{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-218-33","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, § 33","heading":"Warrants and process; power of clerks to issue","body":"Section 33. A clerk, assistant clerk, temporary clerk or temporary assistant clerk, may receive complaints, administer to complainants the oath required thereto, and issue warrants, search warrants and summonses, returnable as required when such process are issued by said courts. No other person, except a judge, shall be authorized to issue warrants, search warrants or summonses.","path":["Part III","Title I","Chapter 218"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIII/TitleI/Chapter218/Section33","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:24:45Z","sha256":"4534dbb64da127002062359249a89728bd4c5896eae1078c5c07c15d32933017","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-218-32a","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-218-34"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}