Massachusetts § 6 Signature of magistrate or clerk; service

Massachusetts Statutes

§ 6 — Signature of magistrate or clerk; service

Massachusetts § 6

Part IIICOURTS, JUDICIAL OFFICERS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CIVIL CASES

Title IVCERTAIN WRITS AND PROCEEDINGS IN SPECIAL CASES

Ch. 248HABEAS CORPUS AND PERSONAL LIBERTY

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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 248, § 6 (2026).

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Section 6. If the writ is issued by the court when sitting for the transaction of business, it shall be signed, by hand or electronically, by the clerk, otherwise by the magistrate issuing it, and may be served in any county by any sheriff or deputy sheriff.

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