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PART I. ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT

TITLE II. EXECUTIVE AND ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS OF THE
COMMONWEALTH

CHAPTER 6. THE GOVERNOR, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL, CERTAIN OFFICERS UNDER THE GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL, AND STATE LIBRARY

MASSACHUSETTS FIRE TRAINING COUNCIL

Chapter 6: Section 172A. Fees; requests for information

Section 172A. The criminal history systems board shall assess a fee of $30 for each request for criminal offender record information. A fee shall not be assessed for a request from a victim of a crime, a witness or a family member of a homicide victim, all as defined in section 1 of chapter 258B, from a governmental agency, or from such other persons as the board shall exempt. Certified agencies that provide services to the elderly, children, victims of crime, medically infirm persons, or the physically or mentally challenged shall be assessed a fee of $5 in addition to the agency’s fee rate on June 30, 2003, unless exempted by the board. The criminal history systems board shall assess a fee of $25 for each request for criminal offender record information from an individual seeking to obtain criminal offender record information pertaining to himself; provided, however, that if a person shall be found indigent, as defined in section 27A of chapter 261, the board shall not impose a fee. All such fees shall be deposited into the General Fund, excluding a nominal processing fee for online e-payments.