{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-12-12","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 12, § 12","heading":"District attorneys; qualifications; election; term; appearances","body":"Section 12. There shall be a district attorney for each district set forth in the following section, who shall be a resident therein and a member of the bar of the commonwealth and shall be elected as provided by section one hundred and fifty-four of chapter fifty-four. He shall serve for four years beginning with the first Wednesday of January after his election and until his successor is qualified.\nThe district attorney shall appear for a county constituting such district in all civil actions in which such county is a party under the provisions of chapter two hundred and fifty-eight.","path":["Part I","Title II","Chapter 12"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleII/Chapter12/Section12","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:19:49Z","sha256":"3491471a61cc2d87d11b022b5b858ec9bd9d3bd7ba328f242a9b6feb722f0f8a","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-12-11m1-2","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-12-13"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}