General Laws

[ Text of section effective until July 1, 2012. For text effective July 1, 2012, see below.]

  Section 72. Officers appointed as court officers to attend upon the sessions of the supreme judicial, appeals or superior court in any county, including chief deputies, assistant chief deputies and all chief court officers designated under section seventy-one, shall hold office during good behavior and until they are removed by the chief administrative justice or, with respect to court officers of the supreme judicial court and the appeals court, their respective chief justices, for cause.

Chapter 221: Section 72. Tenure

[ Text of section as amended by 2011, 93, Sec. 102 effective July 1, 2012. See 2011, 93, Sec. 137. For text effective until July 1, 2012, see above.]

  Section 72. Officers appointed as court officers to attend upon the sessions of the supreme judicial, appeals or superior court in any county, including chief deputies, assistant chief deputies and all chief court officers designated under section seventy-one, shall hold office during good behavior and until they are removed by the court administrator or, with respect to court officers of the supreme judicial court and the appeals court, their respective chief justices, for cause.