SENATE DOCKET, NO. 980        FILED ON: 1/13/2009

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1634

 

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act regarding the definition of a default warrant..

 

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

SECTION 1.  Section 23A of chapter 276 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:-

A warrant that is issued because a person has forfeited or made default upon his or her bail bond or recognizance or has been surrendered by a probation officer may be designated as a default warrant.