Massachusetts § 2 Separate registries for births, deaths and marriages

Massachusetts Statutes

§ 2 — Separate registries for births, deaths and marriages

Massachusetts § 2

Part IADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT

Title VIICITIES, TOWNS AND DISTRICTS

Ch. 46RETURN AND REGISTRY OF BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS

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Bluebook

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 46, § 2 (2026).

Text

Section 2. Separate indexes of births, marriages and deaths shall be kept, and each entry shall be numbered in its order. The town clerk shall preserve all returns of births, marriages and deaths and shall conveniently arrange them for examination. He may record in separate columns the facts of such births, marriages and deaths.

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