Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 4 § 9B

Current through Chapter 223 of the 2024 Legislative Session

Section 4:9B - Stamping seal on documents

The impression or stamping of the established seal of a court, public office, public officer or corporation upon a paper shall be taken and held to be the seal of such court, public office, public officer or corporation, and valid in law to the same extent that an impression of such seal would be if made on wax or wafer attached to such paper. Electronically imprinting the established seal of a court in a form authorized by the supreme judicial court, appeals court, the trial court or any department of the trial court of the commonwealth shall be taken and held to be the seal of such court.

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 4, § 9B

Amended by Acts 2022, c. 175,§ 3, eff. 11/8/2022, app. to estates of homestead arising or created before, on or the effective date, except with respect to subject matter of any final judgment to the contrary by court of competent jurisdiction in an action commenced prior to said effective date.