Massachusetts General Laws

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 233, § 2 (2026)

Service of summons

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Section 2. Such summons may be served in any county by an officer qualified to serve civil process or by a disinterested person by exhibiting and reading it to the witness, by giving him a copy thereof or by leaving such copy at his place of abode.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases, 1954–2007 · leading case: Harrington v. Cacv of Colorado, LLC, 508 F. Supp. 2d 128 (D. Mass. 2007).

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Harrington v. Cacv of Colorado, LLC, 508 F. Supp. 2d 128 (D. Mass. 2007). “Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 233, § 2 . Congress’ purpose in passing the FDCPA was “to prevent debt collectors from bringing collection suits in forums located at great distances from debtors’ residences.”

Commonwealth v. Elliot, 473 N.E.2d 1121 (Mass. 1985). “G. L. c. 233, § 2 IB. At the same time we cannot lose sight of the defendant’s right, guaranteed by the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution and by art.”

Blazo v. Superior Court, 315 N.E.2d 857 (Mass. 1974). “4 Under G. L. c. 233, § 2, fees to the officer for serving the process may be saved through the use of a “disinterested person” to make service.”

Town & Country Homes, Inc. v. Fields, 7 Mass. App. Dec. 9 (Mass. Dist. Ct., App. Div. 1954). “It would seem that in accordance with G. L. c. 233, § 2, and Rule 36 of the District Courts, judgment should have been entered at ten o’clock of the forenoon of the Friday following the day when the case became ripe for judgment.”

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