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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 262, § 41 (2026)

Notaries public; enumeration of fees

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Section 41. The fees of notaries public shall be as follows:

For the protest of a bill of exchange, order, draft or check for non-acceptance or non-payment, or of a promissory note for non-payment, if the amount thereof is five hundred dollars or more, one dollar; if it is less than five hundred dollars, fifty cents; for recording the same, fifty cents; for noting the non-acceptance or non-payment of a bill of exchange, order, draft or check or the non-payment of a promissory note, seventy-five cents; and for each notice of the non-acceptance or non-payment of a bill, order, draft, check or note, given to a party liable for the payment thereof, twenty-five cents; but the whole cost of protest, including necessary notices and the record, if the bill, order, draft, check or note is of the amount of five hundred dollars or more, shall not exceed two dollars, and if it is less than five hundred dollars, shall not exceed one dollar and fifty cents; and the whole cost of noting, including recording and notices, shall in no case exceed one dollar and twenty-five cents.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1987–2020 · leading case: Quinn v. State Ethics Comm'n, 516 N.E.2d 124 (Mass. 1987).
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Quinn v. State Ethics Comm'n, 516 N.E.2d 124 (Mass. 1987). · cites it 2× “G.L.c. 262, § 41 (1986 ed.). The executive offers to appoint a State employee to be a notary public; the State employee offers to serve, if appointed.”
Richardson v. The UPS Store, Inc. (Mass. 2020). · cites it 22× “In this case we have been asked by the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts whether G. L. c. 262, §§ 41 and 43, Executive Order Nos.”
Richardson v. The UPS Store, Inc. (D. Mass. 2019). · cites it 2× “Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 262, § 41 . Richardson’s lawsuit is premised on his assertion that the charges in excess of $1.”
Real Est. Bar Ass'n v. Nat'l Loan Closers, Inc., 30 Mass. L. Rptr. 497 (Mass. Super. Ct. 2012). · cites it 2× “G.L.c. 262, §41 (notaries public may not charge more than $1.”
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