Judges and Registers of Probate and Insolvency

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Section
1

Divisions; Justices; Definitions

Section
2

Judges; Number in Certain Counties; First Justices, Powers, Terms

Section
2a

To 3a - Repealed, 1978, 478, Secs. 139 to 141

Section
3b

Hampshire County; Associate Justice

Section
3c

Circuit Justices; Appointment; Expenses

Section
4

Registers of Probate and Insolvency

Section
5

Oath of Judge

Section
5a

Oath of Register

Section
6

Repealed, 1978, 478, Sec. 143

Section
6a

Special Judge or Register; Interest in Proceedings; Prohibition

Section
6b

Prohibitions and Restrictions on Justices; Assignment to Another County

Section
7

Judge and Register; Appointment as Guardian or Executor

Section
8

Chief Justice; Powers and Duties

Section
8a

Provision of Suitable Offices

Section
9

Out of County Authority; Probate Judges

Section
10

Vacancy; Powers of Acting Judge; Bonds

Section
11

Judges; Inspection of Records; Forfeiture of Bonds of Registers; Notice

Section
12

Bond of Register

Section
13

Temporary Register

Section
14

Register; Duty to Certify Amount of Assistance

Section
15

Register; Duties; Custody of Records, Etc.

Section
15a

Register or Assistant; Printing or Typing of Names on Filed Instruments

Section
15b

Inventory Involving Real Estate in Registry District Other Than District in Which Filed; Recording of Information

Section
15c

Inventory Involving Real Estate Located in Another County; Duties of Registers

Section
16

Register; Copies of Certain Papers; Mailing to Commissioner of Revenue

Section
16a

Register; Copies of Petitions for Probate of Will, Appointment of Personal Representative, and Adjudication of Intestacy

Section
17

Register to Report Vacancy and Appointment of Assistant

Section
18

Register; Furnishing Copies; Fees

Section
19

Register; Reports to Division of Public Charities

Section
20

Register to Account

Section
21

Register; Receipt of Complaints, Petitions, and Applications

Section
22

Register; Power to Issue Attachments, Appoint Appraisers, Etc.

Section
22a

Identification of Husbands and Wives in Documents and Communications

Section
23

First Assistant Registers

Section
23a

Assistant Registers

Section
23b

Administrative Deputy Assistants

Section
23c

Judicial Case Managers

Section
23d

Assistant Judicial Case Managers

Section
24

To 25a - Repealed, 1978, 478, Sec. 149

Section
26

Assistant Registers; Official Signatures

Section
27

Assistant Registers; Duties

Section
27a

Duties of Judicial Case Managers

Section
28

Suffolk County; Clerk to Administer Oaths in Probate Proceedings

Section
29

Middlesex County; Clerk to Administer Oaths in Probate Proceedings

Section
29a

Dukes County; Clerk to Administer Oaths in Probate Proceedings

Section
29b

Nantucket County; Clerk to Administer Oaths in Probate Proceedings

Section
29c

Barnstable Probate Court; Deputy Assistant Registers

Section
29d

Berkshire Probate Court; Deputy Assistant Register

Section
29e

Hampden Probate Court; Deputy Assistant Registers

Section
29f

Worcester Probate Court; Deputy Assistant Registers

Section
29g

Bristol Probate and Family Court; Deputy Assistant Registers

Section
29h

Hampshire Probate Court First Justice; Deputy Assistant Registers

Section
29i

Plymouth Probate Court; Deputy Assistant Registers

Section
29j

Essex Probate and Family Court; Deputy Assistant Register

Section
29k

Franklin Probate and Family Court; Deputy Assistant Register

Section
29l

Norfolk Probate and Family Court; Deputy Assistant Register

Section
30

Court Officers; Appointment for Certain Counties

Section
31

Repealed, 1992, 379, Sec. 117

Section
31a

To 32c - Repealed, 1978, 478, Sec. 157

Section
33

Allowance to Registers for Assistance

Section
34

Repealed, 1978, 478, Sec. 157

Section
34a

Repealed, 1978, 478, Sec. 159

Section
35

Salaries of Registers, Administrative Deputy Assistants, Assistant Registers, etc.; Payment

Section
35a

Registers; Salaries

Section
35b

Assistant Registers, Judicial Case Managers and Administrative Deputy Assistants; Salaries

Section
35c

Repealed, 2001, 177, Sec. 43b

Section
36

Repealed, 1926, 380, Sec. 3

Section
37

Repealed, 1926, 380, Sec. 4

Section
38

Repealed, 1937, 408, Sec. 2

Section
39

Court Officers and Messengers; Compensation

Section
40

Repealed, 1975, 862, Sec. 4; 1978, 478, Sec. 163

Section
41

Repealed, 1963, 819, Sec. 5

Section
42

Traveling Expenses

Section
43

Temporary Register; Compensation; Fees

Section
81/2

Deputy Court Administrator