Metrowest Constable Service
Massachusetts Law Enforcement,
Process Servers
Service Areas
Metrowest Constable Service can efficiently serve your important papers throughout all of eastern & central Massachusetts. From Springfield to Boston.
Evictions
What is an eviction? An eviction is the process of obtaining a court order to remove a tenant and other occupants from a rental property.
Who can be evicted? The tenant, who is renting the property from the landlord, and any other occupants can be evicted.
In Massachusetts, it is illegal for a landlord, on his or her own, to remove tenants and occupants and their belongings from a rented apartment, room, or home without first getting a court order. The court case that a landlord files to get a court order is called summary process (the legal term for an eviction). The court order that allows a landlord to evict a tenant is called an execution.
Even after a landlord gets an execution, only a sheriff or constable can move a tenant and his or her belongings out of the property.
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Subpoenas
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​Subpoena for a Hearing or Trial. Every subpoena shall be issued by the clerk of court, by a notary public, or by a justice of the peace. At the request of any party subpoenas for attendance or to produce documents, electronically stored information, or tangible things at a hearing or trial shall be issued by any of the persons directed in subdivision (a) of this rule.
A subpoena requiring the attendance of a witness or production of documents, electronically stored information, or tangible things at a hearing or trial may be served at any place within the Commonwealth.​
4C Motions as needed
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Rule 4(c) permits special court appointment of process servers.
Capias
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Capias warrants are not limited to criminal cases. In various jurisdictions, defendants involved in traffic cases who fail to appear in court may be subject to a capias warrant if they fail to pay a fine imposed by a judge. Other jurisdictions issue capias warrants in relation to cases that originated in a civil or family division. For example, a person whose child support order falls into arrears might be compelled to appear before a magistrate by means of a capias warrant.
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Sheriff and Constable departments are usually tasked with executing capias warrants.
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