Massachusetts § 12 Duties of sheriffs and deputies; service of demands, notices and citations

Massachusetts Statutes

§ 12 — Duties of sheriffs and deputies; service of demands, notices and citations

Massachusetts § 12

Part IADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT

Title VICOUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS

Ch. 37SHERIFFS

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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 37, § 12 (2026).

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Section 12. They may serve by copy, by them attested, demands, notices and citations not required by law to be served by an officer, and their returns of service thereof shall be prima facie evidence.

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