 45. A page, when used as the measure of computation, shall mean two hundred and twenty-four words.
Section 46 – List of Fees; Manner of Posting
Section 46. Each of the officers before mentioned shall always keep posted in a conspicuous and convenient place in his office a printed or written list of the fees prescribed in this chapter so far as they relate to him.
Section 46a – Copies of Records Concerning Veterans; Furnishings Without Charge
Section 46A. No fee for a copy of any record relating to the birth, death, marriage, divorce, adoption or change of name of any veteran, as defined in clause Forty-third of section seven of chapter four, or relating to any person a copy of whose like record is necessary to assist in proving a claim […]
Section 47 – Criminal Cases; Return of Expense Under Oath
Section 47. No fees shall be allowed upon the return of an officer upon a precept in a criminal case, in which expenses are charged, unless every item of expense incurred and the name of the person to whom each amount was paid is set forth under oath in the return; and no item of […]