{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-46-26","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 46, § 26","heading":"Fees","body":"Section 26. The town clerk shall receive the following fees from the town upon presenting to the town treasurer a certificate of the receipt of the prescribed copies by the commissioner of public health: For each birth, marriage or death, one dollar. He shall also receive from the town the following fees: For each certificate transmitted under section twelve, fifty cents; for receiving and recording an affidavit and forwarding a copy thereof under section thirteen, one dollar; for sending the notice required by section twenty-three, fifty cents; for each oath administered in his capacity as clerk, twenty-five cents. A town may limit the aggregate compensation allowed to its clerk.","path":["Part I","Title VII","Chapter 46"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleVII/Chapter46/Section26","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:20:43Z","sha256":"eb2c56dd9b1efb4cc3bfd963626189e0968deba4e3eaf177280dacf53097b3d8","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-46-25","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-46-27"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}