{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-233-12","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 233, § 12","heading":"Summons for attendance at criminal trial outside state","body":"Section 12. A justice of the peace, upon receipt of a certificate of the clerk of a court of record in the state of Maine or in a state adjoining this commonwealth that a criminal prosecution is pending in such court, and that a resident of the commonwealth is supposed to be a material witness therein, shall issue a summons requiring such witness to appear and testify at the court in which such case is pending.","path":["Part III","Title II","Chapter 233"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIII/TitleII/Chapter233/Section12","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:24:54Z","sha256":"7e4e41888d5304a2f6f882e2e2ae888141f5a25d6885fc6b8229bcd4f63e18d0","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-233-11","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-233-13"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}