General Laws of Massachusetts - Chapter 37 Sheriffs
- Massachusetts General Laws - Election - Chapter 37, Section 1
A sheriff shall be elected in each county, as provided in section one hundred and fifty-nine of chapter fifty-four, for six years, beginning with the...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Oath and bond - Chapter 37, Section 2
A sheriff, before performing any official act, shall be sworn and prior to being sworn, and thereafter, at intervals of not more than one year,...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Deputies; appointment; oath - Chapter 37, Section 3
A sheriff may appoint deputies, who shall be sworn before performing any official act.
- Massachusetts General Laws - Special sheriff; appointment; oath; bond; powers - Chapter 37, Section 4
He shall appoint a special sheriff, who shall be sworn and shall give such bond to the sheriff as he may require for the faithful...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Special sheriffs; powers and duties - Chapter 37, Section 5
If, by reason of illness, absence, interest or otherwise, the sheriff is unable to perform his official duties, they shall be performed by the special...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1924, 404, Sec. 5 - Chapter 37, Section 6
Repealed, 1924, 404, Sec.
- Massachusetts General Laws - Failure to post bond; penalty - Chapter 37, Section 7
A sheriff neglecting or refusing to give bond as required in section eighteen of chapter thirty shall forfeit one hundred and fifty dollars for each...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Suits on bonds of sheriffs - Chapter 37, Section 8
The holder of a judgment against a sheriff or his estate, for a cause which constitutes a breach of the condition of his official bond,...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Copies of sheriff’s bonds; source; use as evidence - Chapter 37, Section 9
The state treasurer shall deliver an attested copy of the official bond of any sheriff to any person applying and paying therefor, which shall be...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Suits against sheriff; procedure for satisfying judgment - Chapter 37, Section 10
A sheriff shall not be arrested upon mesne process or execution in a civil action. If judgment is rendered against him, either in his official...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Duties of sheriffs and deputies; service of precepts - Chapter 37, Section 11
Sheriffs and their deputies shall serve and execute, within their counties, all precepts lawfully issued to them and all other process required by law to...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Duties of sheriffs and deputies; service of demands, notices and citations - Chapter 37, 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...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Powers and duties; requisition of aid - Chapter 37, Section 13
They may require suitable aid in the execution of their office in a criminal case, in the preservation of the peace, in the apprehending or...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Service of writs and precepts after removal - Chapter 37, 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...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Service of writs against the sheriff or deputies - Chapter 37, Section 15
If a sheriff is a party to a suit or other proceeding, any writ, precept or process therein, required to be served or executed by...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Attendance at sessions of courts - Chapter 37, Section 16
Sheriffs, by themselves or by their deputies may attend any session of the supreme judicial and superior courts in their respective counties, as may be...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Salaries - Chapter 37, Section 17
The salaries of sheriffs shall be paid by their respective counties and shall, except as hereinafter provided, be in full compensation for all services rendered...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1931, 301, Sec. 15 - Chapter 37, Section 18 to 20
Repealed, 1931, 301, Sec.
- Massachusetts General Laws - Traveling expenses - Chapter 37, Section 21
The sheriff of Nantucket county shall be entitled to receive from the county his actual traveling expenses incurred in the transportation of prisoners to and...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Travel vouchers or other verification of travel expenses - Chapter 37, Section 21A
For the purposes of paying the salary and travel expenses of a sheriff pursuant to sections 17 and 21, the commonwealth shall pay said salary...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Accounting of fees; disposition of funds - Chapter 37, Section 22
Each sheriff shall keep an account of all fees and money received by virtue of his office, and, except as otherwise provided, shall annually, on...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1937, 148 - Chapter 37, Section 23
Repealed, 1937,
- Massachusetts General Laws - Transportation of prisoners or persons in custody; sheriffs' duties - Chapter 37, Section 24
The sheriffs of the several counties, and their respective deputies, shall be responsible under the provisions of this section for the transportation of prisoners or...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Transportation of prisoners or persons in custody; costs; appropriations; report - Chapter 37, Section 25
The cost of transportation required by section twenty-four shall be borne by the commonwealth. The secretary of administration and finance shall make an annual request...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Identification cards for full-time deputies - Chapter 37, Section 26
The sheriff shall issue to every full-time deputy employed by the sheriff an identification card bearing the deputy’s photograph and identifying information. The secretary of...
Last modified: September 11, 2015