Massachusetts General Laws

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 66, § 1 (2026)

Supervision of public records; powers and duties

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Section 1. The supervisor of public records, in this chapter called the supervisor of records, shall take necessary measures to put the records of the commonwealth, counties, cities or towns in the custody and condition required by law and to secure their preservation. He shall see that the records of churches, parishes or religious societies are kept in the custody and condition contemplated by the various laws relating to churches, parishes or religious societies, and for these purposes he may expend from the amount appropriated for expenses such amount as he considers necessary. The supervisor of records shall adopt regulations pursuant to the provisions of chapter thirty A to implement the provisions of this chapter.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 9 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2001–2026 · leading case: Harvard Crimson, Inc. v. President & Fellows of Harvard Coll., 840 N.E.2d 518 (Mass. 2006).

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Harvard Crimson, Inc. v. President & Fellows of Harvard Coll., 840 N.E.2d 518 (Mass. 2006). “See G. L. c. 66, § 1; 950 Code Mass. Regs. §§ 32.”

Suffolk Constr. Co. v. Div. of Capital Asset Mgmt., 870 N.E.2d 33 (Mass. 2007). “The supervisor of public *453 records (supervisor), the official charged by the statute to promulgate regulations implementing the public records law, see G. L. c. 66, § 1, employs the omnibus term “government entity” to express the range of agencies covered by the statute.”

Boelter v. Bd. of Selectmen of Wayland, 93 N.E.3d 1163 (Mass. 2018). “30A, §§ 18 - 25 ; G. L. c. 66, §§ 1 et seq. If board members wish to circulate documents containing board member opinions among a quorum in advance of an open meeting, as here, prior and relatively contemporaneous public disclosure of those documents, where permissible, is…”

Amato v. Dist. Attorney for Cape & Islands Dist., 952 N.E.2d 400 (Mass. App. Ct. 2011). “30, § 42], [G. L. c. 66, § 1], [G. L. c. 66, § 8], [G.”

Kettenbach v. Bd. of Bar Overseers, 863 N.E.2d 36 (Mass. 2007). “See G. L. c. 66, § 1 (delegating authority to supervisor).”

Attorney Gen. v. Dist. Attorney for the Plymouth Dist. (Mass. 2020). “See G. L. c. 66, § 1. Under those regulations, when a governmental entity is designing or acquiring an electronic record keeping system or database, it "shall ensure, to the extent feasible" that it "allows for information storage and retrieval methods permitting retrieval of…”

United States v. Letter From Alexander Hamilton (D. Mass. 2020). “Like the 1897 Act, the current Public Records Act, Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 66, §§ 1 et seq. designates which governmental entity is responsible for maintaining specific public records, and provides that the “state secretary” shall “have the custody of all other public records of the…”

Attorney Gen. v. Mystic Valley Reg'l Charter Sch. (Mass. 2026). “See G. L. c. 66, § 1. See also McCauley v. Superintendent, Mass.”

Microfilm Servs., Inc. v. Register of Deeds, 13 Mass. L. Rptr. 111 (Mass. Super. Ct. 2001). “” Under the authority of G.L.c. 66, §1, the Supervisor of Public Records has adopted regulations to implement the public record law provisions of G.”

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