{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-119-71","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 119, § 71","heading":"Failure to appear on summons; capias","body":"Section 71. If any person to whom a summons is issued under the preceding section or section forty-two or fifty-five fails to appear in response to such summons, the court issuing the summons may issue a capias to compel the attendance of such person, and such capias shall be issued and served in the same manner as a capias to compel the attendance of witnesses who have failed to appear on a subpoena issued in behalf of the commonwealth in a criminal case.","path":["Part I","Title XVII","Chapter 119"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXVII/Chapter119/Section71","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:22:59Z","sha256":"67d1a6aa7daf0ebecfce5ad5c1dd5c1fc8390d18d55c752bb6be2126c61700a5","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-119-70","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-119-72"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}