Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 119 § 71
Current through Chapters 1 to 249 and Chapters 253 to 255 of the 2024 Legislative Session
If any person to whom a summons is issued under the preceding section or section forty-two or fifty-five fails to appear in response to such summons, the court issuing the summons may issue a capias to compel the attendance of such person, and such capias shall be issued and served in the same manner as a capias to compel the attendance of witnesses who have failed to appear on a subpoena issued in behalf of the commonwealth in a criminal case.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 119, § 71