{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-211-4","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 211, § 4","heading":"Removal of officers","body":"Section 4. A majority of the justices may, if in their judgment the public good so requires, remove from office a clerk of the courts or of their own court; and if sufficient cause is shown therefor and it appears that the public good so requires, may, upon a complaint, upon a summary hearing or otherwise, remove a clerk of the superior court in Suffolk county, or of a district court, a county commissioner, a county treasurer, sheriff, register of probate or district attorney, or the recorder of the land court.","path":["Part III","Title I","Chapter 211"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIII/TitleI/Chapter211/Section4","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:24:41Z","sha256":"824a5e7c946fa3696e1d35e7785c962ed09fb38ed030cf07876b9f8f7fead158","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-211-3g","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-211-4a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}