Section 1 - Complaint; warrant for designated property or articles; search incident to arrest; documentary evidence subject to privilege
Section 1A - Articles belonging to subversive organizations
Section 1B - Search warrants for records possessed by foreign corporations providing electronic communication or remote computing services
Section 2 - Requisites of warrant
Section 2A - Form of warrant
Section 2B - Affidavit in support of application for warrant; contents and form
Section 2C - Manner of issuing warrants; application of Secs. 2, 2A and 2B
Section 3 - Seizure, custody and disposition of articles; exceptions
Section 3A - Time for return of warrant
Section 4 - Notice before forfeiture of property
Section 5 - Service of notice
Section 6 - Postponement of trial; further notice
Section 7 - Sale or destruction of property seized; disposition of proceeds
Section 8 - Appeal; recognizance; jury trial; conformity to criminal cases; disposition of articles
Section 9 - Rewards offered by governor; determination of claims
Section 10 - Rewards offered for detecting or securing persons committing certain offenses; determination of claims
Section 10A - Authority of officer of another state to arrest felon
Section 10B - Proceedings after arrest
Section 10C - Partial invalidity
Section 10D - Citation of law; uniform construction
Section 11 - Definitions
Section 12 - Arrest and delivery of accused to executives of another state; governor’s authority
Section 13 - Surrendering accused not in demanding state at time of crime or leaving demanding state involuntarily
Section 14 - Written demand; allegations; accompanying papers; charge of crime; authentication of copies of papers
Section 15 - Investigation of demand and report to governor
Section 16 - Governor’s warrant of arrest; recital of facts
Section 17 - Arrest and delivery of accused; commanding aid
Section 18 - Authority to command assistance; penalties for refusal
Section 19 - Rights of arrested person; habeas corpus; notice; penalty
Section 20 - Confinement of accused; expense; evidence of transportation to demanding state; new requisition
Section 20A - Warrant to apprehend on oath or affidavit; copies of papers attached
Section 20B - Arrest without warrant; taking accused before court or justice; complaint
Section 20C - Commitment to permit arrest under warrant of governor on requisition
Section 20D - Bail
Section 20E - Discharge; recommitment; bail
Section 20F - Forfeiture of bail
Section 20G - Prosecution pending in commonwealth
Section 20H - Inquiry into guilt or innocence
Section 20I - Recall of warrant or issuance of another
Section 20J - Waiver of warrant and procedure, etc.
Section 20K - Warrant to receive accused and convey him to proper county; proceedings pending in another state
Section 20L - Application for requisition
Section 20M - Payment of agent’s expenses
Section 20N - Service of process in civil action on accused; immunity
Section 20O - Trying for other crimes; immunity
Section 20P - Waiver by commonwealth
Section 20Q - Partial validity
Section 20R - Citation of law; uniform construction
Section 21 - Justices may issue process
Section 22 - Warrants, procedure for issuance
Section 23 - Service of warrants and other processes
Section 23A - Warrant management system
Section 23B - Annual list of persons registered with licensing authorities; department of criminal justice information services; outstanding warrants; notification of license suspension; hearing
Section 24 - Summons instead of warrant
Section 25 - Summons fixing time for trial; service
Section 26 - Failure to appear and abide orders as contempt
Section 27 - Recognizance
Section 28 - Arrest without warrant
Section 29 - Outstanding warrant check prior to release on bail or recognizance
Section 30 - Recall of default warrant; arrest
Section 31 - Default warrants issued due to failure to pay fines, assessments, court costs, restitution, support payments, etc. to be noted in warrant management system
Section 32 - Payment; release from custody
Section 33 - Examination of arrested persons for injuries; reports; penalty
Section 33A - Use of telephone in places of detention
Section 34 - Repealed, 1979, 344, Sec. 23
Section 35 - Adjournments of examinations and trials
Section 36 - Failure to appear; subsequent proceedings
Section 37 - Failure to recognize; subsequent proceedings
Section 37A - Assignment of counsel
Section 38 - Examination; assistance of counsel; waiver of indictment
Section 39 - Repealed, 1979, 344, Sec. 25
Section 40 - Testimony reduced to writing; signing by witnesses
Section 41 - Discharge of prisoner
Section 42 - Bail or commitment
Section 42A - Personal recognizance; terms and conditions to protect persons suffering physical abuse
Section 43 - Conveying prisoner through another county
Section 44 - Fees and expenses in district court in record sent to superior court
Section 45 - Witnesses bound by recognizance
Section 46 - Witnesses bound by recognizance on adjournment
Section 47 - Sureties with recognizance
Section 48 - Recognizances for minor witnesses
Section 49 - Commitment of witnesses; discharge upon recognizance
Section 50 - Repealed, 1979, 344, Sec. 25
Section 51 - Release of committed witnesses; proceedings
Section 52 - Rules regulating treatment of committed witnesses; removal to another county
Section 52A - Removal of accused person to another county or to a correctional institution; return; proceedings; costs
Section 53 - Transporting male and female prisoners
Section 54 - Handcuffing committed witnesses to accused persons; transporting together
Section 55 - Discharge upon acknowledgment of satisfaction for injury
Section 56 - Filing of order; delivery to jail keeper; discharge as bar to civil action
Section 57 - Officials authorized to admit to bail; amount of bail; security
Section 58 - Release on personal recognizance or unsecured appearance bond; determination; fees; refusal; petition for review
Section 58A - Conditions for release of persons accused of certain offenses involving physical force or abuse; hearing; order; review
Section 58B - Revocation of release and detention order following violation of release conditions
Section 59 - Admission to bail by master in chancery
Section 60 - Bail in Suffolk county; proceedings
Section 61 - Bail taken out of court; certificate or recognizance and deposit by surety; presence of persons; monthly statements by person taking bail
Section 61A - Disposition or encumbrance of real estate of bail or surety; violation of section
Section 61B - Bond of professional bondsman; arrest bond certificates; conditions of acceptance; regulation
Section 62 - Notice to district attorney of application to accept bail in Suffolk county
Section 63 - Compensation for taking bail
Section 64 - Admission to bail on Sunday
Section 65 - Condition of recognizance
Section 66 - Return of recognizance and examination taken by magistrate; order compelling; contempt
Section 67 - Repealed, 1994, 247, Sec. 5
Section 68 - Surrender of principal; notice; exoneration of bail; return of deposits; subsequent bail
Section 69 - Surrender of principal after default; remission of penalty
Section 70 - Inability to surrender principal; exoneration of bail
Section 71 - Default on recognizance
Section 72 - Surety paying amount for which bound; costs
Section 73 - Award of portion of penalty to person entitled to forfeiture
Section 74 - Judgment for whole or part of penalty
Section 75 - Neglect, omissions or defects as defeating action
Section 76 - Review and rehearing of case after judgment on recognizance
Section 77 - Service of notice and copy of petition; return day
Section 78 - Proceedings if former judgment diminished, etc.; costs
Section 79 - Personal recognizance and deposit instead of sureties for release from custody
Section 80 - Forfeiture of deposit on default; sale of bonds; collection on bank books; payments to state treasurer
Section 81 - Defendant surrendering self; return of deposit
Section 82 - Magistrates authorized to admit prisoners to bail
Section 82A - Failure to appear in court after release on bail or recognizance; penalty
Section 83 - Appointment of probation officers; suspension; compensation
Section 83A - Repealed, 1992, 379, Sec. 189
Section 83B to 83F - Repealed, 1949, 783, Sec. 2
Section 84 - Repealed, 1977, 97
Section 85 - Powers and duties
Section 85A - Support and maintenance enforcement
Section 85B - Delinquent payments; collection; contempt proceedings
Section 86 - Appointment of deputy probation officers by Boston juvenile court; creditable service
Section 87 - Placing certain persons in care of probation officer
Section 87A - Conditions of probation; probation fees
Section 88 - Clerical assistance
Section 89 - Temporary probation officers
Section 89A - Counsellors to juvenile offenders
Section 90 - Powers of probation officers; reports; records; inspection
Section 91 - Power of probation officers appointed by Boston juvenile court to serve process
Section 92 - Restitution or reparation to injured person through probation officer
Section 92A - Restitution in cases involving motor vehicle theft or fraudulent claims
Section 93 - Payment to treasurer of unclaimed money collected by probation officer
Section 94 - Expenses of probation officers
Section 95 - Temporary support or transportation of probationers
Section 96 - Refusal or neglect of duties by probation officer
Section 97 - Interference with duties of department of youth services
Section 98 - Commissioner of probation; appointment
Section 98A - Advisory board to commissioner of probation and chief justice for administration and management
Section 99 - Powers and duties of commissioner of probation
Section 99A - Repealed, 1992, 379, Sec. 192
Section 99B - Probation officers; compensation
Section 99C - Repealed, 1978, 478, Sec. 296
Section 99D - Repealed, 1986, 520, Sec. 3
Section 99E - Indigency; interagency service agreements; income data verification
Section 99F - Performance measurement system for the office of probation and private organizations under contract with the commonwealth
Section 100 - Detailed reports of probation work; records; accessibility of information
Section 100A - Requests to seal files; conditions; application of section; effect of sealing of records
Section 100B - Requests to seal delinquency files or records; conditions; sealing by commissioner; notice for compliance; effect of sealing; limited disclosure
Section 100C - Sealing of records or files in certain criminal cases; effect upon employment reports; enforcement
Section 100D - Availability of sealed criminal record information
Section 101 - Annual report of commissioner to general court
Section 101A - Establishment of uniform forms of blanks and records for use in district court probation offices
Section 102 - Effect of Secs. 98 to 101A on authority of courts
Section 103 - Notice to commissioner of appointment, removal, etc., of probation officer