Massachusetts Statutes
§ 57 — Certificate of intention of marriage; failure to return; penalty
Massachusetts § 57
JurisdictionMassachusetts
Part IIREAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Title IIIDOMESTIC RELATIONS
Ch. 207MARRIAGE
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Bluebook
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 207, § 57 (2026).
Text
Section 57. Whoever performs a ceremony of marriage upon a certificate more than sixty days after the filing of the notice of intention of marriage as set forth in such certificate, and whoever having taken out such certificate and not having used it fails to return it, within sixty days after such filing, to the office issuing the same, shall be punished by a fine of not more than ten dollars.
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