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- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 26 · Failure to appear and abide orders as contempt
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 27 · Recognizance
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 28 · Arrest without warrant
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 29 · Outstanding warrant check prior to release on bail or recognizance
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 30 · Recall of default warrant; arrest
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 31 · Default warrants issued due to failure to pay fines, assessments, court costs, restitution, support payments, etc. to be noted in warrant management system
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 32 · Payment of fine, assessment, costs, restitution, support payment, etc.; release from custody
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 33 · Examination of arrested persons for injuries; reports; penalty
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 33A · Use of telephone in places of detention
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 34 · Repealed, 1979, 344, Sec. 23
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 35 · Adjournments of examinations and trials
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 36 · Failure to appear; default on recognizance; subsequent proceedings
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 37 · Failure to recognize; subsequent proceedings
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 37A · Assignment of counsel
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 38 · Examination; assistance of counsel; waiver of indictment
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 39 · Repealed, 1979, 344, Sec. 25
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 40 · Testimony reduced to writing; signing by witnesses
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 41 · Discharge of prisoner
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 42 · Bail or commitment
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 42A · Bail or personal recognizance; terms and conditions to protect persons suffering physical abuse
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 43 · Conveying prisoner through another county
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 44 · Fees and expenses in district court in record sent to superior court
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 45 · Witnesses bound by recognizance
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 46 · Witnesses bound by recognizance on adjournment
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 47 · Sureties with recognizance
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 48 · Recognizances for minor witnesses
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 49 · Commitment of witnesses; discharge upon recognizance
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 50 · Repealed, 1979, 344, Sec. 25
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 51 · Release of committed witnesses; proceedings
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 52 · Rules regulating treatment of committed witnesses; removal to another county
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 52A · Removal of accused person to another county or to a correctional institution; return; proceedings; costs
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 53 · Transporting male and female prisoners
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 54 · Handcuffing committed witnesses to accused persons; transporting together
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 55 · Discharge upon acknowledgment of satisfaction for injury
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 56 · Filing of order; delivery to jail keeper; discharge as bar to civil action
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 56A · Abuse occurring prior to or in conjunction with charged crime against person or property; investigation prior to release, discharge or admittance to bail; preliminary written statement to be filed and maintained in statewide domestic violence record keeping system
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 57 · Bail; officials authorized to admit to bail; amount of bail; security
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 58 · Release on personal recognizance or unsecured appearance bond; determination; fees; refusal; petition for review
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 58A · Conditions for release of persons accused of certain offenses involving physical force or abuse; hearing; order; review
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 58B · Revocation of release and detention order following violation of release conditions
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 59 · Repealed, 2018, 69, Sec. 177
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 60 · Bail in Suffolk county; proceedings
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 61 · Bail taken out of court; certificate or recognizance and deposit by surety; presence of persons; monthly statements by person taking bail
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 61A · Repealed, 2018, 69, Sec. 178
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 61B · Compensation for acting as surety prohibited
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 62 · Notice to district attorney of application to accept bail in Suffolk county
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 63 · Compensation for taking bail
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 64 · Admission to bail on Sunday
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 65 · Condition of recognizance
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 66 · Return of recognizance and examination taken by magistrate; order compelling; contempt
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 67 · Repealed, 1994, 247, Sec. 5
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 68 · Surrender of principal; notice; exoneration of bail; return of deposits; subsequent bail
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 69 · Surrender of principal after default; remission of penalty
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 70 · Inability to surrender principal; exoneration of bail
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 71 · Default on recognizance
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 72 · Surety paying amount for which bound; costs
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 73 · Award of portion of penalty to person entitled to forfeiture
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 74 · Judgment for whole or part of penalty
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 75 · Neglect, omissions or defects as defeating action
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 76 · Review and rehearing of case after judgment on recognizance
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 77 · Service of notice and copy of petition; return day
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 78 · Proceedings if former judgment diminished, etc.; costs
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 79 · Personal recognizance and deposit instead of sureties for release from custody
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 80 · Forfeiture of deposit on default; sale of bonds; collection on bank books; payments to state treasurer
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 81 · Defendant surrendering self; return of deposit
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 82 · Magistrates authorized to admit prisoners to bail
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 82A · Failure to appear in court after release on bail or recognizance; penalty
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 83 · Probation officers; applicants for appointment as a probation officer; examination; investigation and interview; promotion; publication of standards
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 83A · Repealed, 1992, 379, Sec. 189
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 83B to 83F · Repealed, 1949, 783, Sec. 2
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 84 · Repealed, 1977, 97
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 85 · Powers and duties of probation officers
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 85A · Probation officers of the probate court; support and maintenance enforcement
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 85B · Probation officers of the probate court; collection of delinquent payments due under order of the court; recommendations to the court
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 86 · Repealed, 2011, 93, Sec. 121
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 87 · Placing certain persons in care of probation officer
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 87A · Conditions of probation
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 87B · Compliance credits earned by eligible offender; accrual; revocation; calculation of supervision termination date
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 88 · Clerical assistance
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 89 · Temporary probation officers
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 89A · Counsellors to juvenile offenders
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 89B · Probation officers appointed to exclusively supervise young adults; selection; training
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 90 · Powers of probation officers; reports; records; inspection
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 91 · Power of probation officers appointed by Boston juvenile court to serve process
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 92 · Restitution or reparation to injured person through probation officer
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 92A · Restitution in cases involving motor vehicle theft or fraudulent claims
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 93 · Payment to treasurer of unclaimed money collected by probation officer
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 94 · Expenses of probation officers
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 95 · Temporary support or transportation of probationers
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 96 · Penalty for refusal or neglect of duties by probation officer
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 97 · Interference with duties of department of youth services
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 98 · Office of probation; commissioner of probation
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 98A · Advisory board to commissioner of probation and court administrator
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 99 · Powers and duties of commissioner of probation
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 99A · Repealed, 1992, 379, Sec. 192
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 99B · Probation officers; compensation
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 99C · Repealed, 1978, 478, Sec. 296
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 99D · Repealed, 1986, 520, Sec. 3
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 99E · Indigency; interagency service agreements; income data verification
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 99F · Performance measurement system for the office of probation and private organizations under contract with the commonwealth