General Laws of Massachusetts - Chapter 185C Housing Court Department
- Massachusetts General Laws - Housing court department; composition; definitions - Chapter 185C, Section 1
The housing court department, established under section 1 of chapter 211B, shall be composed of a western division, consisting of the cities and towns of...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Superior and general jurisdiction; presumption; processes - Chapter 185C, Section 2
The divisions of the housing court department shall have superior and general jurisdiction with reference to all cases and matters within their jurisdiction; and no...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Concurrent jurisdiction; powers of superior court department; enforcement authority - Chapter 185C, Section 3
The divisions of the housing court department shall have common law and statutory jurisdiction concurrent with the divisions of the district court department and the...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Sittings of court - Chapter 185C, Section 4
The western division of the housing court department shall hold its sittings in the city of Springfield in Hampden county and at least one sitting...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Time for transaction of business - Chapter 185C, Section 5
The divisions of the housing court department shall always be open and the business thereof, or of a justice thereof, may be transacted at any...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Seal - Chapter 185C, Section 6
Each division of the housing court department shall have a seal which will be in the custody of its clerk, and shall be affixed to...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Rules and forms of procedure - Chapter 185C, Section 7
The chief justice of the housing court department shall from time to time make general rules and forms of procedure, which, before taking effect, shall...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Justices; appointment; disputes between justices and clerks; appeals; removal - Chapter 185C, Section 8
There shall be two justices appointed for the western division, two justices appointed for the Worcester county division, one justice appointed for the northeastern division,...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Chief justice authority and responsibility - Chapter 185C, Section 8A
The justice as provided under section 1 of chapter 211B as the chief justice for the housing court department, in addition to his judicial powers...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Deputy court administrator - Chapter 185C, Section 8B
The deputy court administrator for the housing court department as provided under section 1 of chapter 211B shall, subject to the superintendence authority of the...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Clerks; appointment; disputes between justices and clerks - Chapter 185C, Section 9
There shall be a clerk, appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the council, for each of the housing courts. Said clerks...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Salaries of clerks and assistant clerks; practice of law - Chapter 185C, Section 9A
The salaries of the clerks of the housing court department appointed under the provisions of section nine shall be 81.57 per cent of the salary...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Temporary clerks - Chapter 185C, Section 10
In case of the illness or absence of a clerk, the chief justice of the housing court department may appoint a temporary clerk to act...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Assistant clerks - Chapter 185C, Section 11
The clerk of a division of the housing court department may appoint 1 or more assistant clerks, who shall be removable at his pleasure. The...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Oath of office of clerks - Chapter 185C, Section 12
The clerk, any temporary clerk and all assistant clerks shall be sworn; and in the case of any temporary clerk and of every assistant clerk,...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Bond of clerks - Chapter 185C, Section 13
The clerk, any temporary clerk and every assistant clerk, before entering upon performance of his official duties, and thereafter, at intervals of not more than...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Powers and duties of clerks - Chapter 185C, Section 14
The clerk, temporary clerk and assistant clerks or one of them for each division shall attend all sessions of the housing court department and shall...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Court officers - Chapter 185C, Section 15
The first justice of a division may appoint such number of court officers for his division as the administrative justice of the housing court department...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Housing specialists - Chapter 185C, Section 16
The first justice of a particular housing court may appoint, subject to appropriation and subject to the approval of the chief justice of the housing...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Practice of law by clerks or housing specialists - Chapter 185C, Section 17
No clerk, temporary clerk, assistant clerk or housing specialist shall be retained or employed as an attorney in any complaint, action or suit in any...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Recording system; procurement of law books, stationery, etc. - Chapter 185C, Section 18
At the trial of any issue of fact, the justice presiding at the trial shall provide for a proper recording system which shall record the...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Commencement of proceedings; fees; non-willful offense deemed non-criminal - Chapter 185C, Section 19
Proceedings shall be commenced in the housing court department as follows: a criminal case by complaint in like manner as in the district court department,...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Transfer of civil actions - Chapter 185C, Section 20
Any civil action within the jurisdiction of the housing court department which is pending in another court department may be transferred to the housing court...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Trial without jury; exception; report of inspector as prima facie evidence - Chapter 185C, Section 21
All cases in the housing court department, including motions and the like, whether interlocutory or final, shall be heard and determined by a justice of...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Entry of judgment or order - Chapter 185C, Section 22
Every judgment or order entered by a division of the housing court department shall bear as its date the day when actually entered by the...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Bond of receiver - Chapter 185C, Section 23
The bond of any receiver appointed by a division of the housing court department shall be payable to the commonwealth and shall otherwise be in...
Last modified: September 11, 2015