Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 66, § 6
Records of public proceedings; preparation; custody
Massachusetts · Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 66 — Public Records · Status: effective
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- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 66, § 6, Records of public proceedings; preparation; custody, Massachusetts, version 1 as recorded 2026-09-28, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/1546477
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Section 6. Every department, board, commission or office of the commonwealth or of a county, city or town, for which no clerk is otherwise provided by law, shall designate some person as clerk, who shall enter all its votes, orders and proceedings in books and shall have the custody of such books, and the department, board, commission or office shall designate an employee or employees to have the custody of its other public records. Every sole officer in charge of a department or office of the commonwealth or of a county, city or town having public records in such department or office shall have the custody thereof.