{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-221-10","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 221, § 10","heading":"Temporary clerk; appointment by court","body":"Section 10. If at a sitting of any court neither the clerk nor assistant clerk is present, the court may appoint a temporary clerk, who shall perform the duties of the office during the sitting or until the clerk or assistant clerk resumes his duties, unless an appointment under one of the two preceding sections is sooner made or unless a new clerk has qualified.","path":["Part III","Title I","Chapter 221"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIII/TitleI/Chapter221/Section10","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:24:46Z","sha256":"b33d19dbf3c7a9b51a27d92cb5aa29fdc50cb73874d44e330139cc6b5e3b300b","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-221-9","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-221-11"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}