SECTION 1. Divisions; justices; definitions

SECTION 2. Judges; number in certain counties; first justices, powers, terms

SECTION 2A to 3A. Repealed, 1978, 478, Secs. 139 to 141

SECTION 3B. Hampshire county; associate justice

SECTION 3C. Circuit justices; appointment; expenses

SECTION 4. Registers of probate and insolvency

SECTION 5. Oath of judge

SECTION 5A. Oath of register

SECTION 6. Repealed, 1978, 478, Sec. 143

SECTION 6A. Special judge or register; interest in proceedings; prohibition

SECTION 6B. Prohibitions and restrictions on justices; assignment to another county

SECTION 7. Judge and register; appointment as guardian or executor

SECTION 8. Chief justice; powers and duties

SECTION 81/2. Deputy court administrator

SECTION 8A. Provision of suitable offices

SECTION 9. Out of county authority; probate judges

SECTION 10. Vacancy; powers of acting judge; bonds

SECTION 11. Judges; inspection of records; forfeiture of bonds of registers; notice

SECTION 12. Bond of register

SECTION 13. Temporary register

SECTION 14. Register; duty to certify amount of assistance

SECTION 15. Register; duties; custody of records, etc.

SECTION 15A. Register or assistant; printing or typing of names on filed instruments

SECTION 15B. Inventory involving real estate in registry district other than district in which filed; recording of information

SECTION 15C. Inventory involving real estate located in another county; duties of registers

SECTION 16. Register; copies of certain papers; mailing to commissioner of revenue

SECTION 16A. Register; copies of petitions for probate of will, appointment of personal representative, and adjudication of intestacy

SECTION 17. Register to report vacancy and appointment of assistant

SECTION 18. Register; furnishing copies; fees

SECTION 19. Register; reports to division of public charities

SECTION 20. Register to account

SECTION 21. Register; receipt of complaints, petitions, and applications

SECTION 22. Register; power to issue attachments, appoint appraisers, etc.

SECTION 22A. Identification of husbands and wives in documents and communications

SECTION 23. First assistant registers

SECTION 23A. Assistant registers

SECTION 23B. Administrative deputy assistants

SECTION 23C. Judicial case managers

SECTION 23D. Assistant judicial case managers

SECTION 24 to 25A. Repealed, 1978, 478, Sec. 149

SECTION 26. Assistant registers; official signatures

SECTION 27. Assistant registers; duties

SECTION 27A. Duties of judicial case managers

SECTION 28. Suffolk county; clerk to administer oaths in probate proceedings

SECTION 29. Middlesex county; clerk to administer oaths in probate proceedings

SECTION 29A. Dukes county; clerk to administer oaths in probate proceedings

SECTION 29B. Nantucket county; clerk to administer oaths in probate proceedings

SECTION 29C. Barnstable probate court; deputy assistant registers

SECTION 29D. Berkshire probate court; deputy assistant register

SECTION 29E. Hampden probate court; deputy assistant registers

SECTION 29F. Worcester probate court; deputy assistant registers

SECTION 29G. Bristol probate and family court; deputy assistant registers

SECTION 29H. Hampshire probate court first justice; deputy assistant registers

SECTION 29I. Plymouth probate court; deputy assistant registers

SECTION 29J. Essex probate and family court; deputy assistant register

SECTION 29K. Franklin probate and family court; deputy assistant register

SECTION 29L. Norfolk probate and family court; deputy assistant register

SECTION 30. Court officers; appointment for certain counties

SECTION 31. Repealed, 1992, 379, Sec. 117

SECTION 31A to 32C. Repealed, 1978, 478, Sec. 157

SECTION 33. Allowance to registers for assistance

SECTION 34. Repealed, 1978, 478, Sec. 157

SECTION 34A. Repealed, 1978, 478, Sec. 159

SECTION 35. Salaries of registers, administrative deputy assistants, assistant registers, etc.; payment

SECTION 35A. Registers; salaries

SECTION 35B. Assistant registers, judicial case managers and administrative deputy assistants; salaries

SECTION 35C. Repealed, 2001, 177, Sec. 43B

SECTION 36. Repealed, 1926, 380, Sec. 3

SECTION 37. Repealed, 1926, 380, Sec. 4

SECTION 38. Repealed, 1937, 408, Sec. 2

SECTION 39. Court officers and messengers; compensation

SECTION 40. Repealed, 1975, 862, Sec. 4; 1978, 478, Sec. 163

SECTION 41. Repealed, 1963, 819, Sec. 5

SECTION 42. Traveling expenses

SECTION 43. Temporary register; compensation; fees