Chapter 276 - SEARCH WARRANTS, REWARDS, FUGITIVES FROM JUSTICE, ARREST, EXAMINATION, COMMITMENT AND BAIL. PROBATION OFFICERS AND BOARD OF PROBATION
- Section 276:1 - Complaint; warrant for designated property or articles; search incident to arrest; documentary evidence subject to privilege
- Section 276:1A - Articles belonging to subversive organizations
- Section 276:1B - Issuance of warrant for electronic communication records
- Section 276:2 - Requisites of warrant
- Section 276:2A - Form of warrant
- Section 276:2B - Affidavit in support of application for warrant; contents and form
- Section 276:2C - Manner of issuing warrants; application of secs. 2, 2A and 2B
- Section 276:2D - Warrants not requiring law enforcement officer to knock and announce presence; limitations
- Section 276:3 - Seizure, custody and disposition of articles; exceptions
- Section 276:3A - Time for return of warrant
- Section 276:4 - Notice before forfeiture of property
- Section 276:5 - Service of notice
- Section 276:6 - Postponement of trial; further notice
- Section 276:7 - Sale or destruction of property seized; disposition of proceeds
- Section 276:8 - Appeal; recognizance; jury trial; conformity to criminal cases; disposition of articles
- Section 276:9 - Rewards offered by governor; determination of claims
- Section 276:10 - Rewards offered for detecting or securing persons committing certain offenses; determination of claims
- Section 276:10A - Authority of officer of another state to arrest felon
- Section 276:10B - Proceedings after arrest
- Section 276:10C - Partial invalidity
- Section 276:10D - Citation of law; uniform construction
- Section 276:11 - Definitions
- Section 276:12 - Arrest and delivery of accused to executives of another state; governor's authority
- Section 276:13 - Surrendering accused not in demanding state at time of crime or leaving demanding state involuntarily
- Section 276:14 - Written demand; allegations; accompanying papers; charge of crime; authentication of copies of papers
- Section 276:15 - Investigation of demand and report to governor
- Section 276:16 - Governor's warrant of arrest; recital of facts
- Section 276:17 - Arrest and delivery of accused; commanding aid
- Section 276:18 - Authority to command assistance; penalties for refusal
- Section 276:19 - Rights of arrested person; habeas corpus; notice; penalty
- Section 276:20 - Confinement of accused; expense; evidence of transportation to demanding state; new requisition
- Section 276:20A - Warrant to apprehend on oath or affidavit; copies of papers attached
- Section 276:20B - Arrest without warrant; taking accused before court or justice; complaint
- Section 276:20C - Commitment to permit arrest under warrant of governor on requisition
- Section 276:20D - Bail
- Section 276:20E - Discharge; recommitment; bail
- Section 276:20F - Forfeiture of bail
- Section 276:20G - Prosecution pending in commonwealth
- Section 276:20H - Inquiry into guilt or innocence
- Section 276:20I - Recall of warrant or issuance of another
- Section 276:20J - Waiver of warrant and procedure, etc.
- Section 276:20K - Warrant to receive accused and convey him to proper county; proceedings pending in another state
- Section 276:20L - Application for requisition
- Section 276:20M - Payment of agent's expenses
- Section 276:20N - Service of process in civil action on accused; immunity
- Section 276:20O - Trying for other crimes; immunity
- Section 276:20P - Waiver by commonwealth
- Section 276:20Q - Partial validity
- Section 276:20R - Citation of law; uniform construction
- Section 276:21 - Justices may issue process
- Section 276:22 - Warrants, procedure for issuance
- Section 276:23 - Service of warrants and other processes
- Section 276:23A - Warrant management system
- Section 276:23B - Annual list of persons registered with licensing authorities; criminal history systems board; outstanding warrants; notification of license suspension; hearing
- Section 276:24 - Summons instead of warrant
- Section 276:25 - Summons fixing time for trial; service
- Section 276:26 - Failure to appear and abide orders as contempt
- Section 276:27 - Recognizance
- Section 276:28 - Arrest without warrant
- Section 276:29 - Release on bail or recognizance; outstanding warrants
- Section 276:30 - Penalty for default warrant recall, forfeiture or default of bail, or surrender of recognizance by probation officer
- Section 276:31 - Default warrants issued due to failure to pay fines, assessments, court costs, restitution, support payments, etc. to be noted in warrant management system
- Section 276:32 - Release from custody upon payment; recall of warrant
- Section 276:33 - Examination of arrested persons for injuries; reports; penalty
- Section 276:33A - Use of telephone in places of detention
- Section 276:35 - Adjournments of examinations and trials
- Section 276:36 - Failure to appear; subsequent proceedings
- Section 276:37 - Failure to recognize; subsequent proceedings
- Section 276:37A - Assignment of counsel
- Section 276:38 - Examination; assistance of counsel; waiver of indictment
- Section 276:40 - Testimony reduced to writing; signing by witnesses
- Section 276:41 - Discharge of prisoner
- Section 276:42 - Bail or commitment
- Section 276:42A - Bail or personal recognizance; terms and conditions to protect persons suffering physical abuse
- Section 276:43 - Conveying prisoner through another county
- Section 276:44 - Fees and expenses in district court in record sent to superior court
- Section 276:45 - Witnesses bound by recognizance
- Section 276:46 - Witnesses bound by recognizance on adjournment
- Section 276:47 - Sureties with recognizance
- Section 276:48 - Recognizances by minor witnesses
- Section 276:49 - Commitment of witnesses; discharge upon recognizance
- Section 276:51 - Release of committed witnesses; proceedings
- Section 276:52 - Rules regulating treatment of committed witnesses; removal to another county
- Section 276:52A - Removal of accused person to another county or to a correctional institution; return; proceedings; cost of support
- Section 276:53 - Transporting male and female prisoners
- Section 276:54 - Handcuffing committed witnesses to accused persons; transporting together
- Section 276:55 - Discharge upon acknowledgment of satisfaction for injury
- Section 276:56 - Filing of order; delivery to jail keeper; discharge as bar to civil action
- Section 276:56A - Abuse alleged to have occurred immediately prior to or in conjunction with crime against person or property; preliminary statement
- Section 276:57 - Bail; officials authorized to admit to bail; amount of bail; security
- Section 276:58 - Release on personal recognizance or unsecured appearance bond; determination; fees; refusal; petition for review
- Section 276:58A - Conditions of pretrial release of persons accused of felonies involving use of physical force, violation of an order, or abuse; detention hearing, order; review
- Section 276:58B - Revocation of release and detention order following violation of release conditions
- Section 276:59 - [Repealed]
- Section 276:60 - Bail in Suffolk county; proceedings
- Section 276:61 - Bail taken out of court; certificate or recognizance and deposit by surety; presence of persons; monthly statements by person taking bail
- Section 276:61A - [Repealed]
- Section 276:61B - Surety not to be compensated for acting as surety
- Section 276:62 - Notice to district attorney of application to accept bail in Suffolk county
- Section 276:63 - Compensation for taking bail
- Section 276:64 - Admission to bail on Sunday
- Section 276:65 - Condition of recognizance
- Section 276:66 - Return of recognizance and examination taken by magistrate; order compelling; contempt
- Section 276:68 - Surrender of principal; notice; exoneration of bail; return of deposits; subsequent bail
- Section 276:69 - Surrender of principal after default; remission of penalty
- Section 276:70 - Inability to surrender principal; exoneration of bail
- Section 276:71 - Default on recognizance
- Section 276:72 - Surety paying amount for which bound; costs
- Section 276:73 - Award of portion of penalty to person entitled to forfeiture
- Section 276:74 - Judgment for whole or part of penalty
- Section 276:75 - Neglect, omissions or defects as defeating action
- Section 276:76 - Review and rehearing of case after judgment on recognizance
- Section 276:77 - Service of notice and copy of petition; return day
- Section 276:78 - Proceedings if former judgment diminished, etc.; costs
- Section 276:79 - Personal recognizance and deposit instead of sureties for release from custody
- Section 276:80 - Forfeiture of deposit on default; sale of bonds; collection on bank books; payments to state treasurer
- Section 276:81 - Defendant surrendering self; return of deposit, etc.
- Section 276:82 - Bail commissioner or special magistrate authorized to admit to bail
- Section 276:82A - Failure to appear in court after release on bail or recognizance; penalty
- Section 276:83 - Probation officers; applicants for appointment as a probation officer; examination; investigation and interview; promotion; publication of standards
- Section 276:85 - Powers and duties
- Section 276:85A - Support and maintenance enforcement
- Section 276:85B - Delinquent payments, collection, contempt
- Section 276:86 - [Repealed]
- Section 276:87 - Placing certain persons in care of probation officer
- Section 276:87A - Conditions of probation; probation fees
- Section 276:87B - Compliance credits earned by eligible offenders
- Section 276:88 - Clerical assistance
- Section 276:89 - Temporary probation officers
- Section 276:89A - Counsellors to juvenile offenders
- Section 276:89B - Probation officers designated to exclusively supervise young adults
- Section 276:90 - Powers of probation officers; reports; records; inspection
- Section 276:91 - Power of probation officers appointed by Boston juvenile court to serve process
- Section 276:92 - Restitution or reparation to injured person through probation officer
- Section 276:92A - Restitution in cases involving motor vehicle theft or fraudulent claims
- Section 276:93 - Payment to treasurer of unclaimed money collected by probation officer
- Section 276:94 - Expenses of probation officers
- Section 276:95 - Temporary support or transportation of probationers
- Section 276:96 - Refusal or neglect of duties by probation officer
- Section 276:97 - Interference with duties of department of youth services
- Section 276:98 - Office of probation; commissioner of probation
- Section 276:98A - Advisory board to commissioner of probation and chief justice for administration and management
- Section 276:99 - Powers and duties of commissioner of probation
- Section 276:99B - Probation officers; compensation
- Section 276:99E - Interagency service agreements for verification of income data relevant to determination of indigency
- Section 276:99F - Performance measurement system for the office of probation and private organizations under contract with the commonwealth
- Section 276:99G - Pretrial services initiative
- Section 276:100 - Detailed reports of probation work; records; accessibility of information
- Section 276:100A - Requests to seal files; conditions; application of section; effect of sealing of records
- Section 276:100B - Requests to seal delinquency files or records; conditions; sealing by commissioner; notice for compliance; effect of sealing; limited disclosure
- Section 276:100C - Sealing of records or files in certain criminal cases; effect upon employment reports; enforcement
- Section 276:100D - Access and use by criminal justice agencies of sealed criminal offender record information concerning offenses or acts of delinquency committed by any person before the age of 17
- Section 276:100E - Definitions for Secs. 276:100E to 276:100U
- Section 276:100F - Petition for expungement of record as adjudicated delinquent or youthful offender
- Section 276:100G - Expungement of record of conviction
- Section 276:100H - Expungement of record that does not include adjudication as delinquent or as youthful offender or conviction
- Section 276:100I - Certification that record is eligible for expungement
- Section 276:100J - Criminal records not eligible for expungement
- Section 276:100K - Expungement of record based on certain evidence
- Section 276:100K 1/4 - Expungement of record created as result of criminal court appearance
- Section 276:100L - Actual expungement of record
- Section 276:100M - Persons with expunged records not to be prosecuted for failure to acknowledge such record
- Section 276:100N - Expunged records not to disqualify for certain positions
- Section 276:100O - Expunged records not to be public record
- Section 276:100P - Exclusion of general public from judicial proceedings involving expungement
- Section 276:100Q - Expungement records not available for inspection
- Section 276:100R - District attorney not to make plea deal contingent on waiving right to expunge
- Section 276:100S - No notice or ability to know of expunged record by employer or landlord
- Section 276:100T - Notification to FBI and U.S. Department of Justice of expungement
- Section 276:100U - Promulgation of regulations for Secs. 276:100E to 276:100T
- Section 276:101 - Annual report of commissioner to general court
- Section 276:101A - Establishment of uniform forms of blanks and records for use in district court probation offices
- Section 276:102 - Authority of courts to require keeping of probation records as affected by secs. 98 to 101A
- Section 276:103 - Notice to commissioner of appointment, removal, etc., of probation officer