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FEDERAL COURTS Court of Appeals, US Fees District Court, US Fees & Deposits Federal Post Judgment Interest Rates Bankruptcy Courts, US Fees STATE COURTS OF MASSACHUSETTS District Ct. & Boston Mun. Court Dept. Fees Housing Court Dept. Fees Interest Rates on State Court Judgments Land Court Fees Probate & Family Court Dept. Fees Superior Court Dept. Fees Supreme & Appeals Court Fees Trial Court Fees Document Stamp Rates Municipal Tax Rates Registry of Deeds Secretary of the Commonwealth Fees Commissions Division Fees Corporations Division Certificates—Domestic Corps. Certificates—Foreign Corps. Certificates—Limited Partnerships Copies Domestic Profit Corporations (G.L.c. 156D) and Professional Corporations (G.L.c. 156A) Foreign Corps. (G.L.c. 181) Limited Liability Companies (950 CMR 112.21) Limited Liability Partnerships (950 CMR 111.13) Limited Partnerships Massachusetts Uniform Commercial Code Non-Profit Organizations (G.L.c. 180) Service of Process Trademarks Transaction Fees for Expedited Service (Faxed and Online Filings) Voluntary Associations Lobbyist Section Fees Securities Division Fees Sheriffs, Deputies & Constable Fees COURT FILING FEES 193 COURT FEES IN MASSACHUSETTS FEDERAL COURTS Filing notice of appeal to district judge from a UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS judgment of conviction by a magistrate judge in SCHEDULE OF FEES a misdemeanor case...... $ 38.00 (Effective October 1, 2019) Processing fee for a petty offense charged in a Docket fee, Court of Appeals (a separate fee must Federal violation notice ...... 30.00 be filed by each party filing a notice of appeal, SearchofDistrictCourtRecords(eachnameoritem) 31.00 but parties filing a joint notice of appeal are Certifying any document or paper ...... 11.00 required to pay only one fee) ...... $ 505.00 Exemplifying any document or paper...... 22.00 SearchofCourtRecordsandcertificationoftheresults 31.00 Issuance of an Apostille ...... 47.00 Certifying any document or paper ...... 11.00 Filing or indexing any paper not in a case or Issuance of an Apostille ...... 47.00 proceeding (i.e., petition to perpetuate Photographic (Xerox) copies (from documents or testimony, Rule 27(a), Fed.R.Civ.P., the filing of microfilm), per page...... 50 papers by trustees under 28 U.S.C. §754, the Reproduction of audio recording, including filing of letters rogatory or letters of request, and materials...... 31.00 registering of a judgment from another district For reproduction of the record in any appeal in pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1963) ...... 47.00 which the court of appeals does not require an Registration of foreign judgment ...... 47.00 appendix, pursuant to Rule 30(f), F.R.A.P...... 86.00 Admission of attorney to practice (including For each microfiche sheet of film or microfilm certificate)...... 231.00 iigFees Filing jacket copy of any court record, where available .. 5.00 Duplicate Certificate or Certificate of Good For retrieval of a record from a Federal Records Standing...... 19.00 Center, National Archives, or other storage Motion for leave to appear (Pro hac vice)...... 100.00 location removed from the place of business of Copies made by Clerk (not including certification) the court, first box retrieved ...... 64.00 Photographic (Xerox) copies (from docu- Each additional box ...... 39.00 ments or microfilm), per page ...... 50 For electronic retrievals, in addition to any Reproduction of magnetic tape recording, in- chargesassessedbythespecificstoragelocation 10.00 cluding materials...... 31.00 For reproducing and transmitting in any manner a copy For each microfiche sheet of film or microfilm of an electronic record stored outside of the court’s jacket copy of any court record, where available .. 6.00 electronic case management system, including but For retrieval of a record from a Federal Records Center, not limited to, document files, audio recordings, and National Archives, or other storage location removed video recordings, per record provided ...... 31.00 from the place of business of the court, first box ..... 64.00 For a check paid into the court which is returned Each additional box ...... 39.00 for lack of funds ...... 53.00 For electronic retrievals, in addition to any To be paid by appellant or petitioner upon the filing of any separate or joint notice of appeal or chargesassessedbythespecificstoragelocation 10.00 application for appeal from the Bankruptcy For reproducing and transmitting in any manner a Appellate Panel, or notice of the allowance of an copy of an electronic record stored outside of the appeal from the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel ... 5.00 court’s electronic case management system, Admission of attorney to practice (including certificate) 181.00 including but not limited to, document files, audio Duplicate Certificate or Certificate of Good recordings, and video recordings, per record provided (audio recordings of court proceedings Standing...... 19.00 continue to be governed by a separate fee)...... 31.00 The clerk shall assess a charge for the handling of registry For a check paid into the court which is returned funds, to be assessed from interest earnings and in accordance for lack of funds ...... 53.00 with the detailed fee schedule issued by the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts. For filing an action brought under Title III of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity The court may charge and collect fees, commensurate with (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996, P.L. 104-114, 110 Stat. the cost of printing, for copies of the local rules of court. The court § 785 (1996) (in addition to fee for commencing may also distribute copies of the local rules without charge. any civil proceeding other than habeas corpus). 6,548.00 The court may charge and collect a $200.00 per remote location The clerk shall assess a charge for the handling of registry for counsel’s requested use of videoconferencing equipment in funds, to be assessed from interest earnings and in accordance connection with each oral argument. with the detailed fee schedule issued by the Director of the For usage of electronic access to court data, $.10 per page for Administrative Office of the United States Courts. For public users using a Federal judiciary Internet site [provided management of registry funds invested through the Court the court may, for good cause, exempt persons or classes of Registry Investment System, a fee at a rate of 10 basis points persons from the fees, in order to avoid unreasonable burdens shall be assessed from interest earnings, excluding registry and to promote public access to such information]. No fee is funds from disputed ownership interpleader cases deposited owed until an account holder accrues charges of more than under 28 U.S.C. § 1335 and held in a Court Registry $15.00 in a quarterly billing cycle. All such fees collected shall Investment System Disputed Ownership Fund. be deposited to the Judiciary Information Technology Fund. For management of funds deposited under 28 U.S.C. § 1335 For printing copies of any record or document accessed and invested in a Disputed Ownership Fund through the electronically at a public terminal in the courthouse, $.10 per Court Registry Investment System, a fee at an annual rate of page. This fee shall apply to the United States. 20 basis points of assets on deposit shall be assessed from For every search of court records conducted by the PACER interest earnings. Service Center, $30.00. The Director of the Administrative Office has the authority UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT to waive these fees for cause. SCHEDULE OF FEES AND DEPOSITS The court may charge and collect fees, commensurate with the cost of printing, for copies of the local rules of court. The court Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §1914 and the District Court may also distribute copies of the local rules without charge. Miscellaneous Fee Schedule (effective October 1, 2019) For usage of electronic access to court data, $.10 per page for public users using a Federal judiciary Internet site [provided Commencing any civil proceeding other than the court may, for good cause, exempt persons or classes of habeas corpus (including $50.00 administrative persons from the fees, in order to avoid unreasonable burdens fee, except in in forma pauperis cases) ...... $ 400.00 and to promote public access to such information]. No fee is Filing application for writ of habeas corpus...... 5.00 owed until an account holder accrues charges of more than Filing notice or petition of appeal in any case—Civil $15.00 in a quarterly billing cycle. All such fees collected shall or criminal (including $500.00 docket fee)...... 505.00 be deposited to the Judiciary Information Technology Fund.

© 2020, Lawyers Diary and Manual, LLC. All rights reserved. Reprinted from the 2021 Massachusetts Lawyers Diary and Manual® with permission for personal use and reference only. Commercial use or distribution is strictly prohibited. 194 COURT FILING FEES Fees of the U.S. District Court—Cont’d Dec. 14, 2018...... 2.69% Jan. 31, 2020...... 1.50% For printing copies of any record or document accessed Dec. 21, 2018...... 2.64% Feb. 7, 2020...... 1.49% electronically at a public terminal in the courthouse, $.10 per Dec. 28, 2-18...... 2.59% Feb. 14, 2020...... 1.48% page. This fee shall apply to the United States. Jan. 4, 2019...... 2.58% Feb. 21, 2020...... 1.46% For every search of court records conducted by the PACER Jan. 11, 2019 ...... 2.59% Feb. 28, 2020...... 1.21% Service Center, $30.00. Jan. 18, 2019...... 2.58% Mar. 6, 2020 ...... 0.62% Checks and money orders may be made payable to Jan. 25, 2019...... 2.59% Mar. 13, 2020 ...... 0.38% the Clerk, United States District Court. Feb. 1, 2019...... 2.58% Mar. 20, 2020 ...... 0.23% Federal Post Judgment Interest Rates Feb. 8, 2019...... 2.56% Mar. 27, 2020 ...... 0.17% Feb. 15, 2019...... 2.55% Apr. 3, 2020 ...... 0.15% From Oct. 1, 1982 to Dec. 21, 2000, the interest rate on Feb. 22, 2019...... 2.55% civil money judgments in federal district court was Apr. 10, 2020 ...... 0.22% calculated from the date of entry of the judgment at a Mar. 1, 2019 ...... 2.55% Apr. 17, 2020 ...... 0.21% rate equal to the equivalent coupon issue yield (as Mar. 8, 2019 ...... 2.53% April 24, 2020...... 0.17% determined by the Secretary of the Treasury) of 52-week Mar. 15, 2019 ...... 2.52% May 1, 2020...... 0.17% U.S. Treasury Bills settled immediately prior to the date Mar. 22, 2019 ...... 2.48% May 8, 2020...... 0.16% of the judgment. Effective Dec. 21, 2000, the interest rate Mar. 29, 2019 ...... 2.41% May 15, 2020...... 0.15% is calculated at a rate equal to the weekly average 1-year Apr. 5, 2019 ...... 2.41% May 22, 2020...... 0.16% constant maturity Treasury yield, as published by the Apr. 12, 2019 ...... 2.43% May 29, 2020...... 0.17% Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System for Apr. 19, 2019 ...... 2.44% the preceding calendar week. 28 U.S. §1961. For the June 5, 2020...... 0.17% Apr. 26, 2019 ...... 2.43% June 12, 2020...... 0.19% latest yield rate releases, consult the Federal Reserve’s May 3, 2019...... 2.40% website at https://www.federalreserve.gov/datadownload/ June 19, 2020...... 0.18% Choose.aspx?rel=H15. May 10, 2019...... 2.37% June 26, 2020...... 0.17% May 17, 2019...... 2.32% July 3, 2020...... 0.16% Feb. 10, 2017...... 0.80% Jan. 12, 2018...... 1.78% May 24, 2019...... 2.34% July 10, 2020...... 0.15% Feb. 17, 2017...... 0.83% Jan. 19, 2018...... 1.79% May 31, 2019...... 2.28% July 17, 2020...... 0.15% Feb. 24, 2017...... 0.82% Jan. 26, 2018...... 1.79% June 7, 2019...... 2.05% July 24, 2020...... 0.15% June 14, 2019...... 2.02% Mar. 3, 2017 ...... 0.91% Feb. 2, 2018...... 1.87% July 31, 2020...... 0.13% June 21, 2019...... 1.98% Mar. 10, 2017 ...... 1.02% Feb. 9, 2018...... 1.89% Aug. 7, 2020 ...... 0.13% June 28, 2019...... 1.93% Mar. 17, 2017 ...... 1.03% Feb. 16, 2018...... 1.97% Aug. 14, 2020 ...... 0.14% July 5, 2019...... 1.94% Mar. 24, 2017 ...... 1.00% Feb. 23, 2018...... 2.02% Aug. 21, 2020 ...... 0.13% July 12, 2019...... 1.97% Mar. 31, 2017 ...... 1.03% Mar. 2, 2018 ...... 2.06% Aug. 28, 2020 ...... 0.13% July 19, 2019...... 1.95% Apr. 7, 2017 ...... 1.04% Mar. 9, 2018 ...... 2.05% Sept. 4, 2020...... 0.12% Apr. 14, 2017 ...... 1.05% Mar. 16, 2018 ...... 2.06% July 26, 2019...... 1.98% Sept. 11, 2020...... 0.14% Apr. 21, 2017 ...... 1.02% Mar. 23, 2018 ...... 2.06% Aug. 2, 2019 ...... 1.94% Sept. 18, 2020...... 0.13% Apr. 28, 2017 ...... 1.06% Mar. 30, 2018 ...... 2.09% Aug. 9, 2019 ...... 1.78% Sept. 25, 2020...... 0.12% May 5, 2017...... 1.10% Apr. 6, 2018 ...... 2.07% Aug. 16, 2019 ...... 1.77% Oct. 2, 2020 ...... 0.12% May 12, 2017...... 0.13% Apr. 13, 2018 ...... 2.10% Aug. 23, 2019 ...... 1.75% Oct. 9, 2020 ...... 0.13% May 19, 2017...... 0.10% Apr. 20, 2018 ...... 2.18% Aug. 30, 2019 ...... 1.75% Oct. 16, 2020 ...... 0.13% May 26, 2017...... 1.15% Apr. 27, 2018 ...... 2.25% Sept. 6, 2019...... 1.72% Oct. 23, 2020 ...... 0.13% June 2, 2017...... 1.16% May 4, 2018...... 2.24% Sept. 13, 2019...... 1.81% June 9, 2017...... 1.18% May 11, 2018...... 2.27% Sept. 20, 2019...... 1.86% Oct. 30, 2020 ...... 0.12% June 16, 2017...... 1.21% May 18, 2018...... 2.31% Sept. 27, 2019...... 1.79% Nov. 6, 2020...... 0.13% June 23, 2017...... 1.22% May 25, 2018...... 2.31% Oct. 4, 2019 ...... 1.66% Nov. 13, 2020...... 0.12% June 30, 2017...... 1.22% June 1, 2018...... 2.23% Oct. 11, 2019 ...... 1.63% Nov. 20, 2020 ...... 0.11% July 7, 2017...... 1.23% June 8, 2018...... 2.31% Oct. 18, 2019 ...... 1.60% Nov. 27, 2020 ...... 0.11% July 14, 2017...... 1.22% June 15, 2018...... 2.34% Oct. 25, 2019 ...... 1.59% Dec. 4, 2020 ...... 0.11% July 21, 2017...... 1.22% June 22, 2018...... 2.34% Nov. 1, 2019...... 1.57% Dec. 11, 2020 ...... 0.10% July 28, 2017...... 1.23% June 29, 2018...... 2.33% Nov. 8, 2019...... 1.58% Dec. 18, 2020...... 0.09% Aug. 4, 2017 ...... 1.23% July 6, 2018...... 2.33% Nov. 15, 2019...... 1.56% Dec. 25, 2020...... 0.09% Aug. 11, 2017...... 1.22% July 13, 2018...... 2.36% Nov. 22, 2019...... 1.55% Jan. 1, 2021 ...... 0.11% Aug. 18, 2017 ...... 1.24% July 20, 2018...... 2.40% Nov. 29, 2019...... 1.59% Jan. 8, 2021...... 0.10% Aug. 25, 2017 ...... 1.23% July 27, 2018...... 2.42% Dec. 6, 2019...... 1.57% Jan. 15, 2021 ...... 0.11% Sept. 1, 2017...... 1.23% Aug. 3, 2018 ...... 2.44% Dec. 13, 2019...... 1.55% Jan. 22, 2021...... 0.10% Sept. 8, 2017...... 1.23% Aug. 10, 2018 ...... 2.44% Dec. 20, 2019...... 1.53% Jan. 29, 2021...... 0.09% Sept. 15, 2017...... 1.27% Aug. 17, 2018 ...... 2.44% Dec. 27, 2019...... 1.53% Feb. 5, 2021...... 0.07% Sept. 22, 2017...... 1.31% Aug. 24, 2018 ...... 2.44% Jan. 3, 2020...... 1.57% Feb. 12, 2021...... 0.07% Sept. 29, 2017...... 1.31% Aug. 31, 2018 ...... 2.47% Jan. 10, 2020...... 1.54% Feb. 19, 2021...... 0.07% Oct. 6, 2017 ...... 1.33% Sept. 7, 2018...... 2.50% Jan. 17, 2020...... 1.54% Feb. 26, 2021...... 0.08% Oct. 13, 2017 ...... 1.41% Sept. 14, 2018...... 2.55% Jan. 24, 2020...... 1.55% Mar. 5, 2021 ...... 0.08% Oct. 20, 2017 ...... 1.42% Sept. 21, 2018...... 2.58% Oct. 27, 2017 ...... 1.43% Sept. 28, 2018...... 2.59% FEES OF U.S. BANKRUPTCY COURTS Nov. 3, 2017...... 1.45% Oct. 5, 2018 ...... 2.62% Filing and Conversion Fees Nov. 10. 2017...... 1.52% Oct. 12, 2018 ...... 2.66% Nov. 17, 2017...... 1.57% Oct. 19, 2018 ...... 2.67% To be collected by the clerk in Bankruptcy Code Nov. 24, 2017...... 1.62% Oct. 26, 2018 ...... 2.66% cases pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §1930 and the Bankruptcy Court Miscellaneous Fee Schedule Dec. 1, 2017...... 1.62% Nov. 2, 2018...... 2.67% (effective September 1, 2018) Dec. 8, 2017...... 1.66% Nov. 9, 2018...... 2.73% Dec. 15, 2017...... 1.70% Nov. 16, 2018...... 2.70% For a case commenced under Chapter 7 of Title 11 (including $75.00 administrative fee and $15.00 Dec. 22, 2018...... 1.72% Nov. 23, 2018...... 2.67% trustee surcharge) ...... $ 335.00 Dec. 29, 2017...... 1.76% Nov. 30, 2018...... 2.70% For a case commenced under Chapter 13 of Title 11 Jan. 5, 2018...... 1.82% Dec. 7, 2018...... 2.70% (including $75.00 administrative fee) ...... 310.00

© 2020, Lawyers Diary and Manual, LLC. All rights reserved. Reprinted from the 2021 Massachusetts Lawyers Diary and Manual® with permission for personal use and reference only. Commercial use or distribution is strictly prohibited. COURT FILING FEES 195 U.S. Bankruptcy Court Fees—Cont’d • the amendment is to change the address of a creditor or For a case commenced under Chapter 9 of Title 11 an attorney for a creditor listed on the schedules; or (including $550.00 administrative fee) ...... $ 1,717.00 • the amendment is to add the name and address of an For a case commenced under Chapter 12 of Title 11 attorney for a creditor listed on the schedules. (including $75.00 administrative fee) ...... 275.00 5. For conducting a search of the bankruptcy court records, For a case commenced under Chapter 11 of Title 11 $31.00 per name or item searched. This fee applies to services that does not concern a railroad, as defined in rendered on behalf of the United States if the information section 101 of Title 11 (including $550.00 requested is available through electronic access. administrative fee)...... 1,717.00 6. For filing a complaint, $350.00, except: For a case commenced under Chapter 11 of Title 11 • If a trustee or debtor-in-possession files the complaint, the fee concerning a railroad, as so defined (including should be paid by the estate, to the extent there is an estate. $550.00 administrative fee) ...... 1,550.00 • This fee must not be charged if— For filing case under Chapter 15 (formerly a petition ancillary to a foreign proceeding under 11 U.S.C. • the debtor is the plaintiff; or §304) (including $550.00 administrative fee) ...... 1,717.00 • a child support creditor or representative files the For filing an Adversary proceeding...... 350.00 complaint and submits the form required by § 304(g) of For a conversion from Chapter 7 of Title 11 to the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1994. Chapter 11 on request of debtor ...... 922.00 7. For filing any document that is not related to a pending For a conversion from Chapter 13 of Title 11 to case or proceeding, $47.00. Chapter 11 on request of debtor ...... 932.00 8. Administrative fee: For a conversion from Chapter 13 of Title 11 to • For filing a petition under Chapter 7, 12, or 13, $75.00. iigFees Filing Chapter 7 on request of debtor (including $15.00 • For filing a petition under Chapter 9, 11, or 15, $550.00. trustee surcharge) ...... 25.00 • When a motion to divide a joint case under Chapter 7, For a conversion from Chapter 12 of Title 11 to 12, or 13 is filed, $75.00. Chapter 7 on request of debtor (including $15.00 • When a motion to divide a joint case is filed under trustee surcharge) ...... 60.00 Chapter 11 is filed, $550.00. For a conversion from Chapter 12 of Title 11 to Chapter 13 on request of debtor ...... 35.00 9. For payment to trustees pursuant to 11 U.S.C § 330(b)(2), a For splitting of a Joint Chapter 7 case (including $75.00 $15.00 fee applies in the following circumstances: administrative fee and $15.00 trustee surcharge)... 335.00 • For filing a notice of conversion to a Chapter 7 case. For splitting of a Joint Chapter 11 case (including • For filing a motion to convert a case to a Chapter 7 case. $550.00 administrative fee) ...... 1,717.00 • For filing a motion to divide a joint Chapter 7 case. For splitting of a Joint Chapter 13 case (including • For filing a motion to reopen a Chapter 7 case. $75.00 administrative fee) ...... 310.00 10. In addition to any fees imposed under Item 9, above, the For reopening of a Chapter 7 case (including following fees must be collected: $15.00 trustee surcharge)...... 260.00 • For filing a motion to convert a Chapter 12 case to a Chapter 7 For reopening of a Chapter 13 case ...... 235.00 case or a notice of conversion pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 1208(a), $45. For reopening of a Chapter 9 or 15 case ...... 1,167.00 • For filing a motion to convert a Chapter 13 case to a Chapter 7 For reopening of a Chapter 11 case ...... 1,167.00 case or a notice of conversion pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 1307(a), $10. For filing Notice of Appeal (including docket fee) . 298.00 The fee amounts in this item are derived from the fees Addl. fee upon authorization of appeal...... 207.00 prescribed in 28 U.S.C. § 1930(a). For filing a motion to convert a case to Chapter 7 of Title 11 or a notice of conversion pursuant to If the trustee files the motion to convert, the fee is payable Section 1208(a) or Section 1307(a) of Title 11.... 15.00 only from the estate that exists prior to conversion. If the filing fee for the chapter to which the case is requested Note: Filing fees should also be collected when a to be converted is less than the fee paid at the commencement case is reopened except in cases of administrative of the case, no refund may be provided. error or actions relating to the discharge. 11. For filing a motion to reopen, the following fees apply: Miscellaneous Fee Schedule • For filing a motion to reopen a Chapter 7 case, $245.00. The fees included in this schedule are to be charged for • For filing a motion to reopen a Chapter 9 case, $1,167.00. services provided by the bankruptcy courts. • For filing a motion to reopen a Chapter 11 case, $1,167. The United States should not be charged fees under this • For filing a motion to reopen a Chapter 12 case, $200.00. schedule, with the exception of those specifically prescribed in Items 1, 3, and 5 when the information requested is available • For filing a motion to reopen a Chapter 13 case, $235.00. through remote electronic access. • For filing a motion to reopen a Chapter 15 case, $1,167.00. Federal agencies or programs that are funded from judiciary The fee amounts in this item are derived from the fees appropriations (agencies, organizations, and individuals prescribed in 28 U.S.C. § 1930(a). providing services authorized by the Criminal Justice Act, 18 The reopening fee must be charged when a case has been U.S.C. § 3006A and bankruptcy administrators) should not be closed without a discharge being entered. charged any fees under this schedule. The court may waive this fee under appropriate 1. a. For reproducing any document, $.50 per page. This fee circumstances or may defer payment of the fee from trustees applies to services rendered on behalf of the United States if the pending discovery of additional assets. If payment is deferred, document requested is available through electronic access. the fee should be waived if no additional assets are discovered. b. For reproducing and transmitting in any manner a copy of The reopening fee must not be charged in the following instances: an electronic record stored outside of the court’s electronic case • to permit a party to file a complaint to obtain a management system, including but not limited to, document determination under Rule 4007(b); or files, audio recordings, and video recordings, $31.00 per record • when a debtor files a motion to reopen a case based upon an provided. Audio recordings of court proceedings continue to be alleged violation of the terms of the discharge under 11 U.S.C. § governed by a separate fee under item 3 of this schedule. 524; or 2. For certification of any document, $11.00. For • when the reopening is to correct an administrative error; or exemplification of any document, $22.00. • to redact a record already filed in a case, pursuant to Fed. 3. For reproduction of an audio recording of a court proceeding, R. Bankr. P.9037, if redaction is the only reason for reopening. $31.00. This fee applies to services rendered on behalf of the 12. For retrieval of one box of records from a Federal Records United States if the recording is available electronically. Center, National Archives, or other storage location removed 4. For filing an amendment to the debtor’s schedules of from the place of business of the court, $64.00. For retrievals creditors, lists of creditors, or mailing list, $31.00, except: involving multiple boxes, $39.00 for each additional box. For • The bankruptcy judge may, for good cause, waive the electronic retrievals, $10.00 plus any charges assessed by the charge in any case. Federal Records Center, National Archives, or other storage • Thefeemustnotbechargedif: location removed from the place of business of the courts.

© 2020, Lawyers Diary and Manual, LLC. All rights reserved. Reprinted from the 2021 Massachusetts Lawyers Diary and Manual® with permission for personal use and reference only. Commercial use or distribution is strictly prohibited. 196 COURT FILING FEES U.S. Bankruptcy Court Fees—Cont’d FEES OF THE TRIAL COURT 13. For any payment returned or denied for insufficient The following are uniform fees for court services funds, $53.00. and documents, charged in all departments of the 14. For filing an appeal or cross appeal from a final judgment, Trial Court, pursuant to G.L. Chap. 262, §4B, order, or decree, $293.00. amended effective November 1, 2016. • This fee is collected in addition to the statutory fee of $5.00 that is collected under 28 U.S.C. § 1930 (c) when a notice of Certificate of orders, decrees, rulings, judgments appeal is filed. or other proceedings ...... $ 20.00 Attested copy of court documents, records • Parties filing a joint notice of appeal should pay only one fee. including docket sheets and other papers under • If a trustee or debtor-in-possession is the appellant, the fee must control of clerk, register or recorder, per page ... 2.50 be payable only from the estate, to the extent there is an estate. Unattested copy or printout of court documents, • Upon notice from the court of appeals that a direct appeal records or other papers, per page ...... 05 or cross appeal has been authorized, an additional fee of Blank summons (other than any summons in a small $207.00 must be collected. claims action or incident to a petition for victim 15. For filing a case under Chapter 15 of the Bankruptcy compensation) or writ (except habeas corpus)...... 5.00 Code, $1,167.00. Blank subpoena for one or more witnesses...... 5.00 This fee is derived from and equal to the fee prescribed in 28 U.S.C. Writ of habeas corpus...... 15.00 § 1930 (a)(3) for filing a case commenced under Chapter 11 of Title 11. Each order of notice, citation or precept in District, 16. The court may charge and collect fees commensurate with Probate & Family and Boston Municipal Court the cost of providing copies of the local rules of court. The court Departments...... 15.00 may also distribute copies of the local rules without charge. Transcript of judgment ...... 50.00 17. Recording of notorial commission ...... 15.00 For handling registry funds deposited with and held by Certification of notarized document to be used in the court, the clerk shall assess a charge from interest another state or country ...... 5.00 earnings, in accordance with the detailed fee schedule TakingandrecordingarecognizanceunderG.L.c.256 20.00 issued by the Director of the Administrative Office of the Approval or disapproval of sureties on bonds or United States Courts. recognizances (but not for approval of appeal or For management of registry funds invested through through removal bonds filed in small claims or other civil the Court Registry Investment System, a fee at a rate of 10 actions) ...... 20.00 basis points shall be assessed from interest earnings, excluding Compact Disk or tape cassette recordings of registry funds from disputed ownership interpleader cases proceedings, per 90 minutes or portion thereof . 50.50 deposited under 28 U.S.C. § 1335 and held in a Court Registry plus postage Investment System Disputed Ownership Fund. Commissions to take depositions...... 20.00 Waivers of notice of marriage...... 50.00 For management of funds deposited under 28 U.S.C. § Utility company warrants under G.L.c. 164, §116 15.00 1335 and invested in a Disputed Ownership Fund through Affidavit of creditors under G.L.c. 224, §6 ...... 25.00 the Court Registry Investment System, a fee at an annual rate of 20 basis points of assets on deposit shall be Notice to creditor of debtor’s desire for assessed from interest earnings. examination under G.L.c. 224, § 6...... 20.00 Electronic Access to audio recording of court case The Director of the Administrative Office has the (hearing) per case, per day ...... 10.00 authority to waive these fees for cause. PDF or other electronically formatted document 18. For a motion filed by the debtor to divide a joint case filed (plus $4.00 if CD is mailed) ...... 5.00 under 11 U.S.C. § 302, the following fees apply: • For filing a motion to divide a joint Chapter 7 case, $245.00. FEES OF SUPERIOR COURT DEPARTMENT • For filing a motion to divide a joint Chapter 11 case, $1,167.00 (Effective Oct. 1, 2003) • For filing a motion to divide a joint Chapter 12 case, $200.00 Complaint or other action, per plaintiff ...... $ 275.00 • For filing a motion to divide a joint Chapter 13 case, $235.00 (includes $15.00 surcharge as per Mass. These fees are derived from and equal to the filing fees R.Civ. P. 20 (a), and $20.00 Security Fee) prescribed in 28 U.S.C. § 1930 (a). Filing Petition to County Commisssioners ...... 30.00 19. For filing the following motions, $181.00: Injunction or restraining order ...... 90.00 • To terminate, annul, modify or condition the automatic stay; Security Fee, each civil case...... 20.00 • To compel abandonment of property of the estate pursuant to Rule 6007(b) of the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure; FEES OF DISTRICT COURT DEPARTMENT AND BOSTON MUNICIPAL COURT DEPARTMENT • To withdraw the reference of a case or proceeding under 28 U.S.C. § 157(d); or These fees include surcharges required by • To sell property of the estate free and clear of liens under 11 G.L.c. 262, §4C; Effective July 1, 2003 U.S.C. § 363(f). (“Anniversary Fees” were repealed in July 2004) This fee must not be collected in the following situations: For entry of an action by the Commonwealth, no fees • Foramotionforrelieffromtheco-debtorstay; shall be paid, but if the Commonwealth prevails in • For a stipulation for court approval of an agreement for the action the fees are charged to the other party. relief from a stay; or Small Claims Entry fees: • For a motion filed by a child support creditor or its Claims up to $500 (including postage)...... $ 40.00 representative, if the form required by § 304(g) of the Claims of $501 to $2,000 ...... 50.00 Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1994 is filed. Claims of $2,001 to $5,000 ...... 100.00 20. For filing a transfer of claim, $25.00 per claim transferred. Claims of $5,001 to $7,000 ...... 150.00 21. For filing a motion to redact a record, $25.00 per affected case. Civil Complaint entry fee...... 195.00 The court may waive this fee under appropriate circumstances. Supplementary process entry fee (not including cost to creditor of witnesses’ and officers fees)... 45.00 STATE COURTS OF MASSACHUSETTS Summary process entry fee...... 195.00 FEES OF SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT Petition for Waiver of 3-day Marriage Waiting AND APPEALS COURT Period (G.L.c. 207, § 30 or Minimum Age of 18 Petition for Admission by Examination...... $ 815.00 (G.L. c. 207, §25)...... 195.00 Petition for Admission on motion ...... 1,015.00 Summary process entry fee...... 195.00 Entry of Complaint (Petition, or other action) Removal of civil case to Superior Court ...... 195.00 (Single Justice) ...... 315.00 Retransfer of remanded Civil Case (G.L.c. 231, Entry of Appeal (Full Bench), per appellant...... 300.00 §102C)...... No Fee Application for Further Appellate Review...... 270.00 Approving or disapproving sureties, etc...... 60.00 Issuance of Injunction or Restraining Order ...... 90.00 Appellate division fee, per entry ...... 180.00

© 2020, Lawyers Diary and Manual, LLC. All rights reserved. Reprinted from the 2021 Massachusetts Lawyers Diary and Manual® with permission for personal use and reference only. Commercial use or distribution is strictly prohibited. COURT FILING FEES 197 Fees of District Ct. and Boston Munic. Ct.—Cont’d Attested Copy of Court Documents and Records Approving Sureties on Bonds, except removal including Docket Sheets or Other Papers in possession bonds to Superior Court ...... $ 60.00 and under the control of the Register,per page...... $ 2.50 Petition for abuse prevention order ...... No fee Authenticated Copies, first page...... 50.00 Application for misdemeanor criminal complaint. 15.00 (+$1.00 per additional page) Hearing of civil motor vehicle infraction before Birth Record, Petitions to Correct...... 255.00 magistrate ...... 25.00 (includes $15.00 surcharge) Appeal of civil motor vehicle infraction to judge... 50.00 Bond, Filing of Subsequent...... 75.00 Issuance of utility warrant ...... 15.00 Bond, Petition for Modification of ...... 75.00 Burial Lot, Petition for Care of ...... 60.00 PROBATE AND Care of Burial Lot...... 60.00 FAMILY COURT DEPARTMENT FEES Certificate of Orders, Decrees, Rulings, Judgments or Other Proceedings (except first Adoption (Effective October 17, 2012) Certificate, for which there is no fee), first page... 20.00 Note: A $15.00 surcharge must be added for all new (+$1.00 per additional page) docket numbers. Fees below may also be subject to Change of Name, Petition for ...... 165.00 an additional $15.00 per Citation on a Petition, or (includes $15.00 surcharge) $5.00 per Summons on a Complaint. ChangeofName,Motion(limitedtodivorceactions). 100.00 Citation...... 15.00 Abuse Prevention/Abuse Protection...... No Fee Closing Statement, Probate...... 75.00 Accounts: Closing Statement, Small Estate...... 75.00 Fees Filing $1000 or less of gross value in schedule A... No Fee Commission to take Depositions...... 20.00 $1001-$9999 ...... $ 75/year Common Trust Fund, Filing of Declaration of ..... 415.00 provided, however, that the fees shall not exceed $170.00 (includes $15.00 surcharge) regardless of the time covered Complaint for Custody, Support or Visitation...... 115.00 $10,000-$100,000 ...... 100/year (includes $15.00 surcharge) or any fraction of a year Complaint for Divorce, or for affirming or $100,000-$500,000 ...... 150/year annulling marriage...... 215.00 or any fraction of a year (includes $15.00 surcharge) $500,000-$1,000,000 ...... 200/year Complete Settlement, Order of, Petition...... 75.00 or any fraction of a year Compromise a Claim, Petition to Approve...... 75.00 $1,000,000-$2,000,000 ...... 400/year Compromise a Will, Leave to ...... 75.00 or any fraction of a year Conservator, Petition for Appointment of ...... 255.00 $2,000,000-$5,000,000 ...... 750/year (includes $15.00 surcharge) or any fraction of a year Conservator, Petition for Appointment, Single $5,000,000-$7,500,000 ...... 1,500/year Transaction...... 255.00 or any fraction of a year (includes $15.00 surcharge) $7,500,000-$10,000,000 ...... 2,500/year Contempt Summons ...... 5.00 or any fraction of a year Convey Land, Petition for Husband or Wife for $10,000,001 or more...... 3,500/year Authority to Convey Land as if sole under G.L.c. or any fraction of a year 209 §35 or §36 (Desertion or Living Apart) ...... 150.00 Administration, Petition for, on the Estate of a Copy, Attested, of Court Documents and Records person deceased intestate (de bonis non, de bonis including Docket Sheets or Other Papers in non withwillannexed,special,withwillannexed). $ 390.00 possession and under the control of the Register, (includes $15.00 surcharge) per page ...... 2.50 Copy, Unattested, of Court Documents, Records or Administration, Public ...... 115.00 Other Papers in possession and under the (includes $15.00 surcharge) control of the Register, per page ...... 1.00 Adoption...... No Fee Correction of Birth Records, Petitions for...... 255.00 Affirm Marriage...... 215.00 (includes $15.00 surcharge) (includes $15.00 surcharge) Counsel Fees, Petition ...... 150.00 Alimony, Complaint for...... 115.00 Custody, Support or Visitation, Complaint for...... 115.00 (includes $15.00 surcharge) (includes $15.00 surcharge) Allowance of Account, Petition...... 90.00 Declaration of Common Trust Fund, Filing ...... 415.00 (includes $15.00 surcharge) (includes $15.00 surcharge) Amended/Substituted Account ...... 75.00 Decree, Entry of Action to Modify...... 150.00 Amendment of Record...... 60.00 (relating to all non-child related issues) (Except for adoption, custody or support of Demand for Sureties...... 75.00 minors) Determination of Value, Petition ...... 75.00 Annul Marriage ...... 215.00 Disabled Abuse Petition...... No Fee (includes $15.00 surcharge) Discharge of Guardian/Conservator ...... No Fee Appointment of a Conservator...... 255.00 Discharge of Surety ...... 75.00 (includes $15.00 surcharge) Dispense With Consent to Adoption, Petition...... No Fee Appointment of a Conservator for a Single Transaction, Petition ...... 255.00 Divorce Complaint ...... 215.00 (includes $15.00 surcharge) (includes $15.00 surcharge) Appointment of Guardian, Entry of Petition for, .. No Fee Elderly Abuse Petition...... No Fee AppointmentofaReceiveroftheEstateofanAbsentee 215.00 Enforcement of Foreign Decree (Alimony only) .... 115.00 (includes $15.00 surcharge) (includes $15.00 surcharge) Appointment of a Special Personal Representative 390.00 Equity, Complaint, relating to separate support, (includes $15.00 surcharge) custody or support of minors ...... 115.00 Appointment of Successor Personal Representative, (includes $15.00 surcharge) Formal, Petition...... 390.00 Equity, Petition or Complaint (Except as to (includes $15.00 surcharge) separate support, adoption, custody or support Appointment of Successor Personal Representative, of minors)...... 255.00 Informal, Petition ...... 390.00 (includes $15.00 surcharge) (includes $15.00 surcharge) Erection of a Monument ...... 60.00 Appointment of Trustee, Petition for ...... 390.00 Exemplified copies (first page)...... 50.00 (includes $15.00 surcharge) (+$1.00 per additional page)

© 2020, Lawyers Diary and Manual, LLC. All rights reserved. Reprinted from the 2021 Massachusetts Lawyers Diary and Manual® with permission for personal use and reference only. Commercial use or distribution is strictly prohibited. 198 COURT FILING FEES Fees of the Probate and Family Court—Cont’d $250,001-$500,000 ...... $ 500.00 Expand, Modify or Limit Powers of Conservator, $500,001-$1,000,000 ...... 750.00 Petition ...... $ 150.00 More than $1,000,000...... 1,000.00 Expand, Modify or Limit Powers of Guardian, Petition for Formal Appointment of a Successor Petition ...... No Fee Personal Representative, ...... 390.00 Fiduciary, Petition for Removal of...... 100.00 (includes $15.00 surcharge) Fiduciary, Resignation of ...... No Fee Petition for Informal Appointment of a Successor Filing a will for safekeeping (except that no additional Personal Representative, ...... 390.00 fee shall be charged for filing a will in substitution (includes $15.00 surcharge) for a will previously filed and withdrawn)...... 75.00 Petition for Specific Performance...... 255.00 Foreign Conservator, Sworn Statement...... 90.00 (includes $15.00 surcharge) (includes $15.00 surcharge) Petition for Supervised Administration...... 390.00 (includes $15.00 surcharge) Foreign Custody Decrees, Registration of...... No Fee Petition to Render an Inventory or Account ...... 75.00 Foreign Decree, Alimony only, Enforcement of ..... 115.00 Post-Judgment Removal...... 50.00 (includes $15.00 surcharge) Probate of a Will, Entry of Petition for ...... 390.00 Foreign Personal Representative, (includes $15.00 surcharge) Sworn Statement of ...... 90.00 (includes $15.00 surcharge) Probate of a Will and/or Appointment of Personal Representative, Informal...... 390.00 Formal Appointment, Successor Personal (includes $15.00 surcharge) Representative, Petition ...... 390.00 (includes $15.00 surcharge) Public Administration...... 115.00 General Petition, Probate (except relating to (includes $15.00 surcharge) adoption, custody or support of minors)...... 165.00 Real Estate, Petition for Leave to Lease...... 75.00 (includes $15.00 surcharge) Real Estate, Petition to Mortgage...... 75.00 General Petition, Trust ...... 390.00 Real Estate, Petition for Sale of (includes $15.00 surcharge) (including estate subject to vested or contingent remainder) Grandparent Visitation, Complaint for...... No Fee Under $100,000...... 100.00 Guardian, Petition for Appointment of...... No Fee $100,000-$250,000 ...... 250.00 Informal Appointment, Successor Personal $250,001-$500,000 ...... 500.00 Representative, Petition ...... 390.00 $500,001-$1,000,000 ...... 750.00 (includes $15.00 surcharge) More than $1,000,000...... 1,000.00 Informal Probate of Will and/or Appointment of Receiver,Petition for Appointment of, for Absentee 215.00 Personal Representative, Petition ...... 390.00 (includes $15.00 surcharge) (includes $15.00 surcharge) Reduction of Bond...... 75.00 Insolvency, Filing a Representation of ...... 150.00 Registration of Foreign Custody Decree ...... No Fee Intestate, Administration on the Estate of a Removal, Post-Judgment...... 50.00 Person Deceased Intestate...... 390.00 Removal of a Fiduciary, Petition...... 100.00 (includes $15.00 surcharge) Lease Real Estate, Leave to...... 75.00 Representation of Insolvency...... 150.00 Leave to Mortgage Real Estate...... 75.00 Resignation of a Fiduciary...... No Fee Leave to Compromise a Claim...... 75.00 Restrain a Personal Representative, Complaint... 240.00 Leave to Compromise a Will ...... 75.00 Sale of Real or Personal Estate, Petition for (including Leave to Deposit Certain Funds, G.L.c. 207, §27.. 200.00 estates subject to vested or contingent remainder) Leave to Bring Suit on a Bond...... No Fee Under $100,000...... 100.00 Letter, Subsequent...... 25.00 $100,000-$250,000 ...... 250.00 Limit Powers of Conservator, Petition...... 150.00 $250,001-$500,000 ...... 500.00 Limit Powers of Guardian, Petition...... No Fee $500,001-$1,000,000 ...... 750.00 Marriage of a Minor...... 195.00 More than $1,000,000...... 1,000.00 (includes $15.00 surcharge) Separate Support, Entry of Action for ...... 115.00 Marriage Without Delay...... 195.00 (includes $15.00 surcharge) (includes $15.00 surcharge) Settlement, Order of Complete, Petition...... 75.00 Modification of Bond, Petition ...... 75.00 Small Estate Closing Statement...... 75.00 Modification Relative to Non-Child-Related Issues . 150.00 Special Administration ...... 390.00 Modification, Foreign Custody or Support Decree, (includes $15.00 surcharge) G.L.c. 208, §29 (except action filed by the IV-D Special Personal Representative, Petition for agency, for which there is no fee)...... 100.00 Appointment of...... 390.00 Modification relating to support, custody, or (includes $15.00 surcharge) visitation (except action filed by the IV-D agency, Specific Performance, Petition ...... 255.00 for which there is no fee) ...... 50.00 (includes $15.00 surcharge) Modify or Limit Powers of Conservator, Petition.. 150.00 Statement of Voluntary Administration ...... 115.00 Modify or Limit Powers of Guardian, Petition...... No Fee (includes $15.00 surcharge) Monument, Petition for Erection of ...... 60.00 Successor Personal Representative, Petition, Mortgage, Petition for Leave to ...... 75.00 Formal Appointment ...... 390.00 Name Change, Petition for ...... 165.00 (includes $15.00 surcharge) (includes $15.00 surcharge) Successor Personal Representative, Petition, Name Change, Motion (limited to divorce actions) 100.00 Informal Appointment...... 390.00 New Bond ...... 75.00 (includes $15.00 surcharge) Order of Complete Settlement, Petition...... 75.00 Summons, Blank ...... 5.00 Order of Notice, Citation, or Precept ...... 15.00 Supervised Administration, Petition ...... 390.00 Partition, Petition for...... 255.00 (includes $15.00 surcharge) (includes $15.00 surcharge) Support, Custody or Visitation, Complaint for ..... 115.00 Paternity Actions (No Fee in actions filed by the (includes $15.00 surcharge) VI-D agency)...... 115.00 Support of Spouse or Child under G.L.c. 209, §32F . No Fee (includes $15.00 surcharge) Surcharge (required in addition to statutory fee for Payment of Deposits, Petition...... No Fee any action in which an initial filing fee is payable Personal Estate, Petition for Sale of (Including and to which a separate docket number or suffix estate subject to vested or contingent remainder) is assigned) ...... 15.00 Under $100,000...... 100.00 Surety, Demand for...... 75.00 $100,000-$250,000 ...... 250.00 Surety, Discharge of...... 75.00

© 2020, Lawyers Diary and Manual, LLC. All rights reserved. Reprinted from the 2021 Massachusetts Lawyers Diary and Manual® with permission for personal use and reference only. Commercial use or distribution is strictly prohibited. COURT FILING FEES 199 Fees of the Probate and Family Court—Cont’d Miscellaneous Case Types Sworn Statement of Foreign Conservator ...... $ 90.00 (includes $15.00 surcharge) Sworn Statement of Foreign Personal Filing Complaint ...... $ 255.00 Representative...... 90.00 ($240.00 Filing Fee plus $15.00 Surcharge) (includes $15.00 surcharge) Tape recordings or compact disk recordings of Original Registration and Confirmation proceedings, per 90 minutes or part thereof...... 50.50 (+ postage) Filing a Complaint $775.00 + 1/10 of 1% Temporary Restraining Order, Issuance of (except of Assessed Valuation relating to adoption) ...... 100.00 (1/10 of 1% not applicable in “confirmation only” cases.) Temporary Restraining Order against a Spouse ($240.00 filing fee, $15.00 surcharge, $70.00 original plan, related to a Complaint for Divorce or Separate $450.00 deposit towards other costs) Support...... No Fee Termination of Conservator or Guardian, Petition . No Fee Additional Plans (A2, A3, etc.)...... $ 30.00 Transcript of a Judgment (“authenticated copies” + $5.00 each additional lot or “exemplified copies”), first page...... 50.00 Publication and Certified Mail Costs...... Case Based (+$1.00 per additional page) Copy of Judgment...... 35.00 Trust, General Petition...... 390.00 (includes $15.00 surcharge) Memo to Assistant Recorder...... 35.00 Trust, Termination of...... 255.00 Dismissal ...... 35.00 (includes $15.00 surcharge) Entry of Judgment of Registration ...... 3/8 of 1% Fees Filing Trust Fund, Declaration of Common ...... 415.00 of Assessed Value (includes $15.00 surcharge) Trustee, Petition for Appointment of ...... 390.00 ($70.00 minimum, $2,800.00 maximum) (includes $15.00 surcharge) (3/8 of 1% not applicable in “confirmation only” cases.) Unattested copy of Court Documents, Records or other Papers in possession and under the control Subsequent Registration Proceedings (“S” Cases) of the Register, per page ...... 1.00 Vacate a Formal Order, Petition ...... 150.00 Filing a Subsequent Complaint ...... $ 50.00 Visitation, Support or Custody, Complaint for...... 115.00 (Includes “after death,” “amend cert.”, new dupli- (includes $15.00 surcharge) cate certificates, voluntary withdrawal, etc.) Visitation of Minor Child, Complaint...... 115.00 Subsequent Plans ...... 30.00 (includes $15.00 surcharge) Voluntary Administration, filing Statement of ..... 115.00 + $5.00 each additional lot (includes $15.00 surcharge) Waiver of Three Day Notice of Marriage (also Tax Lien Foreclosures known as a Marriage Without Delay)...... 195.00 (includes $15.00 surcharge) Filing a Complaint...... $ 515.00 Will, Filing for Safekeeping ...... 75.00 ($200.00 filing fee, $15.00 surcharge, $300.00 deposit (Provided that no additional fee shall be charged towards other costs) for filing a will in substitution for a will previously filed and withdrawn.) Publication and Certified Mail Costs...... Case Based Dismissal ...... 35.00 HOUSING COURT DEPARTMENT FEES Motion to Vacate Judgment...... 11.00 Entry of Action: Withdrawal (after Judgment) ...... 10.00 Summary process ...... $ 135.00 Civil Cases...... 135.00 Supplementary Proceedings...... 135.00 Allowance of Temporary Restraining Order or INTEREST RATES Preliminary Injunction (Section 466—G.L. c. ON STATE COURT JUDGMENTS 185C, §19)...... 90.00 Third Party Complaint and Motion to Intervene as Pursuant to G.L.c. 231, Sections 6B and 6C, the interest rate Plaintiff...... 120.00 in tort or contract actions (if no contract rate), effective March Small claims ...... see District Court Department fees 19, 1984, is 12%; prior to that date, the interest rate was 6%. LAND COURT FEES Interest shall be added by the clerk of court from the date of breech or demand in contract actions, and from the date of General Laws, Chapter 262, Section 39. As amended by commencement of action in tort actions. Chapter 133 of the Acts of 1992. Effective July 1, 1992. Revised September 1, 1993, July 2002 and July 1, 2003. Pursuant to G.L.c. 231, Section 6I, interest to be paid by the All fees payable in advance and include surcharge where Commonwealth shall be calculated in a manner similar to the applicable. method of calculation for Federal Post-Judgment Interest Rates (see Federal Court Fees, supra), provided that such In All Case Types interest shall not exceed 10% per annum. The Secretary of Issuance of Injunction or Restraining Order ...... $ 90.00 Administration and Finance maintains a schedule of these Summons ...... 5.00 rates for distribution to the clerks of courts.

© 2020, Lawyers Diary and Manual, LLC. All rights reserved. Reprinted from the 2021 Massachusetts Lawyers Diary and Manual® with permission for personal use and reference only. Commercial use or distribution is strictly prohibited. 202 REGISTER'S MINIMUM RECORDING FEES AND PLAN REGULATIONS REGISTRY OF DEEDS–MINIMUM RECORDING FEES AND PLAN REGULATIONS The following are the Uniform Registry of Deeds Fees and Plan Regulations applicable in all Districts. These fees include surcharges, as prescribed by Chapter 4, Acts of 2003. The new statute makes the fees for Recorded Land and Registered Land similar. Special or additional Registry District fees are listed below as supplied by the individual Registry of Deeds Office. Note: Under Chapter 183, Sec. 6, the full name, resi- Order of Court for Issuance of New Certificate .... $ 155.00 dence and post office address of the grantee must Adverse Claim ...... 105.00 be contained in or endorsed on every deed, and the Certificate of Change of Address ...... 105.00 full consideration thereof in dollars or the nature of Lien, Municipal...... 80.00 other consideration therefor must be recited in ev- Declaration of Homestead...... 35.00 ery deed. Under Chapter 183, Sec. 6A, the address of Statement of change of address ...... 105.00 the property affected, where applicable, must be set All other instruments ...... 105.00 forth in all documents. Instrument under Commercial Code ...... 75.00 Fees for Recorded Land Additional endorsements ...... 105.00 Chapter 262, § 38, as amended. Plan, per sheet...... 105.00 All fees payable in advance. Include postage or a U.C.C. Instruments stamped, self-addressed envelope. of Registered and Recorded Land Deed...... $ 155.00 Mortgage...... 205.00 Financing Statement (Commercial Code)...... $ 75.00 Mortgage Discharge...... 105.00 Continuation or amendment to Financing Mortgage Foreclosure Deed and Affidavit ...... 155.00 Statement...... 75.00 Municipal Lien...... 80.00 Assignment of Security Interest ...... 75.00 Declaration of Homestead...... 35.00 Termination of Financing Statement...... 75.00 Declaration of Trust...... 255.00 Release of Collateral ...... 75.00 Federal Tax Lien-Notice or Discharge ...... 5.00 Photocopies, per page...... 1.00 All other instruments ...... 105.00 Copies, per page...... 1.00 Special Fees from coin-operated photocopy machine, per BARNSTABLE COUNTY page (may vary in some counties) .50 *Recording of Plans, per sheet (regardless of size) .. 105.00 There is a separate County Stamp Tax in lieu of the State *Plans must be on linen, with India ink or Stamp Tax. Effective July 1, 2016, the total tax is $6.48 per polyester film. $1,000. Also, all recorded land documents must include a stamped self-addressed envelope. Plan Regulations Amendments under the General Laws, Chapter 36, Section DUKES COUNTY 13A, approved by the Attorney General as amended January 12, 1988 are as follows: A Stamp must be obtained on all deeds from the Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank Commission (167 Main St., P.O. Box 1. Plan sizes shall be a minimum of eight and one-half inches 2057, Edgartown 02539) prior to recordation. Fee is 2% of by eleven inches (8½" x 11") and a maximum of twenty-four purchase price (first $565,000 valuation is exempt for inches by thirty-six inches (24" x 36"). first-time homebuyers). Contact Land Bank at (508) 627-7141 2. Plans being presented for recording shall be on linen or for details. polyester film, single matte with a thickness of .003 mils, and must have an opacity so as to allow consistent diazo and NANTUCKET COUNTY microfilm reproduction. A Stamp must be obtained on all deeds from the Nantucket 3. All plans shall be prepared using a compatible ink with Land Bank Commission (22 Broad St., Nantucket 02554) prior excellent cohesiveness which will produce a permanent bond to recordation. Fee is 2% of purchase price (first $600,000 and result in a plan with long term durability. All signatures valuation is exempt for first-time homebuyers). Certain must be in black india ink (or its equal). transactions are wholly or partially exempt. Contact Land Bank 4. Linen or polyester reproductions shall be accepted for at (508) 228-7240 for details. recording provided they contain original signatures and comply with the other requirements for the recording of plans. NORFOLK COUNTY 5. Each plan shall have three quarter inch (¾") borders. For Recorded Land and UCC Instrument filings, filing fees 6. The minimum letter size on plans presented for recording are $1.00 higher than fees cited above, to cover postage shall be one-eighth inch (1/8") if free-hand lettering is used and expenses, per local ordinance. Contact Registry office or one-tenth inch (1/10") if lettering guides are used. consult the office’s Internet website, www. norfolkdeeds.org, 7. Each plan presented for recording shall include a graphic prior to sending payment. scale. 8. Each plan shall have an area reserved to receive planning PLYMOUTH COUNTY board recitation or contain a surveyors certification as per Chapter 380, Acts of 1966 (G.L.c. 41, §81x). $2.00 additional per document for postage and handling for unregistered land. $1.00 additional per document for Land 9. Each plan shall have a three and one-half inch (3½") Court and electronic documents. square reserved for Registry use. 10. Each plan must contain a certification clause signed by the SUFFOLK COUNTY preparer stating that he/she has conformed with the rules and regulations of the Registers of Deeds in preparing the plan. A Trager Stamp must be obtained on all master deeds and amendments thereto for condominiums located in the city of Fees for Registered Land Boston from the Office of the Collector/Treasurer (City Hall, Chapter 262, § 39, as amended. Boston 02201) prior to recordation. Fee is $500.00 per Decree, Plan and Notice of Disposal ...... $ 245.00 newly-recorded condominium. Note: when recording a Deed or other instruments on which Certificate Condominium Master Deed or Condominium Trust, a site plan Issues...... 155.00 must be recorded along with a set of floor plans ($75.00). Mortgage...... 205.00 WORCESTER COUNTY (Worcester District) Mortgage Discharge...... 105.00 Foreclosure Deed, Affidavit etc., including Plan copies...... $2.00 Certificate, minimum ...... 155.00 Photostatic Scale or reduction ...... 5.00

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Commercial use or distribution is strictly prohibited. 200 FEES OF THE SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH FEES OF THE SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH Corporations Division Massachusetts Uniform Commercial Code Domestic Profit Corporations (G.L.c. 156D) Financing Statement, up to two debtors...... $ 20.00 and Professional Corporations (G.L.c. 156A) Assignment ...... 20.00 Articles of Organization, Minimum...... $275.00 Subordination ...... 20.00 Filed Electronically ...... 250.00 Amendment to Statement...... 20.00 Shares in excess of 275,000, per 100,000 Continuation of Statement...... 20.00 shares...... 100.00 Partial Release of Collateral ...... 20.00 Articles of Amendment Termination Statement...... 20.00 Increase of Shares, per 100,000 shares..... 100.00100.00 Statement of Claim...... 20.00 Any other Amendment, per Amendment.. 100.00 Search Request (including a computer listing of Changes debtor’s UCC filing) ...... 10.00 Resignation of Directors/Officers...... 25.00 Search Request by file number, per number...... 3.00 Statement of Supplemental Change ...... 25.00 Search Request with copies (includes copies of Filed Electronically...... No Fee face pages of all UCC filings of a given debtor), Resident Agent Office Appointment/Change . 25.00 first 15 pages ...... 30.00 Filed Electronically...... No Fee Per additional page ...... 1.00 Resident Agent Resignation ...... 25.00 Service of Process Filed Electronically...... No Fee Annual Report...... 125.00 Foreign, Foreign L.L.C. or Foreign L.P...... $ 10.00 Filed Electronically ...... 100.00 Compliance Letter...... 10.00 Late Fee ...... 25.00 Copies Articles of Consolidation/Merger, Minimum ...... 250.00 Articles of Correction...... No Fee Certified Articles of Share Exchange, Minimum ...... 250.00 Articles of Organization...... $ 12.00 Articles of Charter Surrender ...... 250.00 Certification of Papers Restated Articles of Organization, Minimum ...... 200.00 First Page ...... 7.00 Application for Reinstatement Following Each Additional Page ...... 2.00 Administrative Dissolution...... 100.00 Uncertified Copies, per page ...... 30 Articles of Revocation of Dissolution...... 100.00 Reservation of Name (for 60 day period)...... 30.00 Certificates—Domestic and Professional Corporations Articles of Voluntary Dissolution ...... 100.00 Certificate of Legal Existence, with Non-Profit Organizations (G.L.c. 180) up to one name change ...... $ 7.00 Articles of Organization ...... $ 35.00 Certificate of Legal Existence with Restated Articles of Organization ...... 35.00 two or more changes/Officer Listing ...... 12.00 Mergers ...... 35.00 Certificate—Long Form ...... 20.00 Consolidations...... 35.00 Certificate—Short Form with Officers...... 12.00 Revival ...... 40.00 Certificate with Amendments...... 20.00 Amendments ...... 15.00 Certificate with Officers and Amendments...... 25.00 Annual Reports ...... 15.00 Certificate of Merger...... 20.00 Change of Principal Office...... 10.00 Certificate of Dissolution...... 7.00 Change of Resident Agent...... 10.00 Certificate of Good Standing ...... 12.00 Certificate of Charter Surrender...... 20.00 Foreign Corporations (G.L.c. 156D) Certificate of Consolidation...... 20.00 and Foreign Professional Corporations (G.L.c. 156A) Certificate of Conversion...... 20.00 Registration...... $ 400.00 Filed by Fax ...... 375.00 Certificates—Foreign Corporations Amendments ...... 100.00 Certificate of Registration...... $ 7.00 Annual Report...... 125.00 Certificate of Good Standing (All annual Filed Electronically ...... 100.00 reports due are on record)...... 12.00 Late Fee ...... 25.00 Certificate of Registration Withdrawal ...... 100.00 with one or more name change...... 12.00 Application for Transfer of Authority, Minimum 100.00 Certificate of Withdrawal...... 12.00 Application for Reinstatement of Authority to Special Good Standing (shows withdrawal/ Transact Business...... 100.00 revocation & re-registration)...... 20.00 Voluntary Associations Special Registration ...... 12.00 Declaration of Trust (G.L.c. 182) ...... $ 200.00 Limited Partnerships Annual Report...... 75.00 Amendments ...... 100.00 Registration: Mass. Limited Partnership ...... $ 200.00 Terminations ...... No Fee Amendment to Mass. Limited Partnership ...... 100.00 Certificates Cancellation ...... 100.00 Certificate of Legal Existence...... 12.00 Registration Foreign Limited Partnership...... 200.00 Certificate of Fees Paid...... 12.00 Amendment, Withdrawal or Cancellation of Certificate (Long Form) Foreign Limited Partnership...... 100.00 Up to 7 entries...... 20.00 Foreign/Domestic Change of Resident More than 7 entries...... 30.00 Agent/Office ...... 25.00 Certificate of Termination ...... 20.00 Filed Electronically...... No Fee Foreign/Domestic Change of Resident Trademarks Agent/Office by Resident Agent ...... 25.00 Registration of Service Mark, per class...... $ 50.00 Filed Electronically...... No Fee Filed by Fax, per class ...... 45.00 Foreign/Domestic Resignation of Resident Agent $ 25.00 Registration of Trademark, per class ...... 50.00 Filed Electronically...... No Fee Filed by Fax, per class ...... 45.00 Reservation of Name...... 30.00 Assignment, per class...... 50.00 Domestic/Foreign Annual Report...... 500.00 Filed by Fax, per class ...... 45.00 Filed Electronically (including $15.00 Renewal, per class...... 50.00 expedited service fee)...... 465.00 Filed by Fax, per class ...... 45.00 Withdrawal or Cancellation of Name Reservation 15.00

© 2020, Lawyers Diary and Manual, LLC. All rights reserved. Reprinted from the 2021 Massachusetts Lawyers Diary and Manual® with permission for personal use and reference only. Commercial use or distribution is strictly prohibited. FEES OF THE SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH 201 Certificates—Limited Partnerships Amount of Offering $0-500,000 ...... $ 150.00 Foreign Certificate of Registration...... $ 12.00 Amount of Offering over $500,000 to Certificate of Legal Exist. (Mass.) ...... 12.00 $2,000,000 ...... 250.00 Certificate of Legal Exist. with list Amount of Offering over $2,000,000 to of Amendments ...... 25.00 $7,500,000 ...... 500.00 Certificate of Good Standing ...... 25.00 Amount of Offering more than $7,500,000... 750.00 Special Certificates...... 25.00 Filing Fees for Public Offerings under G.L.c. 110A Limited Liability Partnerships (950 CMR 111.13) §§ 302 and 303: Registration: Limited Liability Partnership ...... $ 500.00 Ad valorem Fee: 1/20 of 1% of the aggregate Annual Report...... 500.00 amount of the offering (as indicated on Form U-1) Amendment to Limited Liability Partnership ... 100.00 Minimum Fee (annually) ...... 300.00 Name Reservation/Transfer ...... 30.00 Maximum Fee (annually)...... 1,500.00 Foreign/Domestic Resignation of Resident Agent No Fee Open-End Investment Companies Filed Electronically ...... No Fee and Face Amount Certificate Companies Withdrawal of Limited Liability Partnership .... 100.00 under 950 CMR 13.306 Certificate of Good Standing ...... 25.00 Initial Registration...... 2,500.00 Certificate of Registration ...... 12.00 Annual Notice Fee...... 1,250.00 Legal Existance With Amendments...... 25.00 Closed-End Investment Companies under Special Certificates...... 25.00 950 CMR 13.306: Ad valorem fee of 1/20th of 1% of the total amount offered in Massachusetts Limited Liability Companies (950 CMR 112.21)

Minimum Fee (annually) ...... 300.00 Fees Filing Certificate of Organization...... $ 500.00 Maximum Fee (annually)...... 1,500.00 Annual Report...... 500.00 Unit Investment Trusts: ...... Name Reservation/Transfer ...... 30.00 Notice Filing...... 750.00 Foreign/Domestic Change of Resident Agent/Office ...... 25.00 Annual Notice Fee...... No Fee Filing Fees for Sales to Existing Security Holders Filed Electronically ...... No Fee under 950 CMR 14.402 (B)(11)(a)...... 100.00 Foreign/Domestic Change of Resident Filing Fee for Notice Filing by Regulation A— Agent/Office by Resident Agent ...... 25.00 Tier 2 Offerings: Ad valorem fee of 1/20 of 1% of the Filed Electronically ...... No Fee aggregate amount of the offering in Massachusetts Foreign/Domestic Resignation of Resident Agent 25.00 Minimum Fee (annually) ...... 300.00 Filed Electronically ...... No Fee Maximum Fee (annually)...... 1,500.00 Amendment...... 100.00 Restated Certificate...... 100.00 Filing Fees for Broker-Dealer Registration and Certificate of Merger/Consolidation ...... 100.00 Renewal under 950 CMR 12.202 ...... 450.00 Certificate of Cancellation...... 100.00 Agent Registration (every firm must have at Reinstatement following Administrative least one agent registered) ...... 75.00 Dissolution ...... 100.00 Issuer-agent registration and renewal under Foreign Registration ...... 500.00 950 CMR 12.202...... 75.00 Foreign Amendment ...... 100.00 Filing Fees for Investment Adviser Registration Foreign Annual Report...... 500.00 and renewal under 950 CMR 12.205...... 300.00 Foreign Cancellation ...... 100.00 Reporting Fees for Exempt Reporting Advisers Foreign Withdrawal ...... 100.00 under 950 CMR 12.205 (3)(c)(2)(c)...... 300.00 Reinstatement following Administrative Representative Registration (every firm must Revocation...... 100.00 have at least one representative registered)... 50.00 Certificate of Good Standing ...... 25.00 Commissions Division Fees Certificate of Existence ...... 12.00 Certificate of Registration ...... 12.00 Appointments: Legal Existance With Amendments...... 25.00 Notary Public...... $ 60.00 Special Certificates...... 25.00 Justice of the Peace ...... 75.00 Commission to Qualify Public Officers ...... 25.00 Transaction Fees for Expedited Service Certification of a Notarized Document (Faxed and Online Filings) to be used Overseas (Apostille Certification) .. 6.00 For transactions costing up to $14.99 ...... $ 3.00 One Day Solemnification ...... 25.00 For transactions costing $15.00 to $24.99...... 3.50 Filed Electronically (including $3.50 expe- For transactions costing $25.00 to $84.99...... 6.00 dited service fee) ...... 23.50 For transactions costing $85.00 to $149.99...... 10.00 Corrections...... 5.00 For transactions costing $150.00 to $499.99 ...... 15.00 For transactions costing $500.00...... 20.00 Lobbyist Division Fees (G.L.c. 3, § 41) For transactions costing more than $500.00 4.5% of fee Lobbyist Entity Registration...... $ 1,000.00 Securities Division Fees Plus, for each sub-agent in its employ ...... 100.00 Filing Fees for Private Offerings under Lobbyist Registration...... 100.00 950 CMR 14.402(B) (13)(l): Client Registration Fee, per Relationship...... 100.00 Amount of Offering $0-2,000,000 ...... $ 250.00 Penalty Fee for Late Reporting, Filing Within 20 Amount of Offering over $2,000,000 to Days, per day, until report submitted and all $7,500,000 ...... 500.00 fees are paid (G.L.c. 3, § 47)...... 50.00 Amount of Offering more than $7,500,000... 750.00 Penalty Fee for Late Reporting, Filing After 20 Filing Fees for Private Offerings under Days, per day, until report submitted and all 950 CMR 14.402(B) (9)(g): fees are paid (G.L.c. 3, § 47)...... 100.00

© 2020, Lawyers Diary and Manual, LLC. All rights reserved. Reprinted from the 2021 Massachusetts Lawyers Diary and Manual® with permission for personal use and reference only. Commercial use or distribution is strictly prohibited. 204 FEES OF SHERIFFS, DEPUTY SHERIFFS & CONSTABLES FEES OF SHERIFFS, DEPUTY SHERIFFS & CONSTABLES (Section 8, Chapter 262 of the General Laws, as amended, effective July 1, 2003) A. For the service of civil process: allowed greater compensation for appraisers by order of (1) Original summons, trustee process, subpoena or scire court. facias, either by reading it or by leaving copy thereof, $20.00 for (k) Each adjournment of sale of real or personal property, each defendant upon whom service is made, except as herein $10.00. otherwise provided. (11) Taking bail and furnishing and writing the bail bond, (2) Original summons and complaint for divorce or for any $2.00, which shall be paid by the defendant, and taxed in his bill other service required to be served in hand, $30.00 for each of costs, if he prevails. defendant upon whom service is made. (12) Serving an execution in a personal action by copy and (3) Attestation of each copy of a writ, precept or process, demand on debtor or on trustee, $10.00 and travel, if the except as herein otherwise provided, $5.00. execution is not collected in whole or in part; for serving an (4) If officer by direction of plaintiff or his attorney makes execution in a personal action, and collecting damages or costs special service of writ or precept, either by attaching personal on an execution, warrant of distress or other like process, for an property or arresting the body, $2.00 each defendant upon amount not exceeding $100, $.10 for every dollar; all above $100 whom writ is so served, and $8.00 additional for custody of the and not exceeding $500, $.05 for every dollar; and all above body arrested, and at same rate for each day during which he $500, $.02 for every dollar; but such percentage shall be allowed has custody. If officer employs an assistant in arrest of the body, only upon the amount actually collected. A levy of the execution he shall be entitled to $5.00 a day for such assistant. upon his body shall be considered, so far as the fees of the officer (5) Custody of personal property attached, replevied or taken are material, full satisfaction of the execution if debtor has on execution, not more than $50.00 for each day of not more recognized with surety or sureties as required by law. than 8 hours for keeper while he is in charge, and not more than (13) Serving a writ of seisin or possession in a real action, $20.00 a day for officer for a period not longer than ten days; but $15.00 for each parcel. officer may be allowed a greater compensation for himself or for (14) Serving an execution upon judgment for partition, or for his keeper, or compensation for longer period, by consent of assignment of dower or curtesy, $2.00 a day. plaintiff or by order of court upon hearing. Also expenses for packing, labor, teaming, storage and taking and preparing (15) For serving a writ of capias,awritofhabeas corpus,a schedule of property attached, replevied ortakenonexecution, writ of ne exeat, or other process of civil arrest in a civil if he certifies that such expenses were necessary and are proceeding, $50.00, plus, upon consent of the plaintiff or upon reasonable. order of the court, a greater compensation which may include the services of an assistant if necessary, plus travel. (6) Attachment on mesne process of land or of any leasehold estate, $20.00 for each defendant against whom attachment (16) Serving a venire or notice to jurors for attendance upon made, $.32 a mile each way for travel from place of service to the any court, civil or criminal, $10.00 each person upon whom registry, and his fee for copy deposited in the registry of deeds or service is made. land court, together with recording fees actually paid. (17) Summoning witnesses, $20.00 each person upon whom (7) Special attachment of real estate, $10.00 additional each service is made, and $2.00 each copy served, together with fee person against whom attachment made. paid to witness. (8) Service of writ of replevin: seizure of property, $10.00 each (18) Dispersing treasurer’s process warrants and defendant; securing and swearing appraisers, $4.00, and actual proclamations of all kinds, $4.00 each. amount paid to appraisers, as hereinafter provided; examining (19) Travel in the service of original writs, executions, and approving sureties, $5.00; delivery of property replevied, warrants, summonses, subpoenas, notices and like processes, $5.00; for each service, $5.00 for each copy, at rate hereinbefore $.32 a mile each way, to be computed from place of service to provided for copies of writs, precepts or other processes. court or place of return; and if same precept or process is served (9) Levy on real estate: upon more than one person, travel shall be computed from most (a) For preparing and serving notice of sale, a fee not to remote place of service, with such further travel as necessary in exceed $50.00, plus travel. serving it; if distance from place of service to place of return (b) Posting notices of sale, $20.00, plus travel. exceeds 20 and does not exceed 50 miles, $.32 a mile one way only shall be allowed for all travel exceeding 20 miles, and, if it (c) Necessary expenses of advertising. exceeds 50 miles, only $.06 a mile one way shall be allowed for (d) Sale of land or of any leasehold estate, $20.00. all travel exceeding that distance. (e) Preparing, executing and acknowledging deed, $25.00. (20) Travel in the service of venires and notices to jurors, $.32 (f) Travel, $.32 a mile each way from place where he a mile for distance actually traveled. receives execution to office of register of deeds, and his fee for (21) For posting warrants, for notifying town meetings or for the copy. other purposes, $5.00 for each copy posted together with $.32 a (10) Sale of personal property on mesne process or on mile for the distance actually traveled. execution the following: (a) Service of copy of notice to appoint appraisers, $8.00 each person upon whom service is made. B. For the service of criminal process: (1) Serving warrant of capias in criminal proceeding, $50.00, (b) Necessary expenses of taking and preparing schedule of plus, upon consent of plaintiff or upon court order, a greater property proposed to be sold. compensation which may include services of an assistant if (c) Attendance upon and swearing appraisers, $10.00. necessary, plus travel; and of summons upon defendant, $20.00 (d) Amount actually paid to appraisers as hereinafter each person upon whom same is served. provided. (2) Copy of mittimus, warrant or other precept required by (e) Preparing and posting notice of proposed sale, $10.00, law in criminal cases, $5.00. plus travel. (3) Service of a witness, summons or subpoena in criminal (f) Necessary expenses of keeper, labor and advertising. cases, $20.00 plus travel in the amount of $.32 a mile each way (g) Custody of property, $10.00 a day. for distances of not more than 20 miles, and for any excess over (h) Services as auctioneer, or for services of auctioneer in 20 miles, $.07 a mile each way, and no more. Distance shall be selling property, a fair and reasonable amount. computed from most remote place of service to place of return, (i) If sale is made on execution, poundage may be charged but upon subpoena court shall reduce fee for travel to as hereinafter provided. reasonable amount for service performed if travel charged has (j) Fair compensation for services of appraiser shall not be not been actually performed by officer who made the service. more than $30.00 for each day’s service, but officer may be (4) Service of order of notice under chapter 273A, $20.00.

© 2020, Lawyers Diary and Manual, LLC. All rights reserved. Reprinted from the 2021 Massachusetts Lawyers Diary and Manual® with permission for personal use and reference only. Commercial use or distribution is strictly prohibited. MASSACHUSETTS DOCUMENT STAMP RATES MASSACHUSETTS DOCUMENT STAMP RATES Documentary Stamps (Government) Affixed to Deeds Discontinued as of January 1, 1968 STAMP TAXES PROVIDED IN MASSACHUSETTS STATUTES The State Excise Stamp Tax, effective January 1, 1952, (General Laws, Chapter 64D, Section 1) shall apply to deeds, instruments or writings, whereby any lands, tenements or other realty sold shall be granted, assigned, transferred or otherwise conveyed to, or vested in, the purchaser or purchasers or any other person or persons, by his, her or their direction, when the consideration of the interest or property conveyed, exclusive of the value of any lien or encumbrance remaining thereon at the time of sale, exceeds $100.00 and does not exceed $500.00. Commencing January 5, 1993, the rate of tax under the deeds excise law is $2.00 for each $500, or fraction thereof, of tax- able value plus a 14% surtax. The effective rate is, therefore, $2.28. Any registry of deeds selling adhesive deeds excise stamps through the use of a metering machine which can print tax amounts only in multiples of five cents shall round the proper deeds excise liability to the nearest multiple of five cents. For example, a tax of $27.36 shall be rounded to $27.35; and a tax of $30.78 shall be rounded to $30.80. This Chapter shall not apply to any instrument or writing to secure a debt, or to which the Commonwealth or the U.S. or any of their agencies is a party (as amended by St. 1978, c. 198). Effective July 1, 2009 Note: In Barnstable County, there is a separate County Stamp Tax. Effective July 1, 2016, the Total Stamp Tax fee in Barnstable County is $6.48 per $1,000.

The excise is to be rounded to the nearest $.05 in any Registry equipped with a stamp meter machine which prints at $.05 intervals only; for example, $36.48 equals $36.50 and $15.96 equals $15.95. (See Deeds Excise Emergency Regulation No. 1)

Value not Value not Value not Over Excise Over Excise Over Excise $ 500 $2.28 $ 85,000 $387.60 $ 230,000 $1,048.80 1,000 $4.56 90,000 $410.40 235,000 $1,071.60 1,500 $6.84 95,000 $433.20 240,000 $1,094.40 2,000 $9.12 100,000 $456.00 245,000 $1,117.20 2,500 $11.40 105,000 $478.80 250,000 $1,140.00 3,000 $13.68 110,000 $501.60 255,000 $1,162.80 3,500 $15.96 115,000 $524.40 260,000 $1,185.60 4,000 $18.24 120,000 $547.20 265,000 $1,208.40 4,500 $20.52 125,000 $570.00 270,000 $1,231.20 5,000 $22.80 130,000 $592.80 275,000 $1,254.00 6,000 $27.36 135,000 $615.60 280,000 $1,276.80 7,000 $31.92 140,000 $638.40 285,000 $1,299.60 8,000 $36.48 145,000 $661.20 290,000 $1,322.40 9,000 $41.04 150,000 $684.00 295,000 $1,345.20 10,000 $45.60 155,000 $706.80 300,000 $1,368.00 15,000 $68.40 160,000 $729.60 325,000 $1,482.00 20,000 $91.20 165,000 $752.40 350,000 $1,596.00 25,000 $114.00 170,000 $775.20 375,000 $1,710.00 30,000 $136.80 175,000 $798.00 400,000 $1,824.00 35,000 $159.60 180,000 $820.80 425,000 $1,938.00 40,000 $182.40 185,000 $843.60 450,000 $2,052.00 45,000 $205.20 190,000 $866.40 475,000 $2,166.00 50,000 $228.00 195,000 $889.20 500,000 $2,280.00 55,000 $250.80 200,000 $912.00 600,000 $2,736.00 60,000 $273.60 205,000 $934.80 700,000 $3,192.00 65,000 $296.40 210,000 $957.60 800,000 $3,648.00 70,000 $319.20 215,000 $980.40 900,000 $4,104.00 75,000 $342.00 220,000 $1,003.20 1,000,000 $4,560.00 80,000 $364.80 225,000 $1,026.00 2,000,000 $9,120.00

Use this table to determine the amount of tax for any valuation (not including Barnstable County). Example: The tax for a deed for property valued at $312,500 equals the sum of the tax for a $300,000 valuation plus the tax for a $10,000 valuation plus the tax for a $2,500 valuation ($1,368.00+$45.60+$11.40=$1,425.00).

© 2020, Lawyers Diary and Manual, LLC. All rights reserved. Reprinted from the 2021 Massachusetts Lawyers Diary and Manual® with permission for personal use and reference only. Commercial use or distribution is strictly prohibited. Municipalities 187 2021 2020 MunicipalityDaltonDanvers Res.Dartmouth Comm.DedhamDeerfield Res.Dennis Comm. Dighton 20.29 13.06 9.93DouglasDover 20.29 20.77 13.72 16.80Dracut 15.69Dudley 28.70 21.51 13.35 15.69Dunstable 6.10 14.98 9.90Duxbury 21.51 16.98 21.38 13.67 27.57 15.85 17.68 East Bridgewater 6.10 16.98 12.84East Brookfield 28.86 17.29 13.35 15.85 16.84East Longmeadow 14.83 13.06 12.84Eastham 17.29 20.84 14.82 13.35 16.72 6.03 14.66 16.84Easthampton 27.35 13.06Easton 20.84 14.82 16.72 12.89 14.66 17.05 6.03 13.01Edgartown 16.41 12.30Egremont 12.89 17.76 17.05 21.06 14.83 13.01 Erving 14.48 16.41 12.30 8.72Essex 17.76 21.06 14.83 14.48 EVERETT 3.35 8.72 15.38 17.54Fairhaven 9.49FALL RIVER 15.38 3.35 17.54 Falmouth 9.18 10.64FITCHBURG 9.49 7.54 15.48 16.29Florida 14.45 24.72 11.06 3.28 12.24 9.18 Foxborough 15.48 16.29 30.61FRAMINGHAM 19.71 9.35 22.04Franklin 3.28 8.59 9.87 14.98 19.71 7.59Freetown 15.80 9.35 13.83 14.57 11.29 23.20 GARDNER 32.30 8.59 12.37 15.80 29.70 19.03 8.42Georgetown 18.53 22.53 Gill 14.51 14.05 19.03 18.70GLOUCESTER 8.50 13.02 14.74Goshen 19.74 14.51 30.09 15.92Gosnold 21.03 12.33 18.73 8.50 8.51 19.74Grafton 15.92 14.65Granby 12.74 19.53 12.70Granville 20.04 14.65 Great Barrington 15.89 20.63 17.25 12.44 15.11Greenfield 20.04 15.75Groton 15.89 2.59 17.25 12.85 15.11 16.50Groveland 15.75 19.77 15.40 2.59 16.50Hadley 17.29 16.61 22.93Halifax 19.77 15.99 15.40Hamilton 17.29 16.61 17.18 22.93 14.05 15.99 Hampden * 17.38 19.85 15.70Hancock 17.18 14.05Hanover 23.22 17.38 19.85 15.70 Hanson 12.78 * 17.44 16.98Hardwick 23.22 14.72 17.60 20.15 12.78Harvard 17.44 16.98Harwich 14.72 17.60 20.15 2.78Hatfield 16.31 12.00HAVERHILL 17.39 17.51 15.27 15.98Hawley 17.07 19.67 12.00 2.78Heath 17.39 17.51 18.47 15.27 15.98Hingham 19.67 13.60 16.33 8.73Hinsdale 18.44 2.98 13.53 24.58Holbrook 15.10 15.73 17.09 Holden 8.73 13.53 2.98 18.78 16.22Holland 15.10 15.73 13.44Holliston 11.53 22.25 18.75 16.22 14.19HOLYOKE 13.21 24.66 8.60 11.53Hopedale 18.37 22.25 14.19 13.21 17.88 8.60 34.18 17.00 11.80 16.62 17.88 18.85 19.08 * 14.33 17.00 11.80 16.62 17.22 18.85 39.73 17.41 14.33 32.50 17.40 28.13 16.62 * 17.85 19.27 17.40 16.62 17.85 40.63 17.87 28.80 2021 MASSACHUSETTS MUNICIPAL TAX RATES TAX MUNICIPAL MASSACHUSETTS 2020 MASSACHUSETTS MUNICIPAL TAX RATES TAX MUNICIPAL MASSACHUSETTS COURTESY OF COMMISSIONER & DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE Cities are listed in capitals; towns are listed in upper and lower case permission for personal use and reference only. Commercial use or distribution is strictly prohibited. is strictly only. Commercial use or distribution permission for personal use and reference Note: The following are residential and commercial property tax rates for all municipalities. * 2021 Tax Rates not yet available MunicipalityAbingtonActon Res.Acushnet Comm.AdamsAgawam Res.Alford 17.00 Comm. AmesburyAmherst 17.00 13.94 19.24Andover 17.95Aquinnah 21.88 16.83 19.24 16.48Arlington 17.18Ashburnham 25.99 31.61 16.48 13.83Ashby 5.50 20.23 21.32 17.18Ashfield 17.56 15.01 22.62 16.80Ashland 20.23 21.32 20.10 6.81 5.50Athol 11.06 18.25 27.14 26.89 31.46 ATTLEBORO 20.10 6.81 11.06 21.82Auburn 18.25 5.55Avon 15.29 18.83 16.66 21.82 20.55Ayer 14.56 11.34 16.16 28.09 6.39 5.55 18.83 16.66 20.55 Barnstable 21.09 11.34 16.16Barre 17.18 6.39 Becket 17.98 18.55 16.55 14.80Bedford 17.18 15.93Belchertown 22.37 18.55 16.55 17.70 21.20 9.37Bellingham 15.93 14.10 17.66Belmont 33.42 18.14Berkley 8.51 29.57 17.66 18.17 17.87Berlin 11.08 22.25 16.78 13.18Bernardston 14.22 18.17 17.87 14.14BEVERLY 11.08 9.10 31.60 28.95 20.58Billerica 11.00 29.17 Blackstone 18.13 18.00 18.59 11.62 14.53 8.26 Blandford 13.53 11.00 14.41 18.13 Bolton 18.00 12.83 18.59 15.79 11.62 14.53BOSTON 29.72 20.58 11.54Bourne 24.73 18.86 27.84 12.99Boxborough 18.57 14.28 11.54 17.76Boxford 18.86 30.03 12.70 18.57 15.58Boylston 14.28 17.76Braintree 10.56 20.39 24.86 18.72 25.95 16.72 13.00Brewster 24.92Bridgewater 10.74 20.39 17.76 18.72 16.72 29.89 Brimfield 16.17 10.74BROCKTON 17.76 16.54 10.67 20.86Brookfield 17.17 9.86 16.17 14.73Brookline 16.54 24.55 10.77 20.86 8.62Buckland 17.17 21.81 15.15 14.73Burlington 17.67 16.01 10.77 16.98 8.62 30.41 18.01CAMBRIDGE 17.67 16.01 14.48 9.95 16.98 Canton 9.45 18.01Carlisle 14.50 14.48 18.52 8.58 21.84 17.55Carver 9.64 5.75 15.53Charlemont 29.64 18.52 17.99 17.55 8.58 Charlton 25.54 12.68Chatham 17.99 17.84 9.80Chelmsford 12.23 18.36 19.51CHELSEA 9.95 5.85 17.84 15.99 25.42Cheshire 17.19 18.36 19.51Chester 25.84 14.94 11.85 Chesterfield 27.58 16.45 12.20 4.82CHICOPEE 14.94 16.28 20.48 13.39 21.18Chilmark 24.29 16.94Clarksburg 4.82 16.28 20.48 13.44 27.16 15.01 20.11Clinton 26.99 15.74 20.70 17.46Cohasset 13.44 15.01 20.11 13.62Colrain 4.98 20.30 20.70 33.93Concord 17.89 2.86 13.37 26.64 Conway 20.20 4.98 Cummington 17.89 20.49 17.61 13.37 2.86 15.49 20.20 12.97 20.49 34.86 15.82 26.85 19.93 12.97 14.69 14.23 2.91 15.82 18.76 19.93 14.69 15.94 14.23 13.04 2.91 18.76 27.10 21.16 13.04 15.24 14.72 21.16 15.24 * 14.72 * © 2020, Lawyers Diary and Manual, LLC. 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Hopkinton 16.82 16.80 17.08 17.07 North Reading 15.60 15.60 15.63 15.63 Hubbardston 14.82 14.82 14.81 14.81 NORTHAMPTON 16.80 16.80 17.37 17.37 Hudson 16.61 33.12 16.59 33.16 Northborough 17.25 17.25 17.12 17.12 Hull 12.82 12.82 12.68 12.68 Northbridge 13.84 13.84 14.49 14.49 Huntington 20.52 20.52 19.99 19.99 Northfield 16.61 16.61 16.12 16.12 Norton 14.80 14.80 14.93 14.93 Ipswich 14.02 14.02 13.22 13.22 Norwell 16.63 16.63 16.94 16.94 Kingston 16.28 16.28 16.08 16.08 Norwood 11.15 24.82 11.34 25.67 Lakeville 13.06 13.06 12.77 12.77 Oak Bluffs 7.44 7.44 7.37 7.37 Lancaster 19.85 19.85 19.98 19.98 Oakham 13.55 13.55 13.02 13.02 Lanesborough 20.68 20.68 20.28 20.28 Orange 20.33 20.33 20.05 20.05 LAWRENCE 12.43 26.80 12.27 26.39 Orleans 7.56 7.56 7.84 7.84 Lee 14.68 14.68 14.68 14.68 Otis 8.34 8.34 8.47 8.47 Leicester 14.91 14.91 15.13 15.13 Oxford 16.66 16.66 16.53 16.53 Lenox 12.10 14.78 11.65 14.06 LEOMINSTER 17.98 17.98 18.13 18.13 Palmer 21.22 21.22 21.12 21.12 Leverett 20.49 20.49 19.73 19.73 Paxton 19.73 19.73 19.73 19.73 Lexington 14.05 27.22 14.39 27.97 PEABODY 10.74 22.89 10.49 22.20 Leyden 17.01 17.01 16.69 16.69 Pelham 21.89 21.89 21.42 21.42 Lincoln 15.36 20.18 15.52 20.42 Pembroke 14.49 14.49 14.58 14.58 Littleton 17.77 28.49 17.70 27.44 Pepperell 16.98 16.98 17.92 17.92 Longmeadow 24.21 24.21 24.74 24.74 Peru 18.76 18.76 * * LOWELL 13.36 26.77 13.46 26.83 Petersham 17.37 17.37 15.31 15.31 Ludlow 20.62 20.62 21.08 21.08 Phillipston 16.94 16.94 16.11 16.11 Lunenburg 18.12 18.12 17.74 17.74 PITTSFIELD 19.71 40.36 19.25 39.99 LYNN 13.40 25.87 13.03 25.02 Plainfield 20.12 20.12 19.24 19.24 Lynnfield 13.92 18.86 13.27 19.29 Plainville 14.70 17.71 14.70 17.75 MALDEN 12.65 19.58 12.29 19.14 Plymouth 16.35 16.35 16.16 16.16 Plympton 17.62 17.62 17.49 17.49 Manchester 11.70 11.70 10.99 10.99 Princeton 15.85 15.85 16.12 16.12 Mansfield 15.36 21.60 15.36 22.58 Provincetown 6.62 6.32 7.08 6.77 Marblehead 10.39 10.39 10.42 10.42 Marion 11.70 11.70 11.32 11.32 QUINCY 12.43 24.84 12.14 24.22 MARLBOROUGH 14.18 25.22 13.80 24.47 Randolph 14.91 29.08 14.78 28.54 Marshfield 13.33 13.33 13.19 13.19 Raynham 14.41 19.80 14.69 20.16 Mashpee 8.96 8.96 8.91 8.91 Reading 13.95 14.20 13.81 14.06 Mattapoisett 13.49 13.49 12.96 12.96 Rehoboth 13.12 13.12 13.24 13.24 Maynard 20.64 27.89 20.15 26.81 Medfield 17.83 17.83 17.76 17.76 REVERE 11.26 21.88 11.06 21.83 MEDFORD 9.18 17.57 9.41 18.05 Richmond 12.38 12.38 12.72 12.72 Medway 17.50 17.50 17.46 17.46 Rochester 13.48 13.48 13.37 13.37 MELROSE 11.05 18.58 10.95 18.69 Rockland 17.50 17.50 17.28 17.28 Mendon 16.75 16.75 16.79 16.79 Rockport 10.10 10.10 9.74 9.74 Merrimac 14.88 14.88 16.30 16.30 Rowe 5.33 8.53 5.33 8.64 METHUEN 13.44 26.59 13.19 26.01 Rowley 15.58 15.58 15.58 15.58 Middleborough 15.88 16.86 16.27 17.26 Royalston 13.52 13.52 * * Middlefield 18.34 18.34 17.70 17.70 Russell 22.71 22.71 21.71 21.71 Middleton 13.62 13.62 13.72 13.72 Rutland 17.61 17.61 16.70 16.70 Milford 15.96 29.64 15.98 29.69 SALEM 14.45 28.42 13.80 27.60 Millbury 15.33 15.33 15.43 15.43 Salisbury 11.46 11.46 11.26 11.26 Millis 20.14 20.14 19.62 19.62 Sandisfield 13.30 13.30 13.35 13.35 Millville 16.07 16.07 15.93 15.93 Sandwich 14.31 14.31 13.77 13.77 Milton 13.12 20.10 13.13 20.41 Saugus 11.92 25.10 12.34 25.74 Monroe 15.08 31.53 13.91 27.19 Savoy 14.96 14.96 14.17 14.17 Monson 18.27 18.27 18.12 18.12 Scituate 13.50 13.50 13.33 13.33 Montague 17.57 26.94 17.44 26.99 Seekonk 13.17 28.87 13.57 29.45 Monterey 7.43 7.43 7.27 7.27 Sharon 19.00 19.00 20.43 20.43 Montgomery 13.62 13.62 13.90 13.90 Mt. Washington 6.27 6.27 6.55 6.55 Sheffield 14.00 14.00 13.88 13.88 Shelburne 13.98 13.98 14.47 14.47 Nahant 10.97 10.97 10.51 10.51 Sherborn 19.46 19.46 19.63 19.63 Nantucket 3.45 5.86 3.63 6.20 Shirley 16.11 16.11 16.53 16.53 Natick 13.61 13.61 13.61 13.61 Shrewsbury 12.47 12.47 13.19 13.19 Needham 12.49 24.55 13.03 25.74 Shutesbury 24.04 24.04 22.61 22.61 New Ashford 12.48 12.48 11.77 11.77 Somerset 15.22 29.11 14.68 28.40 NEW BEDFORD 16.16 33.59 15.59 32.76 SOMERVILLE 10.09 16.32 10.19 16.69 New Braintree 17.32 17.32 17.47 17.47 South Hadley 17.58 17.58 17.22 17.22 New Marlborough 10.31 10.31 9.94 9.94 Southampton 15.82 15.82 15.97 15.97 New Salem 18.04 18.04 19.63 19.63 Southborough 16.66 16.66 16.21 16.21 Newbury 10.99 10.99 10.66 10.66 Southbridge 19.48 19.48 19.44 19.44 NEWBURYPORT 12.84 12.84 12.64 12.64 Southwick 17.49 17.49 17.59 17.59 NEWTON 10.44 19.92 10.76 20.12 Spencer 14.12 14.12 14.04 14.04 Norfolk 18.64 18.64 17.99 17.99 SPRINGFIELD 19.53 39.23 18.90 39.23 NORTH ADAMS 18.62 40.66 18.61 39.77 Sterling 16.81 16.81 16.52 16.52 North Andover 13.74 18.53 14.17 19.29 Stockbridge 9.87 9.87 9.78 9.78 North Attleborough 14.35 17.56 14.27 17.43 Stoneham 10.79 20.50 10.82 20.50 North Brookfield 15.42 15.42 15.74 15.74 Stoughton 14.89 25.59 15.10 25.49 * 2021 Tax Rates not yet available

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