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Section 1Justices of the peace; enumeration of fees
Section 2Fees of clerks of district and Boston municipal court departments in civil actions
Section 2ARepealed, 2004, 309, Sec. 1
Section 3Special justices
Section 3AChild support collection services; fee
Section 4Fees of clerks of supreme judicial, county and appeals courts
Section 4AClerks of superior court department
Section 4BUniform schedule of fees
Section 4CSurcharge on filing fees
Section 4DRepealed, 2004, 310, Sec. 1
Section 5Copies provided by clerks
Section 6Record of judgment; additional fees
Section 7Manner of collection
Section 8Sheriffs, deputy sheriffs and constables; enumeration of fees
Section 8AAnnual accounts of deputy sheriffs and constables
Section 9Process; service; return by mail
Section 10Conveyance; necessity of certificate
Section 11Leaving copy of writ
Section 12Deputy sheriff; attendance upon meetings of county commissioners
Section 13Precepts for elections; subpoenas of general court; service
Section 14Arrest on mesne process and supplementary proceedings
Section 15Copies of process
Section 16Service of process issued by land court
Section 17Execution of ejectment; service
Section 18Officers; duty to specify items of fees
Section 19Endorsement of fees; certificate of use of conveyance; penalty
Section 20Search for person named in process
Section 21Criminal cases; allowance of expenses
Section 22Attendance upon certain courts
Section 23Examination of sureties; approval of bonds
Section 24Bail fees; persons authorized to take bail; restrictions
Section 25Compensation of jurors
Section 26Inquests; service of process
Section 27Juvenile offenders; officer as a witness
Section 28Repealed, 1971, 1076, Sec. 14
Section 29Witness fees
Section 30Witness held in jail
Section 31Appraisers; compensation
Section 32Interpreters and nonresident witnesses
Section 33Witnesses in delinquency cases
Section 34Town clerks; enumeration of fees
Section 34ARepealed, 1981, 684, Sec. 19
Section 35Marriages
Section 36Certification
Section 37Records or papers; examination
Section 38Registers of deeds’ enumeration of fees
Section 39Land court; numeration of fees
Section 40Registers of probate and family court; enumeration of fees
Section 40AChild support collection services; fee
Section 41Notaries public; enumeration of fees
Section 42Commissioners in other states; enumeration of fees
Section 43Construction
Section 44Copies
Section 44ACertified copies of vital records; exemption
Section 45Page defined
Section 46List of fees; manner of posting
Section 46ACopies of records concerning veterans; furnishings without charge
Section 47Criminal cases; return of expense under oath
Section 48Criminal cases; service of several processes on single defendant; allowance of fees
Section 49Mittimus; fees for issuance or service; limitations
Section 50Salaried officers; limitation on acceptance of fees; penalty
Section 51Criminal cases; additional fees and expenses
Section 52Repealed, 1978, 478, Sec. 276
Section 53Attendance of police officers on vacation, furlough or day off as witnesses; criminal or juvenile cases
Section 53APolice officers as witnesses outside place of residence; criminal, juvenile or superior courts
Section 53BWitness fees of uniformed members of department of state police
Section 53CCompensatory time off to police officers
Section 54Repealed, 1970, 546
Section 55Railroad police
Section 56Witness fees of public officers; disallowance
Section 57Public officers as witnesses; allowance of expenses
Section 58Penalty
Section 59Witness in multiple criminal cases; apportionment of fees
Section 60Witnesses’ fees; refusal in certain cases
Section 61Witness certificates; purchase of orders, etc., by officers prohibited
Section 62False certificates of witnesses; penalty
Section 63Delinquent magistrate; refusal of fees
Section 64Complainant; refusal of fees