Massachusetts General Laws

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 12, § 30 (2026)

Fees for services in performance of duty; appearance in civil action

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Section 30. No prosecuting officer shall receive any fee or reward from or in behalf of a prosecutor for services in any prosecution or business to which it is his official duty to attend, nor shall he be concerned as counsel or attorney for either party in a civil action depending upon the same facts involved in such prosecution or business.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 5 cases, 1978–1998 · leading case: Commonwealth v. Tabor, 384 N.E.2d 190 (Mass. 1978).

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Commonwealth v. Tabor, 384 N.E.2d 190 (Mass. 1978). · cites it 4× “However, the issue raised by the defendant’s motion involves the apparently unintentional violation of a statute, G. L. c. 12, § 30. We think such a violation, even though unintentional, amounts to an error of law requiring a new trial.”

Town of Burlington v. Dist. Attorney for the N. Dist., 412 N.E.2d 331 (Mass. 1980). “With regard to prosecuting officers’ avoiding conflict of interest, see G. L. c. 12, § 30, and Commonwealth v. Tabor, 376 Mass.”

Commonwealth v. Ellis, 8 Mass. L. Rptr. 678 (Mass. Super. Ct. 1998). · cites it 9× “3 In support of his motion, the defendant argues that the forty-two indictments returned against him were obtained in violation of his right to a disinterested prosecutor, as guaranteed by the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, Articles 5, 6, 7, and 12 of the…”

Commonwealth v. Reynolds, 454 N.E.2d 512 (Mass. App. Ct. 1983). “258A, in violation of G. L. c. 12, § 30. In Commonwealth v. Shagoury, 6 Mass.”

Commonwealth v. Mello, 413 N.E.2d 1130 (Mass. App. Ct. 1980). “The holding in that case was based on a violation of G. L. c. 12, § 30, which prohibits a prosecutor from being “concerned as counsel or attorney for either party in a civil action depending upon the same facts involved [in any prosecution or business to which it was his…”

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