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County Laws · Massachusetts

Massachusetts county laws

Select your county on the map or in the list. Each county page links to the official county code and meeting agendas, and lists recent ordinances and resolutions, in plain language where a summary has been written. County laws change often, and the official source is always the authority.

Good to know: Massachusetts has 14 counties, but the county governments of eight of them (Berkshire, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Suffolk and Worcester) were abolished between 1997 and 2000. Six still have county government: Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Nantucket, Norfolk and Plymouth. Most local laws are made by Massachusetts’s cities and towns.

Compiled October 25, 2026

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Map of Massachusetts counties Select a county to see its laws. All counties use the same color. Keyboard users move through the counties in alphabetical order; the list below the map has the same links.
Select a county, or use the list below.Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 cartographic boundary files

County laws change often

County laws change often, and this page may not show the latest changes. The county’s official sources linked here are the authority; this page is a plain-language guide to help you find them, not legal advice and not an official county or government site.

All 14 counties (A–Z)