Chapter 217 - Judges and Registers of Probate and Insolvency

Section 1 - Divisions; Justices; Definitions
Section 2 - Judges; Number in Certain Counties; First Justices, Powers, Terms
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 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 81/2 - Deputy Court Administrator
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 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 33 - Allowance to Registers for Assistance
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 39 - Court Officers and Messengers; Compensation
Section 42 - Traveling Expenses
Section 43 - Temporary Register; Compensation; Fees