{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-212-7","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 212, § 7","heading":"Indictments; transmittal","body":"Section 7. The clerk of the courts for the county in which an indictment for a capital crime has been entered, or, in the county of Suffolk, the clerk of the superior court for criminal business, shall forthwith send notice thereof, with a copy of the indictment, to the chief or first justice of the court and to the attorney general. An indictment for a felony offense shall be accompanied by the offense-based tracking number and fingerprint-based state identification number of the defendant when the corresponding charges result from an arrest. Any justice of said court may thereupon appoint a time for the arraignment of the prisoner, which shall take place either at a regular sitting or on a day specially assigned therefor.","path":["Part III","Title I","Chapter 212"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIII/TitleI/Chapter212/Section7","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:24:42Z","sha256":"a6998ac9905945d1b0575099d05f7be6cf08b532827922410d4f9927e1400a7f","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-212-6","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-212-8"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}