Chapter 217

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Chapter 217: JUDGES AND REGISTERS OF PROBATE AND INSOLVENCY

• Section 1 Divisions; justices; definitions
• Section 2 Judges; number in certain counties; first justices, powers, terms
• Section 2A to 3A Repealed, 1978, 478, Secs. 139 to 141
• Section 3B Hampshire county; associate justice
• Section 3C Circuit justices; appointment; expenses
• Section 4 Registers of probate and insolvency
• Section 5 Oath of judge
• Section 5A Oath of register
• Section 6 Repealed, 1978, 478, Sec. 143
• Section 6A Special judge or register; interest in proceedings; prohibition
• Section 6B Prohibitions and restrictions on justices; assignment to another county
• Section 7 Judge and register; appointment as guardian or executor
• Section 8 Chief justice; powers and duties
• Section 81/2 Deputy court administrator
• Section 8A Provision of suitable offices
• Section 9 Out of county authority; probate judges
• Section 10 Vacancy; powers of acting judge; bonds
• Section 11 Judges; inspection of records; forfeiture of bonds of registers; notice
• Section 12 Bond of register
• Section 13 Temporary register
• Section 14 Register; duty to certify amount of assistance
• Section 15 Register; duties; custody of records, etc.
• Section 15A Register or assistant; printing or typing of names on filed instruments
• Section 15B Inventory involving real estate in registry district other than district in which filed; recording of information
• Section 15C Inventory involving real estate located in another county; duties of registers
• Section 16 Register; copies of certain papers; mailing to commissioner of revenue
• Section 16A Register; copies of petitions for probate of will, appointment of personal representative, and adjudication of intestacy
• Section 17 Register to report vacancy and appointment of assistant
• Section 18 Register; furnishing copies; fees
• Section 19 Register; reports to division of public charities
• Section 20 Register to account
• Section 21 Register; receipt of complaints, petitions, and applications
• Section 22 Register; power to issue attachments, appoint appraisers, etc.
• Section 22A Identification of husbands and wives in documents and communications
• Section 23 First assistant registers
• Section 23A Assistant registers
• Section 23B Administrative deputy assistants
• Section 23C Judicial case managers
• Section 23D Assistant judicial case managers
• Section 24 to 25A Repealed, 1978, 478, Sec. 149
• Section 26 Assistant registers; official signatures
• Section 27 Assistant registers; duties
• Section 27A Duties of judicial case managers
• Section 28 Suffolk county; clerk to administer oaths in probate proceedings
• Section 29 Middlesex county; clerk to administer oaths in probate proceedings
• Section 29A Dukes county; clerk to administer oaths in probate proceedings
• Section 29B Nantucket county; clerk to administer oaths in probate proceedings
• Section 29C Barnstable probate court; deputy assistant registers
• Section 29D Berkshire probate court; deputy assistant register
• Section 29E Hampden probate court; deputy assistant registers
• Section 29F Worcester probate court; deputy assistant registers
• Section 29G Bristol probate and family court; deputy assistant registers
• Section 29H Hampshire probate court first justice; deputy assistant registers
• Section 29I Plymouth probate court; deputy assistant registers
• Section 29J Essex probate and family court; deputy assistant register
• Section 29K Franklin probate and family court; deputy assistant register
• Section 29L Norfolk probate and family court; deputy assistant register
• Section 30 Court officers; appointment for certain counties
• Section 31 Repealed, 1992, 379, Sec. 117
• Section 31A to 32C Repealed, 1978, 478, Sec. 157
• Section 33 Allowance to registers for assistance
• Section 34 Repealed, 1978, 478, Sec. 157
• Section 34A Repealed, 1978, 478, Sec. 159
• Section 35 Salaries of registers, administrative deputy assistants, assistant registers, etc.; payment
• Section 35A Registers; salaries
• Section 35B Assistant registers, judicial case managers and administrative deputy assistants; salaries
• Section 35C Repealed, 2001, 177, Sec. 43B
• Section 36, 37 Repealed, 1926, 380, Secs. 3, 4
• Section 38 Repealed, 1937, 408, Sec. 2
• Section 39 Court officers and messengers; compensation
• Section 40 Repealed, 1975, 862, Sec. 4; 1978, 478, Sec. 163
• Section 41 Repealed, 1963, 819, Sec. 5
• Section 42 Traveling expenses
• Section 43 Temporary register; compensation; fees