{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-37-14","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 37, § 14","heading":"Service of writs and precepts after removal","body":"Section 14. They may execute precepts in their hands at the time of their removal from office; and, upon a vacancy in the office of sheriff, every deputy in office under him, having a writ or precept in his hands, shall have the same authority to serve, execute and return the same, as if the sheriff had continued in office.","path":["Part I","Title VI","Chapter 37"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleVI/Chapter37/Section14","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:20:28Z","sha256":"d26c05b086f61b348c04fce2e2167243540014343d0c4c2e4180a2d8b42a34bf","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-37-13","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-37-15"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}