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.
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 […]