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Section 1 - ''licensing Authorities'' Defined - Section 1. ''Licensing authorities'', as used in this chapter, unless...
Section 2 - Issuance of License to Be Innholders or Common Victuallers; Signing; Refusal; Fee; Record; Penalty - Section 2. Licensing authorities may grant licenses to persons to...
Section 3 - Content of Innholders' Licenses; Governing Statutes - Section 3. All innholders' licenses shall be expressed to be...
Section 4 - Contents of Innholder and Common Victuallers License Generally; Coverage; Term - Section 4. Every license of an innholder or common victualler...
Section 5 - Food and Accommodations; Availability - Section 5. Every innholder and every common victualler shall at...
Section 6 - Conditions Precedent; Proposed Plans; Cost Estimates; License as Victualler or Innholder - Section 6. A common victualler's or innholder's license may be...
Section 6b - Food Allergy Awareness - Section 6B. (a) As used in this section, the word...
Section 7 - Refusing to Provide for Travelers - Section 7. An innholder who, upon request, refuses to receive...
Section 9 - Suspension; Revocation; Forfeiture of Innholder and Common Victuallers License - Section 9. If, in the opinion of the licensing authorities,...
Section 9a - Keeping of Premises Open Throughout Year - Section 9A. Nothing in sections two to nine, inclusive, shall...
Section 10 - Liability for Loss of Property - Section 10. An innholder shall not be liable for losses...
Section 11 - Fire or Overwhelming Force; Liability - Section 11. In case of loss by fire or overwhelming...
Section 12 - Fraudulently Procuring Food, Accommodations or Credit; Removal of Property Covered by Lien; Evidence - Section 12. Whoever puts up at a hotel, motel, inn,...
Section 12a - ''hotel'' Defined for Secs. 12b to 12d - Section 12A. For the purpose of sections 12B to 12D,...
Section 12b - Removal of Guest From Hotel - Section 12B. An innkeeper may remove or cause to be...
Section 12c - Refusal of Accommodation in Hotel to Persons Acting in Disorderly Manner; Damage Deposits - Section 12C. (a) An innkeeper may refuse to admit or...
Section 12d - Persons Negligently or Intentionally Causing Damage to Hotel; Liability - Section 12D. (a) A person who negligently or intentionally causes...
Section 13 - Posting of Statutory Provisions - Section 13. Innholders shall post a printed copy of this...
Section 14 - Sale of Guest's Property; Notice - Section 14. An innholder, after retaining for six months from...
Section 15 - Disposition of Proceeds - Section 15. The proceeds of such sale, after deducting reasonable...
Section 16 - Sale Proceeds; Payment to Owner by State Treasurer - Section 16. If, within three years after such sale, the...
Section 17 - Loss by Guest; Negligence and Violation of Regulations as Defense - Section 17. An innholder against whom a claim is made...
Section 18 - Signs; Penalty for Failure to Have Sign - Section 18. Every innholder and common victualler shall at all...
Section 19 - Summary of Laws for Authorities and Licensees - Section 19. The state secretary shall cause a condensed summary...
Section 20 - Unlicensed Innholders or Victuallers - Section 20. Whoever assumes to be an innholder or common...
Section 21 - Third Convictions - Section 21. Whoever is convicted a third time of a...
Section 21a - Sale of Certain Non-Intoxicating Beverages; City and Town Licenses for Sale of Certain Non–intoxicating Beverages; Retail Sales - Section 21A. Cities and towns may provide by ordinance or...
Section 21b - Contents of License; Coverage; Expiration; Fee; Suspension; Revocation - Section 21B. Licenses granted as aforesaid shall specify the street...
Section 21c - Unlicensed Business; Penalties - Section 21C. Whoever not being licensed as aforesaid keeps open...
Section 21d - Inapplicability of Statute to Certain Persons - Section 21D. The provisions of the three preceding sections shall...
Section 21e - Grant of License to Dispense Food and Beverages Consumed on Premises; Governing Statutes; Fee; Names of Officers and Members; Suspension; Revocation; Excepted Organizations - Section 21E. Licensing authorities may grant a license to any...
Section 21f - Unlicensed Organization; Officer or Employee Dispensing Food or Beverage - Section 21F. Any officer or employee of any such organization...
Section 22 - ''lodging House'' Defined - Section 22. ''Lodging house'', as used in sections twenty-two to...
Section 22a - Cooking Facilities - Section 22A. Notwithstanding any provision of law or any regulation,...
Section 22b - Microwave Ovens - Section 22B. Notwithstanding the provision of law or any regulation,...
Section 23 - Term; Fee - Section 23. Licensing authorities may grant licenses for lodging houses...
Section 24 - Unlicensed Keepers; Injunction - Section 24. Whoever conducts a lodging house without a license...
Section 25 - Inspection of Premises - Section 25. Premises occupied, used or controlled by a licensee...
Section 26 - Permitting Immoral Conduct; Defense; Evidence - Section 26. Whoever, being licensed as a lodging house keeper...
Section 27 - Register; Entry of Names; Condition Precedent to Occupancy; Retention; Inspection; Penalty - Section 27. Every innholder, and every lodging house keeper required...
Section 28 - Register; Order to Keep - Section 28. Every person conducting a lodging house shall within...
Section 29 - Register; True or Used Name; Failure to Register; Penalty - Section 29. No person shall write or cause to be...
Section 30 - Revocation and Suspension of License; Investigation; Hearing; Notice; Appeal - Section 30. A license issued under sections twenty-two to thirty-one,...
Section 31 - Posting of Notice of Statutes - Section 31. All innholders, and all lodging house keepers who...
Section 32 - Convictions; Transmission of Copy of Record to Licensing Authorities - Section 32. The clerk of a court where any person...
Section 32a - Necessity of License; Motel Defined - Section 32A. No person shall conduct, control, manage or operate,...
Section 32b - Grant, Suspension or Revocation of License; Expiration; Renewal; Application Fees; Inspection; Reinstatement - Section 32B. The board of health of any city or...
Section 32c - Examination of Licensed Camps and Cabins; Unsanitary Conditions - Section 32C. Every board of health shall, from time to...
Section 32d - Rules and Regulations; Posting - Section 32D. Whoever conducts, controls, manages or operates any camp,...
Section 32e - Operating Business Without License - Section 32E. Whoever conducts, controls, manages or operates any camp,...
Section 32f - ''mobile Home Parks'' Defined; License Requirement for Manufactured Housing Community; Copy Sent to City or Town Clerk; Exceptions - Section 32F. Any lot or tract of land upon which...
Section 32g - Monthly Fees for Manufactured Housing Community Owner or Operator; Collection; Deposit; Lists; Payment to Treasurers; Exemption From Taxes; Penalties; Revocation of License - Section 32G. In addition to the license fee provided for...
Section 32h - Unequipped Communities; Plans; Cost Estimates; Conditional Licenses; Suspension or Revocation - Section 32H. An applicant for a license under section thirty-two...
Section 32i - Register; Retention; Inspection; Penalty - Section 32I. Every holder of a license for a manufactured...
Section 32j - Summary Process to Recover Possession; Termination of Tenancy or Lease - Section 32J. If the manufactured home owner or person holding...
Section 32k - Appeals; Reinstatement; Reissuance - Section 32K. Any person aggrieved by any act, rule, order...
Section 32l - Requirements and Restrictions Applicable to Manufactured Housing Communities - Section 32L. The following requirements and restrictions shall apply to...
Section 32m - Sale or Proposed Sale of Manufactured Home Located in Licensed Mobile Home Park Community - Section 32M. Upon the sale or proposed sale of a...
Section 32n - Reprisals for Report of Violations - Section 32N. Any manufactured housing community licensee or his agent...
Section 32o - Actions to Enforce Secs. 32l or 32m; Mailing Copies of Orders - Section 32O. In any action to enforce the provisions of...
Section 32p - Terms and Conditions of Occupancy; Disclosure in Writing; Required Notice - Section 32P. All terms and conditions of occupancy must be...
Section 32q - ''manufactured Home'' Defined - Section 32Q. As used in sections thirty-two A to thirty-two...
Section 32r - Sale or Lease of Manufactured Housing Community; Home Owners' Association; Notice; Right of First Refusal - Section 32R. (a) A manufactured housing community owner shall give...
Section 32s - Rules and Regulations - Section 32S. The attorney general from time to time shall...
Section 33 - Public Lodging House; Definition; Cubicle Plan - Section 33. In cities of over fifty thousand inhabitants every...
Section 34 - Licensing Authority; Revocation; Fee; Expiration; Contents; Coverage - Section 34. The officer or board having charge of the...
Section 35 - Certification; Compliance With Statutes; Fire Alarms, Extinguishers, and Means of Escape; Alterations; Additional Appliances - Section 35. No such license shall be granted in any...
Section 36 - Certification; Water Closets, Urinals and Ventilation; Cleaning and Disinfecting by Licensee - Section 36. No such license shall be granted in any...
Section 37 - Register; Inspection - Section 37. In every public lodging house a register shall...
Section 38 - Free Access to Officers - Section 38. The keeper of every public lodging house shall...
Section 39 - Keeping of House Without License - Section 39. Whoever keeps or holds himself out as keeping...
Section 40 - Violation of Statutes - Section 40. Any keeper of a public lodging house who...
Section 46a - Definitions - Section 46A. As used in this section and in sections...
Section 46b - Licensing of Employment Agency; Necessity; Posting; Governing Provisions - Section 46B. Notwithstanding the other provisions of this chapter no...
Section 46c - Application for License - Section 46C. Any person desiring to obtain a license to...
Section 46d - Investigation of Applicants; Hearing; Grant or Denial of License; Duration of License; Prohibited Locations - Section 46D. Upon the receipt of an application for such...
Section 46e - Assignment or Transfer of License; Locations; Number of Licenses - Section 46E. A license issued under section forty-six D shall...
Section 46f - Fees; Bond - Section 46F. Each person licensed under section forty-six D to...
Section 46g - Claims or Suits Against Licensee - Section 46G. All claims or suits brought in any court...
Section 46h - Register; Contents; Record of Receipts and Income; Charges; Monthly Reports to Commissioner - Section 46H. Each licensee shall keep a register or other...
Section 46i - Information Furnished to Applicant for Employment; Copy of Contract; Receipt for Charges - Section 46I. Each employment agency shall furnish in writing each...
Section 46j - List of Emigrant Agents; Necessity of License; Transportation of Applicants for Employment; Lodging and Meals; Statement to Prospective Employee - Section 46J. Each recruiting domestic agency which directly or indirectly...
Section 46k - Prohibited Activities or Conduct - Section 46K. An employment agency shall not engage in any...
Section 46l - Fees; Restrictions on Charge or Acceptance - Section 46L. (A) An employment agency shall not charge to...
Section 46m - Receipt of Fees or Payments Contrary to Sec. 46l; Return - Section 46M. Any employment agency which collects, receives or retains...
Section 46n - Contract Between Prospective Employee and Agency - Section 46N. An employment agency other than one recruiting domestic...
Section 46o - Refunds by Employment Agencies; Conditions; Reduction of Fees; Restriction on Deductions From Wages - Section 46O. Refunds shall be made by employment agencies under...
Section 46p - Posting of Copy of Secs. 46a to 46o - Section 46P. Each employment agency shall post in a conspicuous...
Section 46q - Inspection of Premises and Books; Rules and Regulations; Procedure Upon Complaint Against Licensee; Suspension or Revocation of Licenses - Section 46Q. The commissioner, or any duly authorized agent or...
Section 46r - Penalties - Section 46R. Whoever violates any provision of sections forty-six B,...
Section 47 - Coffee and Tea Houses - Section 47. No coffee house, so called, or tea house...
Section 49 - Lunch Carts - Section 49. The street commissioners and the police commissioner of...
Section 50 - Lunch Carts; Fee of Highway Not Owned by Town - Section 50. No license as aforesaid shall be granted to...
Section 51 - Facial and Scalp Massage; Bath Houses - Section 51. (a) No person shall practice massage therapy unless...
Section 52 - Massage or Baths; Inspection - Section 52. Members of the police department of any town...
Section 53 - Massage or Baths; Penalty - Section 53. Whoever violates any provision of section fifty-one, or...
Section 54 - Junk Dealers - Section 54. Cities and towns by ordinance or by-law may...
Section 54a - Automobile Graveyards - Section 54A. No license shall be granted under section fifty-four...
Section 55 - Junk Dealers; Penalty; Exceptions - Section 55. Whoever acts as a collector of, dealer in...
Section 56 - Junk Collector Defined - Section 56. A junk collector shall be deemed to be...
Section 56a - Shooting Galleries - Section 56A. The licensing authorities of any city or town...
Section 57 - Sale of Second Hand Vehicles; Necessity of License; Exceptions; Auctions; Reports - Section 57. No person, except one whose principal business is...
Section 58 - Classes - Section 58. (a) Licenses granted under sections 59 and 59A...
Section 59 - Licensing Authorities; Expiration; Fees; Application; Prerequisites; Premises; Ordinance Regulations; Revocation; Notice - Section 59. The police commissioner in Boston and the licensing...
Section 59a - Motor Vehicle Junkyards; Requirements - Section 59A. No license shall be granted under section fifty-nine...
Section 60 - Registrar's Rules and Regulations - Section 60. The registrar may from time to time make...
Section 62 - Record Book; Contents; Maintenance in an Electronic Data Management System - Section 62. Every licensee shall keep a book on the...
Section 66 - Entering Premises; Investigation; Examination of Vehicles; Parts, Books, Papers and Inventories - Section 66. The colonel of state police, the attorney general...
Section 67 - Obstruction of Entrance or Examination by Officers; Refusal to Exhibit Items Demanded - Section 67. A licensee under section fifty-nine, or a clerk,...
Section 67a - Junked Motor Vehicles, Registration and Identification Plates; Removal and Forwarding to Registrar; Penalty - Section 67A. Any person licensed under section 54 or 59...
Section 68 - Unlicensed Business - Section 68. Whoever, not being licensed, carries on the business...
Section 69 - Violation of Statutes, Rules or Regulations - Section 69. Whoever violates any provision of sections fifty-seven to...
Section 70 - Licensing of Pawnbrokers; Governing Statutes; Revocation - Section 70. The police commissioner of Boston, the license commission...
Section 71 - Retention of Articles; Sale; Disposition of Proceeds; Notice; Other Disposition; Personal Apparel - Section 71. Articles deposited in pawn with a licensed pawnbroker...
Section 72 - Interest Rate; Penalty - Section 72. The authorities which issue such licenses may fix...
Section 73 - Entry Upon Premises; Investigation; Examination of Articles, Books and Inventories - Section 73. The chief of police of a city, the...
Section 74 - Obstruction of Entrance or Examination by Officer; Failure to Exhibit Items Demanded - Section 74. A licensed pawnbroker, clerk, agent or other person...
Section 75 - Unlicensed Business - Section 75. Whoever, not being licensed, carries on such business...
Section 76 - Loans on Personal Property; Purchases on Condition of Reselling; Exceptions - Section 76. No person shall, in any city or in...
Section 77 - Fee; Bond - Section 77. The fee for a license as a pawnbroker...
Section 78 - Regulations; Interest Rate - Section 78. The authorities who grant licenses to pawnbrokers shall...
Section 79 - Record Book; Information Furnished to Authorities - Section 79. Every pawnbroker shall keep a book in which,...
Section 80 - Memorandum for Pawner; Charge - Section 80. Every such pawnbroker shall, at the time of...
Section 81 - Inspection of Books - Section 81. Said book shall at all reasonable times be...
Section 82 - Penalty - Section 82. Whoever violates any provision of the six preceding...
Section 82a - Violations of Sec. 79; Liability of Pawnbroker - Section 82A. Any pawnbroker who violates the provisions of section...
Section 83 - Tools; Purchase or Pawn; Record Book; Signature of Seller or Pawner - Section 83. When a licensed pawnbroker buys or takes in...
Section 84 - Wrong Name or Address of Seller or Pawner - Section 84. Any person thus offering any tool for pawn...
Section 85 - Statutes Not Applicable - Section 85. The provisions of sections eighty-six to one hundred...
Section 86 - Loans; Household, Personal Use or Ornament Articles as Security or Purchased on Condition of Reselling or Redemption; Record Book; Memorandum for Borrower - Section 86. Every person who is engaged in the business...
Section 87 - Inspection of Record Book; Exhibition of Property - Section 87. Said book shall at all times be open...
Section 88 - Stolen Articles; Detention; Producing in Court - Section 88. If it appears to any of the officers...
Section 89 - Obstruction of Inspection or Examination; Violation of Statutes - Section 89. Every person engaged in the business mentioned in...
Section 90 - Loans for Less Than $1000; Statute Not Affected; Waiver or Release - Section 90. A loan of less than one thousand dollars...
Section 90a - Home Mortgages; Interest Rates; Definitions; Application - Section 90A. No person shall directly or indirectly charge, take...
Section 90b - Home Mortgages; Application of Consumer Credit Cost Disclosure Provisions; Prerequisites to Foreclosure - Section 90B. A transaction subject to the provisions of section...
Section 90c - Home Mortgages; Receipt for Payment; Penalty - Section 90C. Upon payment of any money by the borrower,...
Section 90d - Loans in Violation of Sec. 90a; Discharge; Jurisdiction - Section 90D. Any loan made in violation of section ninety...
Section 90e - Penalty - Section 90E. Whoever directly or indirectly charges, takes or receives...
Section 91 - Loans for Less Than $1000; Mortgage or Pledge - Section 91. If a loan of less than one thousand...
Section 94 - Return of Evidence of Loan, Discharge of Mortgage, Restoration of Property; Refusal or Neglect - Section 94. Whoever refuses or neglects, after request, to return...
Section 95 - Applicability of Secs. 90 to 94; Effect on Statutes - Section 95. Sections ninety to ninety-four, inclusive, shall not apply...
Section 96 - Small Loan Business - Section 96. No person shall directly or indirectly engage in...
Section 96a - Securities; Public Sale; Permit, Necessity, Revocation - Section 96A. No security, as defined in clause (k) of...
Section 97 - Regulations; Preservation of Records Relating to Compliance - Section 97. The commissioner may prescribe from time to time...
Section 98 - Annual Report; Failure to File, Amend; Fine - Section 98. Each person required by sections ninety-six to one...
Section 99 - Examinations by Commissioner; Penalty - Section 99. The commissioner may summon said licensees, companies or...
Section 100 - ''licensee'' Defined; Investigations by Regulatory Board; Charges; Prepayments; Establishment of Rates; Effective Date of Order; More Than One Contract - Section 100. As used in this section the term ''licensee''...
Section 101 - Term of License; Contents; Posting - Section 101. Licenses granted by the commissioner shall be for...
Section 102 - Fees; More Than One Business; Multi-State Licensing System - Section 102. Each application for a license shall be accompanied...
Section 103 - Penalties; Voidable Loans - Section 103. Whoever, being duly licensed as provided in section...
Section 104 - Applicant's Statement; Power of Attorney; Changes in Names, Addresses or Personnel; Revocation of License - Section 104. A license under section ninety-six shall not be...
Section 106 - Illegal Interest; Order of Commissioner; Recovery in Action or Suit; Costs - Section 106. If a greater rate of interest or amount...
Section 107 - Security Interest, Pledge or Wage Assignment; Discharge by Payment or Tender; Future Advances; Damages for Neglect or Refusal - Section 107. If a loan to which sections ninety-six to...
Section 108 - Assignment or Order for Wages or Salary; Validity; Requisites - Section 108. An assignment of or order for wages or...
Section 109 - Receipt; Part Payment - Section 109. If a payment is made on account of...
Section 110 - Business Without License; Penalty; Validity of Transactions; Evidence - Section 110. Whoever, not being duly licensed as provided in...
Section 111 - Rate of Interest in Absence of Agreement - Section 111. Sections ninety-six to one hundred and eleven, inclusive,...
Section 112 - Duties of Police - Section 112. The state police and the police of the...
Section 113 - Disposal of Returns Made to Commissioner - Section 113. Returns made to the commissioner under section ninety-eight...
Section 114 - Companies, Associations and Societies; Necessity of License - Section 114. Loan companies and loan associations established by special...
Section 114a - Exceptions; Restrictions; Voidable Loans; Composite Rates; Determination of Maximum Rate - Section 114A. Trust companies, savings banks, co-operative banks, savings and...
Section 114b - Finance Charges on Open End Credit Accounts; Maximum Rates; Computation - Section 114B. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections ninety A, one...
Section 114c - Annual Fee; Notice; Cancellation of Agreement; Reports - Section 114C. A card issuer as defined in section one...
Section 115 - Necessity of License for Furnaces or Steam Engines; Contents; Application; Hearing; Notice; Fee - Section 115. A furnace for melting iron or making glass,...
Section 116 - Dangerous Engines or Furnaces; Nuisance; Building Regulations; Service of Process - Section 116. In a town which accepts this section or...
Section 117 - Appeal; Injunction - Section 117. An owner of a steam engine or furnace...
Section 118 - Stationary Engines; Distance From Buildings - Section 118. In a town which accepts this section or...
Section 119 - Nuisance; Removal - Section 119. An engine or furnace erected or used contrary...
Section 121 - Firearms Sales; Definitions; Antique Firearms; Application of Law; Exceptions - Section 121. As used in sections 122 to 131Y, inclusive,...
Section 121a - Identification of Firearms; Certificate by Ballistics Expert as Prima Facie Evidence - Section 121A. A certificate by a ballistics expert of the...
Section 122 - Licenses; Contents; Fingerprints of Applicants; Procedure on Refusal of License; Fees; Punishment for Improper Issuance - Section 122. The chief of police or the board or...
Section 122a - Record of Licenses; Notice to Department of Criminal Justice Information Services; Sales Record Books - Section 122A. The licensing authority, under section one hundred and...
Section 122b - Sale of Ammunition; License; Fees; Rules and Regulations; Refusal, Suspension or Revocation of License; Judicial Review; Penalties - Section 122B. No person shall sell ammunition in the commonwealth...
Section 122c - Illegal Sale or Possession of Self-Defense Spray; Penalty for Violation - Section 122C. (a) As used in this section and section...
Section 122d - Persons Prohibited From Purchase or Possession of Self-Defense Spray; Penalty for Violation - Section 122D. No person shall purchase or possess self-defense spray...
Section 123 - Conditions of Licenses - Section 123. A license granted under section one hundred and...
Section 124 - Term of Licenses - Section 124. Licenses issued under sections one hundred and twenty-two...
Section 125 - Forfeiture or Suspension of Licenses; Notice - Section 125. The officials authorized to issue a license under...
Section 126 - Placards, Signs or Advertisements; Prima Facie Evidence - Section 126. If there is exposed from, maintained in or...
Section 127 - Transfer of Licenses - Section 127. The officials authorized to issue a license under...
Section 128 - Penalty for Violation of Statute on Selling, Renting or Leasing Weapons; Evidence on Sale of Machine Gun - Section 128. Any licensee under a license described in section...
Section 128a - Application of Sec. 128 - Section 128A. The provisions of section one hundred and twenty-eight...
Section 128b - Unauthorized Purchase of Firearms; Report to Commissioner; Penalties - Section 128B. Any resident of the commonwealth who purchases or...
Section 129 - Fictitious Name or Address and Other False Information; Penalties - Section 129. Whoever in purchasing, renting or hiring a firearm,...
Section 129b - Firearm Identification Cards; Conditions and Restrictions - Section 129B. A firearm identification card shall be issued and...
Section 129c - Application of Sec. 129b; Ownership or Possession of Firearms or Ammunition; Transfers; Report to Commissioner; Exemptions; Exhibiting License to Carry, Etc. on Demand - Section 129C. No person, other than a licensed dealer or...
Section 129d - Surrender of Firearms and Ammunition to Licensing Authority Upon Denial of Application For, or Revocation Of, Identification Card or License; Right to Transfer; Sale by Colonel of State Police; Rules and Regulations - Section 129D. Upon revocation, suspension or denial of an application...
Section 130 - Sale or Furnishing Weapons or Ammunition to Aliens or Minors; Penalty - Section 130. Whoever sells or furnishes a rifle, shotgun or...
Section 1301/2 - Lawfully Furnishing Weapons to Minors for Hunting, Recreation, Instruction and Participation in Shooting Sports - Section 1301/2. Notwithstanding section 130 or any general or special...
Section 130b - Firearm Licensing Review Board; Members; License Applicants; Hearings - Section 130B. (a) There shall be a firearm licensing review...
Section 131 - Licenses to Carry Firearms; Conditions and Restrictions - Section 131. The issuance and possession of a license to...
Section 1311/2 - Gun Control Advisory Board - Section 1311/2. The governor shall appoint a gun control advisory...
Section 1313/4 - Roster of Large Capacity Rifles, Shotguns, Firearms, and Feeding Devices - Section 1313/4. The secretary of public safety shall, with the...
Section 131a - Permits to Purchase, Rent or Lease Firearms, or to Purchase Ammunition; Fee; Penalties - Section 131A. A licensing authority under section one hundred and...
Section 131b - Penalty for Loan of Money Secured by Weapons - Section 131B. Whoever loans money secured by mortgage, deposit or...
Section 131c - Carrying of Firearms in a Vehicle - Section 131C. (a) No person carrying a loaded firearm under...
Section 131e - Purchase by Residents; Licenses; Firearm Identification Cards; Purchase for Use of Another; Penalties; Revocation of Licenses or Cards - Section 131E. A resident of the commonwealth may purchase firearms,...
Section 131f - Nonresidents or Aliens; Temporary License to Carry Firearms or Ammunition - Section 131F. A temporary license to carry firearms or feeding...
Section 131f1/2 - Theatrical Productions; Carrying Firearms and Blank Ammunition - Section 131F1/2. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of section...
Section 131g - Carrying of Firearms by Non-Residents; Conditions - Section 131G. Any person who is not a resident of...
Section 131h - Ownership or Possession of Firearms by Aliens; Penalties; Seizure and Disposition - Section 131H. No alien shall own or have in his...
Section 131i - Falsifying Firearm License or Identification Card; Penalty - Section 131I. Whoever falsely makes, alters, forges or counterfeits or...
Section 131j - Stun Guns; Regulations Relating to Use, Access, Training, Etc. - Section 131J. Sections 131.75, 131K and 131P shall not apply...
Section 131k - Firearms or Large Capacity Weapons Without Safety Devices; Liability - Section 131K. Any firearm or large capacity weapon, both as...
Section 131l - Weapons Stored or Kept by Owner; Inoperable by Any Person Other Than Owner or Lawfully Authorized User; Punishment - Section 131L. (a) It shall be unlawful to store or...
Section 131m - Assault Weapon or Large Capacity Feeding Device Not Lawfully Possessed on September 13, 1994; Sale, Transfer or Possession; Punishment - Section 131M. No person shall sell, offer for sale, transfer...
Section 131n - Covert Weapons; Sale, Transfer or Possession; Punishment - Section 131N. No person shall sell, offer for sale, transfer...
Section 131o - Colonel of State Police; Statewide Firearms Surrender Program - Section 131O. Notwithstanding any general or special law, rule or...
Section 131p - Basic Firearms Safety Certificate; Instructors; Public Service Announcements - Section 131P. (a) Any person making application for the issuance...
Section 131q - Tracing by Licensing Authority of Firearm, Rifle or Shotgun, Large Capacity Weapon, Machine Gun or Assault Weapon Used to Carry Out Criminal Act; Statistical Data; Annual Report - Section 131Q. A firearm, rifle or shotgun, large capacity weapon,...
Section 131r - Extreme Risk Protection Orders; Petitions - Section 131R. (a) A petitioner who believes that a person...
Section 131s - Extreme Risk Protection Orders; Hearing; Issuance of Order; Surrender of License, Identification Card and Firearms - Section 131S. (a) The court shall, within 10 days of...
Section 131t - Extreme Risk Protection Orders; Emergency Orders - Section 131T. (a) Upon the filing of a petition pursuant...
Section 131u - Extreme Risk Protection Orders; Notice of Order to State and Federal Authorities and Systems - Section 131U. (a) On the same day that an extreme...
Section 131v - Extreme Risk Protection Orders; Filing Materially False Information in Petition or Filing Petition With Intent to Harass; Penalty - Section 131V. (a) A person who files a petition for...
Section 131w - Extreme Risk Protection Orders; Forms and Instructions; Regulations for Administration and Enforcement - Section 131W. The chief justice of the trial court, in...
Section 131x - Extreme Risk Protection Orders; Effect of Secs. 131r to 131y on Ability of Law Enforcement Officer or Licensing Authority to Act Pursuant to Other Lawful Authority; Jurisdiction of Supreme Judicial Court and Appeals Court - Section 131X. (a) Sections 131R to 131Y, inclusive, shall not...
Section 131y - Extreme Risk Protection Orders; Annual Reporting - Section 131Y. The court shall annually, not later than December...
Section 136a - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 137 to 174f - Section 136A. The following words as used in sections 137...
Section 137 - Registration and Licensing of Dogs - Section 137. (a) The owner or keeper of a dog...
Section 137a - Kennel Licenses - Section 137A. (a) A person maintaining a kennel shall obtain...
Section 137b - Sale or Other Delivery of Unlicensed Dog by Kennel Licensee - Section 137B. Every holder of a kennel license, on delivering...
Section 137c - Inspection of Kennels; Revocation, Suspension and Reinstatement of License; Nuisance - Section 137C. The mayor of a city, the selectmen of...
Section 137d - Surrender of License or Tag for Offenses Against Animals - Section 137D. Unless otherwise specifically provided by law, every license...
Section 138 - Change of Owner or Keeper of Licensed Dog; Dog Brought Into Commonwealth - Section 138. A person who during any license period becomes...
Section 139 - Fees; Certificate or Statement That Dog Has Been Spayed; Service Dogs Defined by Americans With Disabilities Act; Dogs Owned by Persons Aged 70 or Over; Refunds - Section 139. (a) The fee for a license shall, except...
Section 139a - Shelters; Sale or Gift of Dog or Cat Not Spayed or Neutered - Section 139A. No shelter shall sell or give away any...
Section 141 - Violation of Statutes - Section 141. Whoever violates section 137, 137B or 138 shall...
Section 141a - Application of Law; Exception - Section 141A. Sections one hundred and thirty-seven to one hundred...
Section 141b - Application of Law; Licensed Pet Shops Exempted - Section 141B. Sections one hundred and thirty-seven to one hundred...
Section 145 - Symptoms of Rabies Printed on License; Description Supplied by Department of Public Health - Section 145. Every license issued to the owner of a...
Section 145a - Anti-Rabic Vaccine and Treatment; Rates of Compensation - Section 145A. The board of health of a city or...
Section 145b - Vaccination Against Rabies; Certificate; Tag; Proof of Vaccination; Exemption; Penalty - Section 145B. (a) Each owner or keeper of a dog,...
Section 146 - License Valid Throughout State; Removal of Dog Into Another Town or City - Section 146. A license duly recorded shall be valid throughout...
Section 147 - Issuance of Licenses; Disposition of Fees; Action on Official Bond - Section 147. The police commissioner of the city of Boston...
Section 149 - Accounts of Treasurers - Section 149. Each city or town treasurer shall keep an...
Section 150 - Lists of Dogs; Refusal to Answer Person Listing Dogs; False Answers - Section 150. Persons authorized or directed by section 4 of...
Section 151 - Animal Control Officers; Reimbursement of Cities and Towns for Services; Contracts With Corporation to Perform Duties of Officers; Turning Over or Sale of Animals; Penalty - Section 151. (a) The mayor of each city and the...
Section 151a - Issuance of Warrant to Officers; Duties; Confinement of Dogs; Allowance for Care; Records - Section 151A. (a) The mayor or board of selectmen, as...
Section 151b - Emergency Treatment of Dogs or Cats Injured on Ways; Payment to Veterinarians - Section 151B. A veterinarian registered under section 55 or 56A...
Section 151c - Animal Control Officer Training Course - Section 151C. The commissioner shall, from time to time and...
Section 152 - Returns by Officers - Section 152. Each police officer, constable or animal control officer...
Section 153 - Form of Warrant to Officers - Section 153. In the several cities and towns of the...
Section 155 - Liability for Damage Caused by Dog; Minors; Presumption and Burden of Proof - Section 155. If any dog shall do any damage to...
Section 155a - Indemnification of Law Enforcement Officers; Damages Caused by Dogs Used in Performance of Official Duties - Section 155A. If an action is brought against a law...
Section 156 - Killing Dogs Under Certain Conditions; Wounded Dogs - Section 156. Any person may kill a dog which suddenly...
Section 157 - Nuisance or Dangerous Dogs; Orders for Remedial Action; Appeal; Violation of Order - Section 157. (a) Any person may file a complaint in...
Section 157a - Non-Compliance of Dog Owner or Keeper With Order; Transferring Ownership or Selling of Dangerous Dog - Section 157A. (a) An owner or keeper of a dog...
Section 158 - Euthanizing Unrestrained Dogs or Dogs in Wild State - Section 158. A police officer, constable or animal control officer...
Section 159 - Treble Damages for Injuries Caused by Dogs Ordered to Be Restrained - Section 159. If a hearing authority or a district court...
Section 160 - Euthanizing Dogs That Have Worried or Killed Stock or Fowl; Bond - Section 160. The mayor of a city, the selectmen of...
Section 161 - Damages Caused by Dogs and Paid by City or Town; Compensation for Appraisers - Section 161. Whoever suffers loss by the worrying, maiming or...
Section 161a - Damages Caused by Dogs Not Reimbursable; Amount of Awards - Section 161A. No owner of live stock or fowls shall...
Section 163 - Notice to Euthanize Dog Which Has Caused Damage - Section 163. If the mayor, aldermen or board of selectmen...
Section 164 - Failure to Euthanize, Confine or Restrain Dog After Notice - Section 164. A person who owns or keeps a dog...
Section 165 - Investigation of Damages Caused by Dogs; Settlement; Action Against Owner or Keeper; Payments Over to City or Town Treasurer - Section 165. A city or town may investigate any case...
Section 166 - Election of Remedy by Person Damaged - Section 166. The owner of live stock or fowls which...
Section 167 - Ordering Dogs to Be Restrained; Euthanizing Unrestrained Dogs - Section 167. The mayor, aldermen or board of selectmen may...
Section 168 - Service of Order to Muzzle or Restrain Dogs; Penalty - Section 168. The aldermen, board of selectmen or mayor may...
Section 169 - Penalty on Officer; Report of Refusal or Neglect of Officer to Perform Duties - Section 169. A city or town officer who refuses or...
Section 171 - Liability to City or Town of Owner or Keeper of Dog - Section 171. The owner or keeper of a dog which...
Section 173 - Ordinances and By-Laws Relating to Animals - Section 173. A city or town may make additional ordinances...
Section 173a - Violation of Dog Control Laws; Non-Criminal Disposition - Section 173A. Whenever a complaint is sought in a district...
Section 174 - Recovery of Penalties - Section 174. All fines and penalties provided in the preceding...
Section 174a - Euthanizing of Dogs or Cats by Barbiturates - Section 174A. A dog or cat whose killing is authorized...
Section 174b - Restraint of Dogs in Public Highway Rest Areas; Penalty - Section 174B. Whoever is the owner or keeper of a...
Section 174d - Research Institutions; License to Use Dogs or Cats; Rules and Regulations - Section 174D. (a) No research institution shall employ dogs or...
Section 174e - Chaining or Tethering Dog; Confinement; Restrictions; Penalty - Section 174E. (a) No person owning or keeping a dog...
Section 174f - Confinement of Animal in a Motor Vehicle Causing Exposure to Extreme Heat or Cold; Protection of Animal by Animal Control or Law Enforcement Officer or Fire Fighter; Penalties - Section 174F. (a) A person shall not confine an animal...
Section 176 - Registration of Stallion for Breeding Purposes; Certificate; Penalty - Section 176. The owner or keeper of a stallion for...
Section 177 - Licensing for Billiards, Pool or Sippio Table or Bowling Alley; Public Hearing - Section 177. The licensing board of Boston, the license commission...
Section 177a - Amusement Devices; License; Definition; Fee; View and Inspection; Gambling; Nonapplicability of Lottery Statute - Section 177A. (1) The licensing authorities of any city or...
Section 178 - Business Operated Without License - Section 178. Whoever without such license keeps or suffers to...
Section 179 - Minors Admitted to Places of Business - Section 179. The keeper of a billiard, pool or sippio...
Section 180 - Location of Bowling Alleys in Places Other Than as Ordered; Restraint - Section 180. Whoever erects, occupies or uses a building for...
Section 180a - Definitions - Section 180A. The following words, as used in this section...
Section 180b - Necessity of License for Booking Agent, Personal Agent or Actor's Manager; Office of Licensee; Penalty - [ First paragraph effective until July 18, 2021. For text...
Section 180c - Application; Contents; Notice; Refusal; Revocation; Fees - [ First and second paragraphs effective until July 18, 2021....
Section 180d - Agency Contracts - Section 180D. Every licensee who shall procure for, or offer...
Section 180e - Bond - Section 180E. No license under section one hundred and eighty...
Section 180f - Action on Bond - Section 180F. Any person from whom any licensee under section...
Section 180g - Rules and Regulations - [ Text of section effective until July 18, 2021. For...
Section 181 - Theatrical Exhibitions, etc.; Licenses; Fees; Applications; Suspension or Revocation; Workers' Compensation Coverage - Section 181. The mayor or selectmen may, except as provided...
Section 181a - Appearance Under Assumed Name; Statement Filed; Penalty - [ Text of section effective until July 18, 2021. For...
Section 181b - Schedule of Prices for Patrons Posted; Penalty - Section 181B. The manager of every traveling circus, carnival or...
Section 182 - Entertainment Without License; Exceptions - Section 182. Whoever offers to view, sets up, sets on...
Section 182a - Price to Appear on Ticket; Penalty - Section 182A. Every ticket of admission or other evidence of...
Section 183 - Darkened Dance Hall and Places Connected Therewith; Degree of Light; Regulations and Statute Posted; Penalty - [ Text of section effective until July 18, 2021. For...
Section 183a - Concerts, Dances, Exhibitions, Public Shows, etc.; License; Application; Suspension or Revocation; Rules and Regulations - Section 183A. No inn holder, common victualler, keeper of a...
Section 183c - Violation of Statute; Report of Conviction; Revocation of Charter of Corporation - Section 183C. Any person described in section one hundred and...
Section 183d - Minimum or Cover Charge - Section 183D. No innholder, common victualler or person owning, managing...
Section 184 - Entertainments at Which Alcoholic Beverages Are Sold - Section 184. Whoever offers to view, sets up, sets on...
Section 185a - Resale of Tickets; Necessity, Term and Transfer of License; Information in Application; Definition of Resale; Restrictions - [ First paragraph effective until July 18, 2021. For text...
Section 185b - Fees For, and for Renewal Of, Licenses to Resell Tickets - Section 185B. The fee for each license granted under section...
Section 185c - Revocation or Suspension of License - Section 185C. The commissioner, after notice to the licensee and...
Section 185d - Resale Price - Section 185D. No licensee under section one hundred and eighty-five...
Section 185e - Rules and Regulations Relative to Reselling of Tickets; Investigations; Record of Licenses - Section 185E. The commissioner shall establish and may from time...
Section 185f - Violation of Statutes and Regulations Relative to Reselling of Tickets - Section 185F. Whoever violates any provision of section one hundred...
Section 185g - Nonapplicability of Statutes to Tickets for Entertainment of Nonprofit Organizations - Section 185G. The provisions of section one hundred and eighty-two...
Section 185h - Dancing Schools; Grants, Terms, Revocation, Suspension, Contents Coverage and Expiration of License for Dancing Schools; Fees; Inspection and Supervision; Penalty - Section 185H. In Boston, and in any other city or...
Section 185i - Fortune Tellers; License - Section 185I. No person shall tell fortunes for money unless...
Section 186 - Grant of License for Roller Skating, Carousels, Inclined Railways, Ferris Wheels and Exhibitions of Fire Fighting; Terms, Conditions and Regulations - Section 186. The license commission of Lowell, the mayor of...
Section 187 - Maintenance of Rink Without License - Section 187. Whoever, without such license, establishes, keeps open or...
Section 188 - Grant of License for Picnic Grove; Terms, Conditions and Regulations - Section 188. In a city or town which accepts the...
Section 189 - Maintenance of Grove Without License - Section 189. Whoever, without such license, establishes, lets, keeps open...
Section 190 - Peddling, Selling, Gaming, Horse Racing or Exhibitions Near Grove - Section 190. Whoever, not having his residence or regular place...
Section 191 - Grant of License for Power Propelled Boats - Section 191. The aldermen or selectmen may license any person...
Section 192 - Term; Record; Fee; Contents; Posting; Maximum Number of Passengers - Section 192. Such licenses shall be granted for a term...
Section 193 - Running of Boats Without License - Section 193. Whoever runs a steamboat or other boat propelled...
Section 194 - Prohibition of Business of Renting of Boats or Bathing Suits Without a License - Section 194. Cities and towns which accept this and the...
Section 195 - Posting of Notices Relative to Statutes - Section 195. The aldermen of such cities and the selectmen...
Section 196 - Engagement in Business Without License - Section 196. Whoever in such a city or town, without...
Section 197 - Admission of Children to Entertainments - Section 197. Whoever, himself or by his servant or agent,...
Section 198 - Admission of Young Persons to Dance Halls - Section 198. No proprietor, lessee or manager and no employee...
Section 199 - Dance Halls and Skating Rinks; Statutes Posted at Entrances - Section 199. A copy of sections one hundred and ninety-eight...
Section 200 - Violation of Statutes - Section 200. Whoever violates any provision of the two preceding...
Section 201 - Right of Officers to Enter Premises; Obstruction of Entrance - Section 201. A sheriff, marshal or their deputies, a constable...
Section 202 - Signature On, Record, Contents and Term of Licenses; Fees - Section 202. Licenses granted elsewhere than in Boston to dealers...
Section 203 - Effective Date of License - Section 203. Such licenses may be granted in April, to...
Section 204 - Coverage of License - Section 204. A license issued as aforesaid shall not protect...
Section 205 - Revocation of License; Record; Notice - Section 205. Upon the revocation of such a license, such...
Section 205a - Amusement Devices - [ First paragraph effective until July 18, 2021. For text...
Section 206 - Public and Semipublic Outdoor Inground Swimming Pools; Enclosures; Safety Equipment; Inspection; Violations; Penalty - Section 206. Every public and semipublic outdoor inground swimming pool...