HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2262        FILED ON: 1/19/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1384

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Brian M. Ashe

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act relative to service of civil process fees.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Brian M. Ashe

2nd Hampden

1/19/2023

Sheriff Nicholas Cocchi

Hampden County

1/19/2023

Sheriff Patrick McDermott

Norfolk County

1/19/2023

Sheriff Robert Ogden

Dukes County

1/19/2023

Sheriff Steven Tompkins

Suffolk County

1/19/2023

Sheriff Kevin Coppinger

Essex County

1/19/2023

Sheriff Paul Heroux

Bristol County

1/19/2023

Sheriff Donna Buckley

Barnstable County

1/19/2023

Sheriff Thomas Bowler

Berkshire County

1/19/2023

Sheriff Lewis Evangelidis

Worcester County

1/19/2023

Sheriff Christopher Donelan

Franklin County

1/19/2023

Sheriff Patrick Cahillane

Hampshire County

1/19/2023

Sheriff Joseph McDonald

Plymouth County

1/19/2023

Sheriff James Perleman

Nantucket County

1/19/2023

Sheriff Peter Koutoujian

Middlesex County

1/19/2023

Mathew J. Muratore

1st Plymouth

2/3/2023

Aaron L. Saunders

7th Hampden

2/8/2023

Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.

12th Hampden

3/8/2023

Kelly W. Pease

4th Hampden

3/21/2023

Nick Collins

First Suffolk

1/23/2024


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2262        FILED ON: 1/19/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1384

By Representative Ashe of Longmeadow, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1384) of Brian M. Ashe and others relative to service of civil process fees.  The Judiciary.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 1453 OF 2021-2022.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)

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An Act relative to service of civil process fees.

 

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: Chapter 262 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2018 Official Edition, is hereby amended, in Section 8, subsection (a)  by striking out sub, subsections (1) and (2) and inserting in place thereof the following sections:-

(1) for service of an original summons, trustee process, subpoena or scire facias, either by reading it or by leaving a copy thereof, $30 for each defendant upon whom service is made, except as otherwise provided herein;

(2) for service of an original summons and complaint for divorce or for any other service required to be served in hand, $45 for each defendant upon whom service is made;