CHAPTER 218 DISTRICT COURTS
- Section 1 Territorial jurisdiction and place of holding court
- Section 2 Boston municipal courts; concurrent jurisdiction over waters and islands
- Section 2A Transfer of civil actions brought in wrong court
- Section 3 Boston municipal courts; concurrent criminal jurisdiction over waters and islands
- Section 4 District court jurisdiction; seals
- Section 5 Contempt cases; service of process
- Section 6 Justices; number; terms; compensation; duties
- Section 6A Special justices of district court; certification of full time duties; restrictions on employment
- Section 7 Oaths; power to administer
- Section 8 Clerks; appointment; number; retirement; vacation and sick leave
- Section 9 Temporary clerks
- Section 10 Assistant clerks
- Section 10A Deputy assistant clerks; power to designate
- Section 11 Temporary assistant clerks
- Section 12 Clerks; oath of office; duties and powers
- Section 13 Records; storage
- Section 14 Facsimile signatures
- Section 15 Times for holding trials; office hours
- Section 16 Bond of clerk
- Section 17 Justice, clerk or assistant clerk; restrictions on practice of law; special justices; restrictions on hearing or trying cases
- Section 18 Justices and clerks; receipt of certain fees; prohibition
- Section 19 General provisions
- Section 19A District court or Boston municipal court; statement of facts in support of civil action for damages; dismissal; appeals
- Section 19B District court or Boston municipal court; trial by jury of six; appeals
- Section 19C District court jurisdiction; equity powers and rules
- Section 19D Housing specialists; appointment; knowledge requisites; powers and duties
- Section 20 Actions against executors and administrators, and against bail
- Section 21 Power to establish rules of procedure; venue; jurisdictional amount; hearings; damages and penalties
- Section 22 Procedure
- Section 23 Initial determination of cause; removal; claim for trial by jury; bond or deposit; finding as evidence; report to appellate division
- Section 24 Transfer to regular docket
- Section 25 Costs; discretion of court
- Section 26 General provisions
- Section 26A Trial by jury; discovery; jury-waived trial; record of proceedings; probation
- Section 27 Imposition of penalties
- Section 27A Jury sessions
- Section 28 Recognizances to keep peace
- Section 29 Repealed, 1964, 308, Sec. 10
- Section 30 Binding over to superior court
- Section 31 Repealed, 1992, 379, Sec. 142
- Section 32 Complaints and warrants
- Section 33 Warrants and process; power of clerks to issue
- Section 34 Arrest without warrant; endorsement of complaint by arresting officer
- Section 35 Complaints, warrants and process; power to issue; disqualification to hear case; destruction of applications for complaints
- Section 35A Process; issuance on complaints for misdemeanors; consideration of criminal records and domestic violence records; right to hearing
- Section 36 Justice of peace; taking bail
- Section 37 Process for witnesses and defendants in criminal and juvenile cases; direction and service
- Section 38 Access to courts; sittings; adjournments; filing of complaints
- Section 39 Books and supplies
- Section 40 Part-time special justices; authorized cases
- Section 41 Special justice; powers and duties
- Section 42 Adjournment when justice absent
- Section 42A Administrative head of district court department
- Section 43 Uniform rules of practice and procedure; power to make and promulgate
- Section 43A Uniform practices; forms; superintendence of record keeping
- Section 43B Official forms; powers of chief justice
- Section 43C Repealed, 1978, 478, Sec. 199
- Section 43D Repealed, 1993, 478, Sec. 7
- Section 43E Community mediation advisory board; coordinator
- Section 44 Process; formal requisites; territorial jurisdiction
- Section 45, 46 Repealed, 1975, 377, Sec. 15
- Section 47 Clerks; duty to make payments and to account; penalty
- Section 48 Sentences to Deer Island
- Section 49 Clerks; duty to pay certain fees; advances; accounting
- Section 50 Justices; number; vacation and sick leave; rule making power
- Section 51 Repealed, 1978, 478, Sec. 205
- Section 51A Administrative head of Boston municipal court department; appointment of first justice; allowance of bills
- Section 52 Justices and special justices; assignment; additional sessions; compensation, etc.
- Section 52A Clerks; criminal and civil business
- Section 53 Clerks and assistant clerks
- Section 53A Temporary assistant clerks
- Section 54 Civil jurisdiction
- Section 55 Recording systems; stenographic and medical services and equipment
- Section 56 Clerks; accounting; penalty
- Section 57 Juvenile courts; divisions; territorial jurisdiction; appeals
- Section 57A Chief justice; administrative head of juvenile court system; executive secretary; powers and duties
- Section 58 Justices and clerks; assignment; salaries; vacation and sick leave; interpreters
- Section 58A Administrative assistant for intergovernmental relations
- Section 58B Special justices of Boston juvenile court; certification of full-time duties; restrictions on employment
- Section 58C Special justices of juvenile court
- Section 59 Powers, duties and procedure; jurisdiction
- Section 60 Jurisdiction over offenders; rule making power
- Section 61 to 65 Repealed, 1992, 379, Sec. 168
- Section 66 Boston municipal court department; messenger
- Section 67 Boston municipal court; interpreters
- Section 68 East Boston division of the Boston municipal court department; interpreter
- Section 69 Clerks of divisions of district court department; allowance for assistance
- Section 70 Clerks of Boston municipal and juvenile court departments; allowance for assistance
- Section 71 to 73 Repealed, 1922, 399, Sec. 3
- Section 74 Monthly installments
- Section 75, 75A Repealed, 1978, 478, Sec. 224
- Section 75B Salaries of assistant clerks of Boston municipal court department
- Section 76, 76A Repealed, 1978, 478, Sec. 224
- Section 77 Repealed, 1955, 741, Sec. 1A
- Section 77A, 77B Repealed, 1978, 478, Sec. 224
- Section 78 Repealed, 1975, 863, Sec. 6
- Section 79 Salaries of clerks
- Section 80 Compensation of assistant clerks; practice of law
- Section 80A Boston municipal court department; salaries of secretary and assistant secretary to justices
- Section 81 Traveling expenses
- Section 82 Repealed, 1956, 738, Sec. 8
- Section 82A Repealed, 1969, 867, Sec. 2
- Section 83 Repealed, 1931, 301, Sec. 36
- Section 84 Computation of compensation