AG’s Municipal Law Unit
An assortment of resources from the AG’s Municipal Law Unit: Recent Decisions; Sample Ordinances & By-Laws; Pending Matters; Drafting Tips; and more.

Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission
This is the home page for the agency that oversees the licensing of the sale of alcohol in Massachusetts. Among the most useful items on the site is the “Blue Book,” which sets forth in a simple, useful format the procedures and forms applicable to the various kinds of liquor licenses.

Appellate Tax Board
The home page of the Massachusetts Appellate Tax Board takes you to forms, rules and advice concerning appeals from decisions of local boards of assessors.

Attorney General’s Office
Attorney General’s Home Page.

Bureau of Relocation
The Bureau of Relocation, within the Department of Housing and Community Development, oversees the application of G.L. c. 79A, which provides for relocation benefits for businesses and residents displaced by eminent domain.

Civil Service Commission
The home page of the Civil Service Commission directs you to rules, regulations and forms relating to G.L. c. 31.

Criminal History Systems Board
The Board administers the Criminal Offender Record Information Act, and its home page leads you to useful regulations and forms.

DOR Division of Local Services
Gateway to an extensive collection of resources related to municipal finance.

Housing Appeals Committee
The HAC’s home page takes you to recent comprehensive permit decisions, model local rules for adoption by boards of appeals, and regulations and guidelines concerning affordable housing.

Inspector General
The web page of the Massachusetts Inspector General takes you to the very useful procurement manual (an excellent guide to G.L. c. 30B), a discussion of the 2004 re-working of the public construction laws, and reports on particular projects.

Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination
The homepage of the MCAD directs you to rules, regulations, publications and forms relating to the agency that enforces the Commonwealth’s laws against discrimination in employment, housing and public accommodations.

Secretary of State – Corporations Division
This website provides information about all Massachusetts corporations (both for-profit and non-profit), limited liability companies and limited partnerships. Also included are state trademark registrations and UCC filings.

State Ethics Commission
Ethics Commission Home Page.

Code of Massachussetts Regulations
This site provides access to most, but not all, of the CMRs.

Governments in Massachusetts: State, County, Local
This site has tons of information about Massachusetts including information about cities, towns and counties.

MHC: Massachusetts Historical Commission
Access to the Home Page of the Massachusetts Historical Commission.

Smart Growth in Massachusetts
Updated information on Smart Growth in Massachusetts.