Massachusetts § 5 Assistant clerks; appointment

Massachusetts Statutes

§ 5 — Assistant clerks; appointment

Massachusetts § 5

Part IIICOURTS, JUDICIAL OFFICERS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CIVIL CASES

Title ICOURTS AND JUDICIAL OFFICERS

Ch. 221CLERKS, ATTORNEYS AND OTHER OFFICERS OF JUDICIAL COURTS

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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 221, § 5 (2026).

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Section 5. In addition to the assistant clerks provided for in section four, the clerks of the courts for the following counties may, subject to the approval of the court administrator as to compliance with personnel standards promulgated pursuant to section 8 of chapter 211B, appoint assistant clerks with the same powers and duties. Said appointments shall be as follows:Barnstable, 2 assistant clerksBristol, 9 assistant clerksEssex, 11 assistant clerksHampden, 12 assistant clerksNantucket, 1 assistant clerkNorfolk, 11 assistant clerksMiddlesex, 26 assistant clerksPlymouth, 6 assistant clerksWorcester, 11 assistant clerksSuffolk, (a) superior court department, by the clerk of the superior court department for criminal business, 22 assistants;

(b)superior court department, by the clerk of

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Section 5. In addition to the assistant clerks provided for in section four, the clerks of the courts for the following counties may, subject to the approval of the court administrator as to compliance with personnel standards promulgated pursuant to section 8 of chapter 211B, appoint assistant clerks with the same powers and duties. Said appointments shall be as follows:Barnstable, 2 assistant clerksBristol, 9 assistant clerksEssex, 11 assistant clerksHampden, 12 assistant clerksNantucket, 1 assistant clerkNorfolk, 11 assistant clerksMiddlesex, 26 assistant clerksPlymouth, 6 assistant clerksWorcester, 11 assistant clerksSuffolk, (a) superior court department, by the clerk of the superior court department for criminal business, 22 assistants; (b) superior court department, by the clerk of the superior court department for civil business, 26 assistants; (c) supreme judicial court, by the clerk of the supreme judicial court for said county, a second assistant clerk, designated from his office force and a third assistant clerk, designated from his office force.