Massachusetts § 3 Misconduct or negligence of deputies; actions against sheriffs

Massachusetts Statutes

§ 3 — Misconduct or negligence of deputies; actions against sheriffs

Massachusetts § 3

Part IIICOURTS, JUDICIAL OFFICERS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CIVIL CASES

Title VSTATUTES OF FRAUDS AND LIMITATIONS

Ch. 260LIMITATION OF ACTIONS

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Bluebook

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 260, § 3 (2026).

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Section 3. Actions against sheriffs for the misconduct or negligence of their deputies shall be commenced only within four years next after the cause of action accrues.

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