Massachusetts Chapter 217 — Judges and Registers of Probate and Insolvency
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- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 217, § 1— Divisions; justices; definitions
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 217, § 2— Judges; number in certain counties; first justices, powers, terms
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 217, § 3B— Hampshire county; associate justice
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 217, § 3C— Circuit justices; appointment; expenses
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 217, § 4— Registers of probate and insolvency
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 217, § 5— Oath of judge
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 217, § 5A— Oath of register
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 217, § 6— Repealed, 1978, 478, Sec. 143
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 217, § 6A— Special judge or register; interest in proceedings; prohibition
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 217, § 6B— Prohibitions and restrictions on justices; assignment to another county
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 217, § 7— Judge and register; appointment as guardian or executor
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 217, § 8— Chief justice; powers and duties
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 217, § 8A— Provision of suitable offices
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 217, § 9— Out of county authority; probate judges
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 217, § 10— Vacancy; powers of acting judge; bonds
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 217, § 11— Judges; inspection of records; forfeiture of bonds of registers; notice
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 217, § 12— Bond of register
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 217, § 13— Temporary register
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 217, § 14— Register; duty to certify amount of assistance
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 217, § 15— Register; duties; custody of records, etc
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 217, § 15A— Register or assistant; printing or typing of names on filed instruments
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 217, § 15B— Inventory involving real estate in registry district other than district in which filed; recording of information
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 217, § 15C— Inventory involving real estate located in another county; duties of registers
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 217, § 16— Register; copies of certain papers; mailing to commissioner of revenue
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 217, § 16A— Register; copies of petitions for probate of will, appointment of personal representative, and adjudication of intestacy
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 217, § 17— Register to report vacancy and appointment of assistant
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 217, § 18— Register; furnishing copies; fees
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 217, § 19— Register; reports to division of public charities
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 217, § 20— Register to account
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 217, § 21— Register; receipt of complaints, petitions, and applications
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 217, § 22— Register; power to issue attachments, appoint appraisers, etc
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 217, § 22A— Identification of husbands and wives in documents and communications
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 217, § 23— First assistant registers
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 217, § 23A— Assistant registers
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 217, § 23B— Administrative deputy assistants
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 217, § 23C— Judicial case managers
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 217, § 23D— Assistant judicial case managers
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 217, § 26— Assistant registers; official signatures
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 217, § 27— Assistant registers; duties
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 217, § 27A— Duties of judicial case managers
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 217, § 28— Suffolk county; clerk to administer oaths in probate proceedings
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 217, § 29— Middlesex county; clerk to administer oaths in probate proceedings
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 217, § 29A— Dukes county; clerk to administer oaths in probate proceedings
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 217, § 29B— Nantucket county; clerk to administer oaths in probate proceedings
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 217, § 29C— Barnstable probate court; deputy assistant registers
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 217, § 29D— Berkshire probate court; deputy assistant register
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 217, § 29E— Hampden probate court; deputy assistant registers
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 217, § 29F— Worcester probate court; deputy assistant registers
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 217, § 29G— Bristol probate and family court; deputy assistant registers
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 217, § 29H— Hampshire probate court first justice; deputy assistant registers
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 217, § 29I— Plymouth probate court; deputy assistant registers
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 217, § 29J— Essex probate and family court; deputy assistant register
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 217, § 29K— Franklin probate and family court; deputy assistant register
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 217, § 29L— Norfolk probate and family court; deputy assistant register
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 217, § 30— Court officers; appointment for certain counties
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 217, § 31— Repealed, 1992, 379, Sec. 117
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 217, § 33— Allowance to registers for assistance
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 217, § 34— Repealed, 1978, 478, Sec. 157
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 217, § 34A— Repealed, 1978, 478, Sec. 159
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 217, § 35— Salaries of registers, administrative deputy assistants, assistant registers, etc.; payment
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 217, § 35A— Registers; salaries
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 217, § 35B— Assistant registers, judicial case managers and administrative deputy assistants; salaries
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 217, § 35C— Repealed, 2001, 177, Sec. 43B
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 217, § 36— Repealed, 1926, 380, Sec. 3
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 217, § 37— Repealed, 1926, 380, Sec. 4
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 217, § 38— Repealed, 1937, 408, Sec. 2
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 217, § 39— Court officers and messengers; compensation
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 217, § 40— Repealed, 1975, 862, Sec. 4; 1978, 478, Sec. 163
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 217, § 41— Repealed, 1963, 819, Sec. 5
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 217, § 42— Traveling expenses
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 217, § 43— Temporary register; compensation; fees