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 53 – Attendance of Police Officers on Vacation, Furlough or Day Off as Witnesses; Criminal or Juvenile Cases
Section 53. Any police officer on duty at night, on vacation, furlough or on a day off, who attends as a witness in a criminal case pending in a district court, including the municipal court of the city of Boston, or in a juvenile court, including Boston juvenile court, shall be allowed a witness fee […]
Section 53a – Police Officers as Witnesses Outside Place of Residence; Criminal, Juvenile or Superior Courts
Section 53A. Any police officer named in section fifty and section fifty-three who attends as a witness at a place other than his residence in a criminal case pending in a district court, including the municipal court of the city of Boston, or in a juvenile court, or in the superior court shall be paid […]
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 […]