{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-262-19","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 262, § 19","heading":"Endorsement of fees; certificate of use of conveyance; penalty","body":"Section 19. No fees for the service of any process of which the officer is required to make a return shall be allowed, unless itemized and endorsed on the process; and no allowance for the use of a conveyance in the service of a civil process shall be made, unless the officer certifies that it was necessary for him to use a conveyance, and that he actually used such conveyance for the distance set forth in his certificate. An officer who makes a false certificate under this section or section ten shall forfeit thirty dollars for each offence, to the use of the commonwealth.","path":["Part III","Title VI","Chapter 262"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIII/TitleVI/Chapter262/Section19","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:25:08Z","sha256":"7b223876b35b40ae74d36bdc2ec5490ca0c36b52d3ccbd929161c8facb28c398","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-262-18","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-262-20"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}