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 […]
Section 35 – Marriages
Section 35. The fee for lawfully solemnizing and certifying a marriage shall not exceed $100 if performed in the justice of the peace’s home community or $150 if performed in any municipality in the commonwealth; provided, however, that no additional charge shall be made for travel in connection with such solemnization notwithstanding any law to […]
Section 48 – Criminal Cases; Service of Several Processes on Single Defendant; Allowance of Fees
Section 48. If more than one criminal process is served upon the same defendant on the same day, or if two or more prisoners are conveyed at one time by the same officer, by virtue of a mittimus, habeas corpus or state prison warrant, either on one process or on several processes, one traveling fee […]
Section 36 – Certification
Section 36. The fee for copies of any official papers or articles of organization certified by the state secretary shall be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven. The fee for the state secretary’s certificate on copies or otherwise shall be determined also under the […]
Section 49 – Mittimus; Fees for Issuance or Service; Limitations
Section 49. No fee shall be allowed to a trial justice for issuing more than one mittimus, nor to an officer for the service of more than one mittimus, in cases in which two or more persons are jointly convicted and sentenced to the same place of imprisonment; and, if the superior court is of […]
Section 37 – Records or Papers; Examination
Section 37. Every person upon whose application an examination of records or papers is made by direction of the state secretary shall pay to the secretary therefor the actual expense thereof, and of copying the manuscript or record required; but any person whom the secretary considers to be entitled to exemption from said fees shall […]
Section 50 – Salaried Officers; Limitation on Acceptance of Fees; Penalty
Section 50. No officer in attendance on any court, sheriff, deputy sheriff, jailer, constable, city marshal or other police officer who receives a salary or an allowance by the day or hour from the commonwealth or from a county, city or town shall, except as otherwise hereinafter provided, be paid any fee or extra compensation […]