Section 61 – Witness Certificates; Purchase of Orders, etc., by Officers Prohibited
Section 61. A sheriff, deputy sheriff or other officer who takes the certificates of witnesses in criminal cases shall not purchase or discount or have any interest in orders drawn or demands upon the treasury by such witnesses.
Section 62 – False Certificates of Witnesses; Penalty
Section 62. Whoever, with intent to defraud, signs or procures to be signed a certificate of attendance or travel as a witness before a court, or reference founded upon a rule of court, in any case in which the witness did not so attend, or for a greater number of days than he actually attended, […]
Section 63 – Delinquent Magistrate; Refusal of Fees
Section 63. If the administration of justice or the progress of business in criminal proceedings is delayed, obstructed or prevented by the negligence of a magistrate in certifying and returning recognizances, records or other official papers which it is his duty to transmit to a higher court, or in omitting the formalities required by law, […]
Section 64 – Complainant; Refusal of Fees
Section 64. If the court finds that a complaint in a criminal case is unfounded, frivolous or malicious, it may refuse to allow any fees to the complainant.
Section 39 – Land Court; Numeration of Fees
Section 39. The fees payable under chapter one hundred and eighty-five shall be as follows: For the entry of every original petition, complaint or writ and transmitting it to the recorder, when filed with an assistant recorder, $240. For the entry of complaint to foreclose tax lien $200. An additional fee of $90 shall be […]
Section 40 – Registers of Probate and Family Court; Enumeration of Fees
Section 40. The fees of the registers of the probate and family court, shall be as follows: for the filing of an amended or substituted account, for a petition for the allowance of an account, $75; for the filing of an account, including a common trust fund account, if the gross value accounted for in […]
Section 40a – Child Support Collection Services; Fee
Section 40A. The probate and family court department shall impose a fee for child support collection services furnished under chapter two hundred and eight, two hundred and nine or any other chapter in which an individual may be ordered to pay support on behalf of another. The amount of the fee and the manner in […]
Section 41 – Notaries Public; Enumeration of Fees
Section 41. The fees of notaries public shall be as follows: For the protest of a bill of exchange, order, draft or check for non-acceptance or non-payment, or of a promissory note for non-payment, if the amount thereof is five hundred dollars or more, one dollar; if it is less than five hundred dollars, fifty […]
Section 42 – Commissioners in Other States; Enumeration of Fees
Section 42. The fees of commissioners appointed under section four of chapter two hundred and twenty-two shall be as follows: For administering oaths and certifying the same under their official seals, one dollar for each; for taking acknowledgments of deeds and other instruments and certifying the same under their official seals, one dollar for each; […]
Section 43 – Construction
Section 43. The fees of public officers for any official duty or service shall, except as otherwise provided, be at the rate prescribed in this chapter for like services.