Massachusetts Statutes
§ 19 — Endorsement of fees; certificate of use of conveyance; penalty
Massachusetts § 19
JurisdictionMassachusetts
Part IIICOURTS, JUDICIAL OFFICERS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CIVIL CASES
Title VICOSTS AND FEES
Ch. 262FEES OF CERTAIN OFFICERS
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Bluebook
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 262, § 19 (2026).
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Section 19. No fees for the service of any process of which the officer is required to make a return shall be allowed, unless itemized and endorsed on the process; and no allowance for the use of a conveyance in the service of a civil process shall be made, unless the officer certifies that it was necessary for him to use a conveyance, and that he actually used such conveyance for the distance set forth in his certificate. An officer who makes a false certificate under this section or section ten shall forfeit thirty dollars for each offence, to the use of the commonwealth.
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