Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 280, § 11: Certification of fines and forfeitures; payment to commonwealth

Section 11. Except as otherwise provided in section eighty of chapter two hundred and seventy-six, fines and forfeitures imposed in criminal prosecutions by the superior court to the use of the commonwealth, and all amounts found to be due on forfeited recognizances, shall under the direction of the court, be certified by the clerk and paid to the commonwealth.