Prior to 1941, Executive Orders of the Governor of Massachusetts were not widely disseminated or published, nor were they formally numbered. Beginning with No. 128, Executive Orders are published in the Massachusetts Register.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations (CMR)
| CMR | Resources/Location | Library/Call Number |
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Current Edition, Loose-leaf, vols. 1 – 26 & Cumulative Table of Changes |
4th Floor REFERENCE |
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Subject Index |
4th Floor REFERENCE |
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Electronic Format |
Not Applicable | |
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Historical Editions: |
Not Applicable | |
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Massachusetts Rules and Regulations (1971) |
1st Floor | |
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First Edition of the CMR (1976) |
1st Floor | |
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Second Edition of the CMR (1978) |
1st Floor | |
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Annual Edition of the CMR 1987 - |
Not Applicable |
(accessible by SLL Members) |
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Annual microfiche editions 1987 - 2016 |
MICROFICHE | |
Massachusetts Register
| Massachusetts Register | Resources/Location | Library/Call Number |
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Current issues (published bi-weekly) |
4th Floor Mass and 5th Floor State |
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Register Issues 555 (1987) to present |
Not Applicable |
(accessible by SLL Members) |
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Register Issues 555 -1327(1987-2016) bound |
MICROFICHE | |
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Register Issues 1-568 |
1st Floor |
Executive Orders
| Executive Orders | Resources/Location | Library/Call Number |
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Old Number Series: 1941 - 1949, Nos. 1 - 99 |
MICROFICHE |
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New Number Series: 1950 - 1974, Nos. 1 - 113 |
MICROFICHE |
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1975 - 1997, Nos. 114 - 400 (bound) |
5th Floor States |
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1997 - Nos. 401 - (loose-leaf) |
5th Floor States | |
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Numerical Index to Executive Orders |
4th Floor REFERENCE |
| Adjudicatory Decisions | Resources/Location | Library/Call Number |
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Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission 1979 - |
5th Floor States |
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Decisions 1979 - |
Not Applicable |
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Appellate Tax Board |
Not Applicable | Not Applicable |
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1930 - 1939 Reports, vols. I, II |
5th Floor States | |
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1939 - 1962 Advance Sheets |
5th Floor States | |
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1963 - 1972 CCH Massachusetts Tax Reporter Transfer Binders |
5th Floor States |
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1973 - 1981 Advance Sheets |
5th Floor States |
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Massachusetts Appellate Tax Board Reporter, 1981 - 2014 |
Not Applicable | |
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Massachusetts Appellate Tax Board Reporter 2014 |
Not Applicable | |
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Appellate Tax Board Decisions, 1986 - |
Not Applicable |
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Attorney General |
Not Applicable | Not Applicable |
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Attorney General Reports, 1881 - |
5th Floor States |
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Attorney General Reports and Opinions 1832 - 2012 |
Not Applicable |
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Opinions of the Attorney General, 1985 - |
Not Applicable |
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Attorney General's Bid Protest Decisions 1992 - |
Not Applicable |
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Attorney General’s Fair Labor and Business Advisory Opinions |
Not Applicable |
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Attorney General Municipal Law Unit, 2018- |
Not Applicable |
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Attorney General Division of Open Government, 2010 - |
Not Applicable |
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Board of Bar Overseers |
Not Applicable | Not Applicable |
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Massachusetts Attorney Discipline Reports, 1974 - 2022 |
5th Floor States | |
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Decisions, 1979 - |
Not Applicable |
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Board of Conciliation and Arbitration 2000 - 2007 |
Not Applicable |
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Board of Registration in Medicine |
Not Applicable | Not Applicable |
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Board Decisions 1979 - |
5th Floor States | |
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Decisions, 1989 - |
Not Applicable |
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Bureau of Special Education Appeals, 1974 - 1995 |
5th Floor States | |
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Massachusetts Special Education Reporter 1995 - |
5th Floor States | |
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Decisions 1989 - |
Not Applicable |
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Civil Service Commission |
Not Applicable | Not Applicable |
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Massachusetts Civil Service Reporter 1988 - |
5th Floor States | |
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Civil Service Commission Decisions 2000 - |
Not Applicable |
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Contributory Retirement Appeals Board, 1993 - |
Not Applicable |
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Department of Environmental Protection |
Not Applicable | Not Applicable |
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DEP Reporter, 1994 - |
5th Floor States | |
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Massachusetts Environmental Law Reports, 1983 - 1994 |
5th Floor States | |
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Decisions, 1983 - |
Not Applicable |
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Department of Industrial Accidents |
Not Applicable | Not Applicable |
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Massachusetts Workers Compensation Reports |
5th Floor States | |
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Decisions, 1987 - |
Not Applicable |
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Department of Public Health 2006 - |
Not Applicable |
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Public Safety Decisions (formerly DPS) |
Not Applicable |
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Department of Public Utilities 1984 - |
5th Floor States | |
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Decisions, 1989 - |
Not Applicable |
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Department of Administrative Law Appeals |
Not Applicable | Not Applicable |
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DALA Fair Labor and Business Decisions, 2009 - |
Not Applicable |
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Division of Insurance |
Not Applicable | Not Applicable |
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Decisions, 1992 - |
Not Applicable |
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Health Professions Licensure |
Not Applicable | Not Applicable |
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Decisions, 2011 |
Not Applicable |
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Housing Appeals Committee, 1976 - |
Not Applicable |
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Joint Labor Management Committee 1989 - |
Not Applicable |
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Labor Relations Commission/Division/Department |
Not Applicable | Not Applicable |
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Mass. Labor Relations Reporter |
5th Floor States | |
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Mass. Labor Cases, 1974 - |
5th Floor States | |
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Mass. Labor Relations Commission, 1937 - 1975 |
5th Floor States | |
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Decisions, 1989 - |
Not Applicable |
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Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination |
Not Applicable | Not Applicable |
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Mass. Discrimination Law Reporter |
5th Floor States | |
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Decisions, 1983 - |
Not Applicable |
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Energy Facilities Siting Board |
Not Applicable | Not Applicable |
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Energy Facilities Siting Board Decisions, 1977 - |
5th Floor States | |
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Decisions, 2000 - 2019 |
Not Applicable |
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Mass. Unemployment Compensation Board |
Not Applicable | Not Applicable |
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Decisions, 1938 - 1941 |
5th Floor States | |
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State Ethics Commission |
Not Applicable |
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Decisions, 1980 - |
Not Applicable | Not Applicable |
Rules of Adjudicatory Procedure
Rules under the Administrative Procedure Act, G.L. c. 30A, are published in 801 CMR 1.00, “Standard Adjudicatory Rules of Practice and Procedure”.
Treatises and Practice Materials
| Treatises and Practice Materials | Resources/Location | Library/Call Number |
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Administrative Law and Practice. Mass. Practice Series, v. 38-40, 2016 |
5th Floor States |
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Handbook of Legal Research in Massachusetts (MCLE) |
5th Floor MCLE |
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MACC’s Electronic Environmental Handbook for Massachusetts Conservation Commissioners |
Not Applicable | |
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Massachusetts Administrative Law and Practice (LexisNexis) |
5th Floor | |
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Massachusetts Bar Discipline: History, Practice, and Procedure, BBO |
5th Floor States | |
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Massachusetts Cannabis Law Manual, 2nd Edition |
5th Floor MCLE | |
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Massachusetts Workers’ Compensation, Lexis/Nexis |
5th Floor States |
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Real Estate Tax Abatement Practice and Procedure, 7th Editions, MCLE |
5th Floor MCLE | |
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Representing Clients Before the MCAD in |
5th Floor MCLE |