Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 37 § 14
Current through Chapter 205 of the 2024 Legislative Session
They may execute precepts in their hands at the time of their removal from office; and, upon a vacancy in the office of sheriff, every deputy in office under him, having a writ or precept in his hands, shall have the same authority to serve, execute and return the same, as if the sheriff had continued in office.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 37, § 14