Massachusetts General Laws
Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order
Chapter 143 - Inspection and Regulation Of, and Licenses For, Buildings, Elevators and Cinematographs

Section 1 - Definitions - Section 1. In this chapter the following terms, unless a...

Section 2a - Buildings Operated by Commonwealth or Its Subdivisions; Window Cleaners and Elevator Inspections - Section 2A. The provisions of this chapter relative to the...

Section 2b - Regulations Relative to Egress From, and Fire Prevention In, State House - Section 2B. The commissioner shall promulgate and from time to...

Section 2c - Evacuation of State House in Case of Disaster; Fire Drills - Section 2C. The state superintendent of buildings and the sergeant-at-arms...

Section 3 - Inspector of Buildings or Building Commissioner; Local Inspectors; Employment and Designation; Qualifications; City or Town Without Local Inspectors - Section 3. The chief administrative officer of each city or...

Section 3a - Enforcement of State Building Code - Section 3A. Unless otherwise provided by the state building code,...

Section 3l - Regulations Relative to Electrical Wiring and Fixtures; Notice of Electrical Installation - Section 3L. The board of fire prevention regulations shall make...

Section 3n - Gas Fitting; Permit; Notice; Penalties - Section 3N. No person shall engage in gas fitting in...

Section 3o - Gas Fitting; Appointment and Duties of Inspector - Section 3O. Each city and town shall provide by ordinance...

Section 3p - Appeal to Board of Electricians' Appeals; Judicial Review - Section 3P. Whoever is aggrieved by a notice, interpretation, order,...

Section 3q - Convalescent, Nursing, etc., Homes; Rules and Regulations Regarding Safety of Persons and Fire Prevention - Section 3Q. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the...

Section 3r - Apartment Houses; Exterior Doors and Locks - Section 3R. At least one of the doors of the...

Section 3s - Multiple Dwellings; Posting Name and Address of Owner or Agent; Penalty - Section 3S. An owner of a dwelling which is rented...

Section 3t - Safety Glazing Materials; Use in Construction of Buildings in Hazardous Locations; Definitions for Secs. 3u and 3v - Section 3T. The following phrases, as used in sections three...

Section 3u - Labeling of Safety Glazing Materials - Section 3U. Each light of safety glazing material manufactured, distributed,...

Section 3v - Penalties for Failure to Install, Etc. Safety Glazing Materials; Applicability to Employees of Violators - Section 3V. Whoever knowingly sells, fabricates, assembles, glazes, installs, consents...

Section 3w - Conformance of Plans and Specifications for Erection or Alteration of Public Buildings to Rules and Regulations of Board to Facilitate Use by the Physically Handicapped as Requirement for Issuance of Certificate of Approval - Section 3W. In issuing a certificate of approval for the...

Section 3x - Building Permits for Ten or More Residential Units; Notice to Local Postmaster - Section 3X. The inspector of buildings in cities and towns...

Section 3y - Inspector of Buildings, Building Commissioner or Local Inspector; Appointment - Section 3Y. In any city or town which accepts the...

Section 3z - Part Time Inspector of Buildings, Building Commissioner, Local Inspector, or Alternate Inspector; Other Employment - Section 3Z. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special...

Section 6 - Local Inspector; Duties - Section 6. The local inspector, immediately upon being informed by...

Section 7 - Removal or Making Structure Safe; Putting Up Fence - Section 7. Any person so notified shall be allowed until...

Section 8 - Failure to Remove or Make Structure Safe; Survey Board; Survey; Report - Section 8. If an owner, lessee or mortgagee in possession...

Section 9 - Dangerous or Abandoned Structures Removed or Made Safe by Local Inspector; Costs; Penalty; Use of Structure - Section 9. If such report declares such structure to be...

Section 9a - Taking or Injuring Other Property in Removing Dangerous Structures or Making Them Safe - Section 9A. If, by any act done by an officer...

Section 10 - Remedy of Person Ordered to Remove a Dangerous Structure or Make It Safe - Section 10. An owner, lessee or mortgagee in possession aggrieved...

Section 11 - Service of Notice on Non-Resident; Certificate - Section 11. If an owner, lessee or mortgagee in possession...

Section 12 - Restraint of Construction, Repair, or Use of a Structure; Order for Removal - Section 12. The supreme judicial or superior court may restrain...

Section 13 - Inspection by Inspector of Office of Public Safety and Inspections - [ Text of section effective until July 18, 2021. For...

Section 14 - Dangerous Structures Removed or Rendered Safe - Section 14. If it appears to such inspector that the...

Section 16a - Furnishing Safety Inspection or Advisory Services; Liability of Insurers - Section 16A. The furnishing of, or failure to furnish, safety...

Section 21d - Auxiliary Emergency Lighting Systems; Exit Signs; Rules and Regulations - Section 21D. The owner, lessee or mortgagee in possession of...

Section 22 - Articles Placed on Fire Escapes - Section 22. Any article placed upon a fire escape or...

Section 23 - Articles Obstructing Stairways - Section 23. Every stairway of every building shall be kept...

Section 32 - Fire Escapes for Schoolhouses - Section 32. If a schoolhouse in any city has not...

Section 35 - Responsibility of Licensee of Theatres and Halls - Section 35. The licensee shall be responsible, civilly and criminally,...

Section 43 - Fire Escape Affixed by Joint Owner, Lessee or Occupant; Projection Over Highway or Right of Way - Section 43. If a building is owned, leased or occupied,...

Section 50 - Hindering Commissioner, Chief of Inspection or Inspectors or Local Inspectors From Entering Building or Enclosure - Section 50. Any person who hinders or prevents or attempts...

Section 51 - Liability for Violation of Statutes; Criminal Prosecution; Notice to Firm or Corporation - Section 51. The owner, lessee, mortgagee in possession or occupant,...

Section 54a - Acceptance or Approval of Construction Plans or Specifications; Seal of Architect or Professional Engineer - Section 54A. No officer, board or commission of the commonwealth,...

Section 57 - Restraint of Construction, Alteration or Use of Structure - Section 57. The supreme judicial court or superior court shall...

Section 58 - Jurisdiction of Prosecutions and Proceedings at Law - Section 58. District courts shall have jurisdiction concurrently with the...

Section 59 - Enforcement of Statutes and Orders - Section 59. The supreme judicial court or superior court may,...

Section 60 - Restraint of Use of Structure; Removal; Presumption as to Act Without License or Authority - Section 60. The supreme judicial court or the superior court...

Section 61 - Notice to Assessors of Building Permits - Section 61. The local inspector in every city and town...

Section 62 - Elevator Inspection System - Section 62. The commissioner shall cause a system of elevator...

Section 62a - Fees for Inspections and Safety Tests - [ Introductory paragraph effective until July 18, 2021. For text...

Section 63 - Test of Safety Devices on Completion of Work; Certificate of Approval - Section 63. On completion of the work of installation or...

Section 64 - Periodic Inspections and Tests; Reports - Section 64. All elevators shall be thoroughly inspected and a...

Section 65 - Certificate or Notice as to Safety and Construction; Posting; Removal; Prohibition of Use of Elevator; Penalty for Violations - Section 65. If in the judgment of an inspector assigned...

Section 66 - Reports as to Unsafe Conditions and Accidents; Inspection - Section 66. Any owner, operator or person in charge of...

Section 68 - Board of Regulations; Amendments to Regulations - [ First paragraph effective until July 18, 2021. For text...

Section 69 - Amendments to Regulations Generally; Assistance by Attorney General; Furnished to Persons Concerned; Hearings; Notice - Section 69. The board of elevator regulations shall from time...

Section 70 - Appeals; Procedure; Effect - Section 70. (a) Whoever is aggrieved by an interpretation, order,...

Section 71 - Violation of Statutes or Regulations - Section 71. Any person violating or failing to comply with...

Section 71a - Board of Examiners; Membership; Qualifications; Chairman; Compensation of Members - [ Text of section effective until July 18, 2021. For...

Section 71b - License for Construction, Maintenance or Repair; Necessity; Application of Law - [ Text of section effective until July 18, 2021. For...

Section 71c - Examinations by Board; Fees; Qualifications of Applicants; Terms, Revocation or Suspension of License; Appeals; Temporary Licenses; Continuing Education Requirements - Section 71C. (1) The board shall hold frequent examinations in...

Section 71d - Working Without License; Violations; Punishment - Section 71D. Whoever works as a constructor, maintenance man and...

Section 71e - Definitions of ''elevator'' and ''limited Use Elevator'' or ''limited Application Elevator'' - Section 71E. As used in sections 62 to 71F, inclusive,...

Section 71f - License or Temporary License; Necessity - Section 71F. Such license or temporary license shall not be...

Section 71g - License of Elevator Operator; Duration; Expiration; Fees - Section 71G. No person shall work as an elevator operator...

Section 71h - Recreational Tramway Board; Establishment; Membership; Appointment; Terms; Compensation; Expenses; Personnel - Section 71H. There shall be in the division, but not...

Section 71i - Definitions - Section 71I. As used in sections seventy-one H to seventy-one...

Section 71j - Rules and Regulations - Section 71J. After a hearing, the board shall adopt, and...

Section 71k - Licenses; Issuance - Section 71K. No recreational tramway shall be operated unless a...

Section 71l - Fees - Section 71L. Each application for a license, as specified in...

Section 71m - Orders; Appeal - Section 71M. Any operator who is aggrieved by any order...

Section 71n - Duties of Ski Area Operators - Section 71N. A ski area operator shall: (1) whenever maintenance...

Section 71o - Duties of Skiers - Section 71O. No skier shall embark or disembark upon a...

Section 71p - Actions Against Ski Area Operators; Limitations - Section 71P. For the purpose of sections seventy-one I to...

Section 71q - Leaving the Scene of Skiing Accident; Penalty - Section 71Q. Any person who is knowingly involved in a...

Section 71r - Penalties - Section 71R. Whoever violates any provision of section 71K, 71N,...

Section 71s - Jurisdiction and Control - Section 71S. Recreational tramways shall not be subject to the...

Section 72 - Cinematograph Booth or Enclosure; Necessity of Inspection and Approval; Certificate; Fire Precautions - Section 72. No cinematograph or similar apparatus, thirty-five millimeter or...

Section 73 - Inspection; Regulations - Section 73. The inspector shall inspect any booth or enclosure...

Section 74 - Inspection Fees - Section 74. For the inspection of a booth or enclosure,...

Section 75 - Operator's License; Examination; Qualifications; Fees; Renewal; Expiration - Section 75. No person shall operate such apparatus in any...

Section 81 - Suspension and Revocation of License; Appeal - [ Text of section effective until July 18, 2021. For...

Section 82 - Special Exhibitions; Permits; Regulations; Fee - [ Text of section effective until July 18, 2021. For...

Section 83 - Machines to Which Cinematograph Statutes Are Not Applicable; Regulations - Section 83. Sections seventy-two to seventy-five, inclusive, shall not apply...

Section 84 - Violation of Statutes or Regulations - [ Text of section effective until July 18, 2021. For...

Section 85 - Special Licenses; Churches, Schools and Public Institutions; Fee; Regulations - [ Text of section effective until July 18, 2021. For...

Section 87 - Misrepresentation or False Stamping or Marking as to Kind or Combustibility of Film - Section 87. Whoever sells or leases or offers or exposes...

Section 89 - Thirty-Five Millimeter Nitrate Film Generally; Violation of Statute - Section 89. The storage or distribution for purposes of public...

Section 90 - Contract to Repair or Remodel Dwelling; Exculpatory Provisions - Section 90. Any provision in a contract to repair or...

Section 91 - Violations of Secs. 1 to 90; Penalty - Section 91. Whoever violates any of the provisions of sections...

Section 92 - State Building Code, Rules and Regulations or Amendments Thereof; Retroactive Effect Precluded - Section 92. No new state building code, rule or regulation...

Section 93 - State Board of Building Regulations and Standards; Establishment - [ First paragraph effective until June 24, 2021. For text...

Section 94 - Powers and Duties - Section 94. The board shall have the following powers and...

Section 95 - General Objectives - Section 95. The powers and duties of the board set...

Section 96 - Specialized Codes, Rules or Regulations - Section 96. The state building code shall incorporate any specialized...

Section 97 - Amendments to State Building Code - Section 97. Except for the specialized codes, as defined in...

Section 97a - Nightclubs, Dance Halls, Discotheques, Bars; Automatic Sprinkler System - Section 97A. (a) The board of building regulations and standards...

Section 98 - Rules and Regulations Imposing More Restrictive Standards - Section 98. The board of selectmen in a town or...

Section 99 - Continuing Educational Program of Instruction - Section 99. The board shall prepare and administer a continuing...

Section 100 - Building Code Appeals Board - [ First paragraph effective until July 18, 2021. For text...

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Massachusetts General Laws Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order Chapter 143 - Inspection and Regulation Of, and Licenses For, Buildings, Elevators and Cinematographs

Massachusetts General Laws
Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order
Chapter 143 - Inspection and Regulation Of, and Licenses For, Buildings, Elevators and Cinematographs