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Code · Massachusetts · Part III — COURTS, JUDICIAL OFFICERS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CIVIL CASES · Title II — PROCEEDINGS IN CRIMINAL CASES · Chapter 223

Section 65: Register; duty; fees

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Section 65. The register of deeds shall note on such copy the day, hour and minute of its receipt, and shall record it in his office. He shall also enter in the indexes provided for in chapter thirty-six the name or names of each defendant whose land is attached as appears in said copy, the name of the plaintiff, and the court where the writ under which such attachment was made is returnable. The recording fees may be taxed as a part of the plaintiff's costs.
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