{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-67-12","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 67, § 12","heading":"Procedure when officers fail to call meeting","body":"Section 12. If there are no assessors or committee, or if such officers unreasonably refuse to call a meeting, a justice of the peace may, upon the application of five or more membors, call a meeting in the manner provided in section twenty-two.","path":["Part I","Title XI","Chapter 67"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXI/Chapter67/Section12","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:21:15Z","sha256":"90eb7587f9d8ab8fec47b177c69c6da2f534f56bb56674a05b97b43cf1bc3da6","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-67-11","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-67-13"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}