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PART III
COURTS, JUDICIAL OFFICERS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CIVIL CASES
(Chapters 211 through 262)
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COSTS AND FEES
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Section 1
Prevailing party to recover costs
Section 2
Insolvency of defendant
Section 3
Repealed, 1931, 426, Sec. 124
Section 4
Superior court cases
Section 5
Offer of payment and satisfaction; effect
Section 6
Real actions and replevin
Section 7
Unnecessary actions
Section 8
Cases tried together
Section 9
Judgment on certain counts only; effect on costs
Section 10
Subsequent actions for same cause; conditions precedent for commencement
Section 11
Double or treble costs; allowance
Section 12
Repealed, 1973, 1114, Sec. 344
Section 13
Discretion of court
Section 14
Actions by state; liability for costs
Section 15
Action by state in behalf of private parties; effect on costs
Section 16
Judgment for costs against state; payment
Section 17
Attorney general; travel costs
Section 18
Arbitrators and courts; powers; effect of this chapter
Section 19
Clerk; duty to tax costs; notice
Section 20
Appeal from taxation of costs
Section 21
Execution for costs; bond for costs
Section 22
Appeal costs; allowance
Section 23
Supreme judicial, appeals and superior courts; items of costs
Section 24
Trials at designated place
Section 25
Repealed, 1973, 1114, Sec. 347
Section 25A
Miscellaneous expenses; allowances
Section 26
District courts; items of costs
Section 27
Repealed, 1975, 377, Sec. 162
Section 27A
Definitions applicable to Secs. 27A to 27G
Section 27B
Affidavit of indigency; waiver, substitution or state payment of fees or costs; supplementary affidavits
Section 27C
Granting requests for waiver, substitution or state payment
Section 27D
Appeal; notice; record; speedy hearing; stay of proceedings; decision final
Section 27E
Repayment; deductions from judgment or settlement; notice; procedure
Section 27F
Substitute documents, services or objects at less cost; court order
Section 27G
Payment procedure; public record; report of expenditures
Section 28
Repealed, 1924, 108, Sec. 5
Section 29
Court action by inmate; affidavit of indigency; court-ordered payment plan; review and recommendation; penalties for abuse of process
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