Abuse
Abuse reporting form, Disabled Persons Protection Commission.
Child abuse reporting form, Mass. Department of Children and Families.
See also: Domestic violence
Adoption
Application for a record of birth prior to adoption, Mass. Registry of Vital Records and Statistics.
Alimony
Appeals
Court forms:
- Appeals Court forms for Civil Appeals
- Appeal an agency decision in Superior Court
- Appeal a District Court civil case to the Appellate Division
- Clerk’s guide to filing cases in the Supreme Judicial Court
- Requirements for starting an appeal in each Trial Court Department
Administrative appeals process, Division of Administrative Law Appeals (DALA).
DALA is "a neutral forum for hearing any case in which one has the right to appeal the decision of another state agency." Includes instructions on how to file an appeal.
Appeals, Court Forms Online, Suffolk University Law School Legal Innovation and Technology Lab. Answer questions and generate forms used in various types of appeals.
Appeals forms, Appellate Tax Board (ATB)
"The ATB hears and decides state and local tax appeals, including: property tax, individual income tax, corporate excise, sales and use tax, automobile excise, and water bills."
Attorneys
Bar admission, Mass. Board of Bar Examiners.
Filing a complaint against an attorney, Mass. Board of Bar Overseers.
Complaint form and information on filing an ethics complaint against an attorney.
Limited assistance representation information. Includes link to forms for lawyers providing LAR services in court.
Requesting an order for your spouse to help pay for your attorney (in a divorce matter), Mass. Legal Help.
All the necessary forms and instructions for Pro Se divorce litigants to motion the court for attorney fees. Created by Chief Justice Dunphey and the Pro Se Coordinator of the Probate Courts.
Bankruptcy
Bankruptcy forms, US Courts.gov.
"Official Bankruptcy Forms must be used to file and take action in bankruptcy cases. Procedural Forms also may be necessary for use during the course of some bankruptcy proceedings."
Building permits
Building Permit Applications for non-state-owned buildings, Mass. Board of Building Regulations and Standards.
If you want to apply for a building permit for a building that is not state-owned, the process is administered by your local municipal building official. The Board of Building Regulations and Standards has created standard building application forms that may be used by the municipality, showing all the information that is needed to make the application process uniform across the state.
Charitable organizations
Child custody
Court forms: File for child custody or parenting time, Mass. Probate and Family Court.
Child labor
Youth employment permit information, Mass. Department of Labor Standards. Includes permit applications in different languages.
Child requiring assistance (CRA)
Motion to dismiss CRA, Court Forms Online, Suffolk University Law School Legal Innovation and Technology Lab. Answer questions to generate a motion to dismiss a Child Requiring Assistance (CRA) case.
Child support
Application and agreement for Child Support Enforcement Services, Mass. Department of Revenue, Child Support Services Division.
Relief from Department of Revenue Child Support Services Division, Court Forms Online, Suffolk University Law School Legal Innovation and Technology Lab. Answer questions to generate forms in response to DOR/CSS actions when child support is owed.
Civil procedure
Consumer protection
30 day demand letter, Mass. Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation.
FTC consumer complaint form, Federal Trade Commission to report fraud.
Corporations and other business organizations
Forms provided by the Corporations Division of the Office of Secretary of the Commonwealth:
Application for reservation of name
For instructions, see About name reservations.
Corporations Online Filing System
File by mail or walk-in. Includes links to Limited Liability and Partnership Section forms, Voluntary Association and Certain Trust Section forms, and Trademarks and Service Marks Section forms.
- Domestic corporation forms. Includes links to Articles of Organization, Annual Report for Domestic and Foreign Corporation, Statements regarding Registered Agent, Articles of Voluntary Dissolution, and more.
- Foreign corporation forms. Includes Foreign Corporation Certificate of Registration, Annual Report for Domestic and Foreign Corporation, Articles of Domestication, and more.
- Non-profit corporation forms. Includes Articles of Organization, Certificate of Change of Directors or Officers, Articles of Consolidation/Merger (Domestic Corporations), and more.
- Professional corporation forms. Includes Articles of Organization, Regulatory Board Certificate, Articles of Entity Conversion of Domestic Business Corporation to a Domestic Other Entity, Articles of Charter Surrender, and more.
Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) forms
See also: Nonprofit organizations
Court fees
See: Indigency.
Court forms
Find under specific topics or visit the page "Court forms" for translated forms and additional forms not provided in this index.
See also: Civil procedure.
Criminal procedure
Court forms:
- Court forms for criminal matters. A collection of court forms related to criminal matters heard in various court departments.
- District Court forms
- Superior Court forms
- Dwyer court forms. "For use in all criminal cases in which a defendant seeks pretrial inspection of records of third parties that may be statutorily privileged" pursuant to Commonwealth v. Dwyer, 448 Mass. 122 (2006).
Criminal records
Court forms
See also: Mass. Legal Help's CORI section for guidance in selecting and using these forms.
Apply for a marijuana pardon certificate, Mass. Governor.
For misdemeanor convictions for marijuana possession before March 13, 2024. Most people will not need to take any action to have their criminal records updated. However, you can request a pardon certificate, which may help remove civil or legal restrictions because of the conviction.
CORI forms, Department of Criminal Justice Information Services.
Forms and policies for organizations and individuals making CORI requests can be found here.
Request not to seal criminal records, Mass. Probation Service.
For records entered on/after March 11, 2024: Complete and send this form to the Office of the Commissioner of Probation within 10 days to request that your criminal records not be sealed, under MGL c. 276, § 100C, Paragraph 1.
Death
Death reporting form, Disabled Persons Protection Commission.
DDS death reporting form and instructions, Department of Developmental Services.
Debt collection
Court forms: Forms for use in cases filed to collect money from borrowers who have not made credit card, loan, or certain other types of payments. (Civil Rules 8.1 and 55.1)
How to get Discovery in a debt collection case in civil court, Mass. Legal Help, 2024.
Includes sample forms and instructions.
Deeds
See: Real estate and Quitclaim deed.
Divorce
Court forms, Mass. Probate and Family Court:
Pretrial memorandum (p.50), Mass. Legal Help. Sample for the Mass. Probate and Family Court.
Domestic partnerships
Apply for a domestic partnership, Cambridge City Clerk.
Domestic partnership registration form, City of Somerville.
Sample form used by Somerville, with instructions.
Statement of domestic partnership, City of Boston.
Form used by the City of Boston, with instructions.
Terminating a domestic partnership, City of Boston.
Form used by the City of Boston, with instructions.
Domestic violence
Court forms: Restraining order/abuse prevention
Family and safety, Court Forms Online, Suffolk University Law School Legal Innovation and Technology Lab.
Answer questions and generate forms. Includes application for Abuse Prevention order and other forms related to domestic violence.
Durable power of attorney
See: Power of attorney.
Contact
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