§ 14 — Service of writs and precepts after removal

Massachusetts § 14

• Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
• Part I: ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT
• Title VI: COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS
• Ch. 37: SHERIFFS

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Section 14. They may execute precepts in their hands at the time of their removal from office; and, upon a vacancy in the office of sheriff, every deputy in office under him, having a writ or precept in his hands, shall have the same authority to serve, execute and return the same, as if the sheriff had continued in office.