{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-215-49","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 215, § 49","heading":"Notices; selection of newspapers","body":"Section 49. Parties to probate proceedings may select the newspapers in which the notices ordered upon their petitions shall be published, preference to be given to a newspaper, if any, published in the town where the deceased last dwelt, unless, in the judgment of the register, the interests of all parties require publication in some other locality; but the court may order the notice published in one other newspaper.","path":["Part III","Title I","Chapter 215"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIII/TitleI/Chapter215/Section49","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:24:44Z","sha256":"730efae39755d45c3b6f7d26081429bab64b87587ca03efe9345677ce6d4e39f","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-215-48","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-215-50"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}