Massachusetts General Laws
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 262, § 19 (2026)
Endorsement of fees; certificate of use of conveyance; penalty
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Section 19. No fees for the service of any process of which the officer is required to make a return shall be allowed, unless itemized and endorsed on the process; and no allowance for the use of a conveyance in the service of a civil process shall be made, unless the officer certifies that it was necessary for him to use a conveyance, and that he actually used such conveyance for the distance set forth in his certificate. An officer who makes a false certificate under this section or section ten shall forfeit thirty dollars for each offence, to the use of the commonwealth.
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case, 2001–2001 · leading case: Moeder v. Tolczyk, 2001 Mass. App. Div. 69 (Mass. Dist. Ct., App. Div. 2001).
Moeder v. Tolczyk, 2001 Mass. App. Div. 69 (Mass. Dist. Ct., App. Div. 2001). “We are not; of course, dealing with the nominal amount for attorney’s fees which is recoverable as G.L.c. 262, §19 taxable costs by statute.”
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