Chapter 12: DEPARTMENT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, AND THE DISTRICT ATTORNEYS
- Section 1 Attorney general; supervision of department; salary; qualifications; other sources of income
- Section 2 Assistants and employees; appointment; duties; compensation; tenure; vacancies
- Section 2A Attorney general; disability; filling vacancies
- Section 2B Annual personnel report
- Section 3 Appearances for commonwealth, prosecution or defense; rendering of legal services; payment of expenses for representation of department of transportation
- Section 3A to 3D Repealed, 1978, 512, Sec. 1
- Section 3E Defense of actions against officers or employees
- Section 4 Claims of commonwealth; enforcement
- Section 4A Acceptance of gifts or grants of money or property
- Section 5 Civil actions to recover money for commonwealth
- Section 5A False claims; definitions applicable to Secs. 5A to 5O
- Section 5B False claims; liability
- Section 5C Violations under Secs. 5B to 5O; investigation by attorney general; relators; civil actions
- Section 5D Prosecution by attorney general; relator's right to continue as party to action
- Section 5E Alternate remedies available to determine civil penalty
- Section 5F Payments to relators; limitations
- Section 5G Actions brought against governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, treasurer, secretary of state, etc.; jurisdiction
- Section 5H Money recovered by commonwealth; false claims prosecution fund
- Section 5I Awards of attorney general fees and expenses; awards of costs and attorney fees against relators; liability
- Section 5J Employers preventing employees from acting to further false claim actions; liability
- Section 5K Limitation of actions; intervention by attorney general; final judgments in criminal proceedings
- Section 5L Preponderance of the evidence standard
- Section 5M Rules, regulations or guidelines; attorney general
- Section 5N Civil investigative demands; attorney general
- Section 5O Agency reporting requirements
- Section 6 Consultation with and giving of advice and assistance to district attorneys
- Section 6A Conferences of district attorneys and other officials; notification as to new laws
- Section 7 Persons intruding on land, property or rights of commonwealth; prosecution
- Section 8 Due application of charity funds enforced
- Section 8A Definitions applicable to Secs. 8A to 8M
- Section 8B Division of public charities; duties
- Section 8C Director of public charities; designation
- Section 8D Employees; appointment and removal
- Section 8E Charitable corporations; registration by filing of information; exceptions; penalties; enforcement
- Section 8F Annual reports of public charities; financial statements; fees; penalties; enforcement
- Section 8G Attorney general as a party; service
- Section 8H Investigations by attorney general
- Section 8I Compliance with investigations; enforcement; penalties
- Section 8J Rules and regulations
- Section 8K Gift for public charitable purpose; presumed intention
- Section 8L Fiscal records
- Section 8M Public records; inspection
- Section 8N Fees, costs, penalties and other monies; general fund
- Section 9 Advice and aid to general court and committees
- Section 10 Violations of court orders; restraint of trade; institution of investigations and appropriate actions
- Section 11 Annual report of cases handled
- Section 11A Division of civil rights and liberties
- Section 11B Board of commissioners on uniform state laws; obscene literature commission
- Section 11C Narcotic and harmful drugs; training program for law enforcement officers
- Section 11D Division of environmental protection
- Section 11E Public utilities; office of ratepayer advocacy; intervention in legal proceedings on behalf of consumers; expenditure of funds; expert or consultant; information requests
- Section 11F Insurance companies; intervention in legal proceedings on behalf of consumers; expenditure of funds
- Section 11G Local consumer aid fund; eligibility for assistance
- Section 11H Violations of constitutional rights; civil actions by attorney general; right to bias-free professional policing
- Section 11I Violations of constitutional rights; civil actions by aggrieved persons; costs and fees
- Section 11I.5 Interference with right to access to reproductive and gender-affirming health care services; abusive litigation; civil actions
- Section 11J Violations of constitutional rights; temporary restraining orders and injunctions; violations; punishment; vacation of order
- Section 11K Division of victim compensation and assistance
- Section 11L Unlicensed mental health and unlicensed health professionals; sexual contact with patients or clients; temporary restraining order, injunction; violation; penalty
- Section 11M Division of gaming enforcement
- Section 11N Monitoring health care market trends; investigation of unfair methods of competition or anti-competitive behavior; exemption or waiver from federal law
- Section 11I1/2 Interference with right to access to reproductive and gender-affirming health care services; abusive litigation; civil actions
- Section 11I3/4 Reproductive and gender-affirming health care services; laws governing case or controversies heard in commonwealth
- Section 11M1/2 Fantasy contests
- Section 12 District attorneys; qualifications; election; term; appearances
- Section 13 Districts for administration of criminal law or defense of civil actions
- Section 14 Repealed, 1987, 723, Sec. 1
- Section 15 Practice of law prohibited; salary
- Section 16 Salaries of assistant district attorneys
- Section 17 Repealed, 1923, 398, Sec. 3
- Section 18 Appointment of an assistant to district attorney; compensation
- Section 19 Suffolk district; appointment of messengers and other employees
- Section 20 Additional legal assistants; tenure; compensation; powers
- Section 20A Suffolk and Northern districts; special assistant district attorney, appointment and removal; duties; power; salary
- Section 20B Repealed, 1975, 835, Sec. 3
- Section 20C Special assistant district attorneys; appointment, removal and salary; participation in federal demonstration programs
- Section 20D District Attorneys Association; executive director; report on criminally prosecuted child abuse and neglect cases
- Section 21 Suffolk district; police and detective service
- Section 22 Clerical and stenographic workers
- Section 23 Payment for traveling expenses; exceptions
- Section 24 Expenses payable by commonwealth
- Section 25 Advanced expenses; conditions; vouchers
- Section 25A Advance of expenses necessary in performance of duties; limitation; accounting; unexpended balance
- Section 26 Court appointment of substitute in absence of attorney general and district attorney
- Section 27 District attorneys; duties; control of attorney general
- Section 28 Suits on recognizances; discontinuance
- Section 29 Accounting for fees, bills of costs and money received
- Section 30 Fees for services in performance of duty; appearance in civil action
- Section 31 Repealed, 1975, 10, Sec. 4
- Section 32 Community based juvenile justice programs; district attorneys
- Section 33 Domestic violence and sexual violence training program for district attorneys and assistant district attorneys
- Section 34 Pre-arraignment diversion program
- Section 35 Student loan ombudsman
- Section 36 Development and administration of comprehensive educational diversion program regarding ''sexting''; purpose; curriculum; application of program; educational materials