Massachusetts Statutes
§ 12 — Oath of office of clerks
Massachusetts § 12
JurisdictionMassachusetts
Part IIREAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Title ITITLE TO REAL PROPERTY
Ch. 185CHOUSING COURT DEPARTMENT
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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185C, § 12 (2026).
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Section 12. The clerk, any temporary clerk and all assistant clerks shall be sworn; and in the case of any temporary clerk and of every assistant clerk, the oath of office shall be administered by the chief justice of the housing court department who shall, upon administering the same, forthwith make return of such act with the date thereof to the state secretary.
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