Massachusetts Statutes

§ 35 — Process; duty of officer to state place of service in return

Massachusetts § 35
JurisdictionMassachusetts
Part IIICOURTS, JUDICIAL OFFICERS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CIVIL CASES
Title IIACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS THEREIN
Ch. 223COMMENCEMENT OF ACTIONS, SERVICE OF PROCESS

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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 35 (2026).

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Section 35. When process is served by an officer by leaving copies of the summons, subpoena, or summons and complaint at the last and usual place of abode of any person, the officer serving the same shall state in his return the place as definitely as is practicable, giving, if possible, the street and number, where service was made.

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