HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 612        FILED ON: 1/12/2009

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1294

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act relative to small claims procedures..

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

Section 21 of Chapter 218, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended in line 3 by striking the words “two thousand dollars”, and inserting in place thereof:— “five thousand dollars”.

Section 22 of Chapter 218, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended in line 3 by striking the words “first class mail”, and inserting in place thereof: — “registered mail with a return receipt”.