Chapter 218 - DISTRICT COURTS
- Section 218:1 - Territorial jurisdiction and place of holding court
- Section 218:2 - Boston municipal courts; concurrent jurisdiction over waters and islands
- Section 218:2A - Transfer of civil actions brought in wrong court
- Section 218:3 - Criminal jurisdiction over waters and islands
- Section 218:4 - Courts of record; jurisdiction; seal
- Section 218:4A - Massachusetts uniform enforcement of foreign Judgments
- Section 218:5 - Contempt cases; service of process
- Section 218:6 - Justices; number; terms; compensation; duties
- Section 218:6A - Special justices of district court; certification of full time duties; restrictions on employment
- Section 218:7 - Oaths; power to administer
- Section 218:8 - Clerks; appointment; number; retirement; vacation and sick leave
- Section 218:9 - Temporary clerks
- Section 218:10 - Assistant clerks
- Section 218:10A - Deputy assistant clerks; power to designate
- Section 218:11 - Temporary assistant clerks
- Section 218:12 - Clerks, etc., to be sworn; duties and powers
- Section 218:13 - Old documents; storing
- Section 218:14 - Facsimile signatures
- Section 218:15 - Times for holding trials, etc.; office hours of clerks
- Section 218:16 - Bond of clerk
- Section 218:17 - Justice, clerk or assistant clerk; restrictions on practice of law
- Section 218:18 - Justices and clerks; receipt of additional compensation; prohibition
- Section 218:19 - Civil jurisdiction; general provisions
- Section 218:19A - Central district court of Worcester; jury of six; request for jury; removal to superior court
- Section 218:19B - Central district court of Northern Essex; jury of six; request for jury; removal to superior court
- Section 218:19C - District court jurisdiction; equity powers; rules and forms
- Section 218:19D - Housing specialists; appointment; knowledge requisites; powers and duties
- Section 218:20 - Actions against executors and administrators, and against bail
- Section 218:21 - Power to establish rules of small claims procedure; venue; jurisdictional amount; hearings; damages and penalties
- Section 218:22 - Procedure
- Section 218:23 - Initial determination of cause; removal; trial by jury; bond or deposit; report to appellate division; effect of judgment
- Section 218:24 - Transfer to ordinary docket
- Section 218:25 - Costs; discretion of court
- Section 218:26 - General provisions
- Section 218:26A - Trial by jury of six; waiver; stenographers; probation officers
- Section 218:27 - Imposition of penalties; juveniles
- Section 218:27A - Jury sessions
- Section 218:28 - Recognizances to keep the peace
- Section 218:30 - Binding over to superior court
- Section 218:32 - Complaints and warrants
- Section 218:32A - Inclusion of offense-based tracking number in application for criminal complaint
- Section 218:33 - Warrants and process; power of clerks to issue
- Section 218:34 - Arrest without warrant; endorsement of complaint by arresting officer
- Section 218:35 - Complaints, warrants and process; power to issue; disqualification to hear case; destruction of applications for complaints
- Section 218:35A - Process; issuance on complaint for misdemeanors; consideration of criminal records and domestic violence records; right to hearing
- Section 218:36 - Justice of peace; taking bail
- Section 218:37 - Process for witnesses and defendants in criminal and juvenile cases; direction and service
- Section 218:38 - Courts always open; sittings; adjournments; filing of complaints
- Section 218:39 - Books and supplies
- Section 218:40 - Holding court; officers authorized
- Section 218:41 - Special justice; powers and duties
- Section 218:42 - Adjournment when justice absent
- Section 218:42A - Administrative head of district court department
- Section 218:42B - Deputy court administrator
- Section 218:43 - Uniform rules of courts; power to make and promulgate
- Section 218:43A - Uniform practices; forms; superintendence of divisions
- Section 218:43B - Official forms; powers of chief justice
- Section 218:43E - Community mediation; advisory board; coordinator
- Section 218:44 - Process; formal requisites; territorial jurisdiction
- Section 218:47 - Clerks; duty to make payments and to account; penalty
- Section 218:48 - Municipal courts; sentences to Deer Island
- Section 218:49 - Clerks; duty to pay certain fees; advances; accounting
- Section 218:50 - Boston municipal court; justices; number; vacation and sick leave; rule making power
- Section 218:51A - Administrative head of Boston municipal court department; appointment of first justice; allowance of bills
- Section 218:52 - Justices and special justices; assignment; additional sessions; compensation, etc.
- Section 218:52A - Clerk for criminal and civil business
- Section 218:53 - Clerks and assistant clerks
- Section 218:53A - Temporary assistant clerks
- Section 218:54 - Civil jurisdiction
- Section 218:55 - Recording systems; stenographic and medical services and equipment
- Section 218:56 - Clerks; accounting; penalty
- Section 218:57 - Juvenile courts; divisions; territorial jurisdiction; appeals
- Section 218:57A - Chief justice; administrative head of juvenile court system; executive secretary; powers and duties
- Section 218:57B - Deputy court administrator
- Section 218:58 - Justices and clerks; assignment; salaries; vacation and sick leave; interpreters
- Section 218:58A - Administrative assistant for intergovernmental relations
- Section 218:58B - Special justices of Boston juvenile court; certification of full time duties; restrictions on employment
- Section 218:58C - Special justices of juvenile court
- Section 218:59 - Powers; duties and procedure; jurisdiction
- Section 218:60 - Jurisdiction over offenders; rule making power
- Section 218:66 - Boston municipal court; messenger
- Section 218:67 - Boston municipal court; interpreters
- Section 218:68 - East Boston district court; interpreter
- Section 218:69 - Clerks of divisions of district court department; allowance for assistance
- Section 218:70 - Clerks of Boston municipal court department; allowance for assistance
- Section 218:74 - Salaries; monthly installments
- Section 218:75B - Municipal court of city of Boston; salaries of assistant clerk in charge of twelve man jury sessions
- Section 218:79 - Salaries of clerks
- Section 218:80 - Compensation of assistant clerks; practice of law
- Section 218:80A - Municipal court of city of Boston; salaries of secretary and assistant secretary to justices
- Section 218:81 - Traveling expenses
- Section 218:84 - Computation of compensation