Massachusetts General Laws
Title XV - Regulation of Trade
Chapter 93 - Regulation of Trade and Certain Enterprises

Section 1 - Massachusetts Antitrust Act; Short Title Applicable to Secs. 1 to 14a; Purpose - Section 1. Sections one to fourteen A, inclusive, shall be...

Section 10 - Violations of Secs. 4 or 5 With Intent to Injure Person; Punishment; Jurisdiction - Section 10. Any person who knowingly violates sections four or...

Section 11 - Judgment or Decree as Prima Facie Evidence; Effect on Public Contracts - Section 11. A final judgment or decree rendered in any...

Section 12 - Civil Actions; Treble Damages; Attorneys Fees; Injunction; Stay - Section 12. Any person who shall be injured in his...

Section 13 - Limitations of Actions - Section 13. An action brought to enforce the provisions of...

Section 14a - Effect of Massachusetts Antitrust Act Upon Consumer Protection Laws - Section 14A. The Massachusetts Antitrust Act shall have no effect...

Section 14e - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 14e to 14k - Section 14E. When used in sections fourteen E to fourteen...

Section 14f - Unfair Sales; Sales at Less Than Cost; Penalties - Section 14F. Any retailer who, with intent to injure competitors...

Section 14g - Advertising or Offering to Sell or Selling at Retail or Wholesale Excepted - Section 14G. Sections fourteen E and fourteen F and sections...

Section 14h - Injunction; Duties of District Attorneys - Section 14H. Upon complaint of any person, the superior court...

Section 14i - Conflict of Laws - Section 14I. Whenever the application of any provision of any...

Section 14j - Partial Invalidity - Section 14J. If any provision of said sections fourteen E...

Section 14k - Unfair Sales Act; Short Title Applicable to Secs. 14e to 14k - Section 14K. Sections 14E to 14K, inclusive, shall be known,...

Section 14l - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 14m to 14r - Section 14L. The following words as used in this section...

Section 14m - Distribution and Redemption of Trading Stamps; Printing; Minimum Value - Section 14M. No trading stamp company shall distribute trading stamps...

Section 14n - Distribution and Redemption of Trading Stamps; Conditions Precedent - Section 14N. No trading stamp company shall distribute or redeem...

Section 14o - New Bonds; Liability - Section 14O. On the effective date of each new bond...

Section 14p - Cessation of Business; Conditions Precedent - Section 14P. No trading stamp company shall cease the distribution...

Section 14q - Redemption of Stamps; Defaults; Procedure - Section 14Q. In the event a trading stamp company defaults...

Section 14r - Penalties for Violation of Secs. 14m to 14p; Jurisdiction - Section 14R. Any trading stamp company which violates any provision...

Section 14s - Redemption of Credit Slips; Time Limitation - Section 14S. A credit slip issued by a store to...

Section 15 - Publication of Statement of Financial Condition of Mining Corporation - Section 15. No officer, agent, clerk or servant of a...

Section 16 - False Statement Filed With Commissioner - Section 16. An officer or director of a mining corporation...

Section 17 - Sale of Stock of Mining Corporation With Knowledge of False Advertisement; Penalty - Section 17. Whoever, having caused the publication of an advertisement...

Section 18 - False Statements to Stock Exchanges; Penalty - Section 18. An officer of a mining corporation who makes...

Section 18a - Laundry or Dry Cleaning Establishments; Identification Marks; Report of Type and Style; Change in Identification System - [ First paragraph effective until July 18, 2021. For text...

Section 18b - Coin Operated Laundries; Notice to Consumer of Drying Times - Section 18B. Every person conducting a commercial coin operated laundry,...

Section 24 - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 24 to 28 - Section 24. As used in sections 24 to 28, inclusive...

Section 24a - Debt Collectors and Third Party Loan Servicers; Licensing and Registration Requirement; Rules and Regulations; Applicability of Section to Student Loan Servicers - Section 24A. (a) No person shall directly or indirectly engage...

Section 24b - License; Application; Fee; Terms; Multi-State Licensing System - Section 24B. (a) The application for the license shall be...

Section 24c - Registration of Third-Party Loan Servicer; Fees; Multi-State Licensing System - Section 24C. (a) The registration of a third party loan...

Section 24d - Investigation of Collection Records of Debt Collector or Third Party Loan Servicer by Commissioner; Business Records; Records of Investigation; Penalties - Section 24D. (a) The commissioner may investigate the collection records...

Section 24e - Annual or Periodic Report of Debt Collector or Third Party Loan Servicer; Failure to File; Penalties - Section 24E. The commissioner may from time to time on...

Section 24f - Production of Books and Papers; Administration of Oath; Failure to Appear or Produce Evidence; Obstruction; Penalty - Section 24F. The commissioner, or such other of his assistants...

Section 24g - Requisites for License; Grounds for Denial; Written Decision; Appeal - Section 24G. (a) Upon the filing of an application for...

Section 24h - Violation of Act by Non-Applicant; Investigation; Police Authority; Violation of Chapter 93a - Section 24H. (a) The commissioner, if he has reason to...

Section 24i - Revocation or Suspension of License; Grounds; Notice and Hearing; Surrender; Civil and Criminal Liability; Contracts - Section 24I. (a) The commissioner may suspend or revoke a...

Section 24j - Cease and Desist Orders; Temporary Orders; Notice and Hearing; Review - Section 24J. (a) If the commissioner determines, after giving notice...

Section 24k - Enforcement; Civil Action - Section 24K. The commissioner may enforce this chapter, or restrain...

Section 25 - Amount, Form and Provisions of Bond - Section 25. The bond required under section 24 shall run...

Section 26 - Sureties; Approval; Filing; Cancellation; Notice - Section 26. Said bond shall be executed by said person,...

Section 27 - Record of Bonds; Open to Public Inspection - Section 27. The state treasurer shall keep a record open...

Section 28 - Penalties - Section 28. Any person doing any business for which a...

Section 28a - Removal or Termination Sales - Section 28A. (1) The following words, as used in this...

Section 28d - Violations of Secs. 28a to 28c; Penalties - Section 28D. Whoever violates any provision of sections twenty-eight A...

Section 28e - Jurisdiction of Superior Court - Section 28E. Upon complaint of any person, the superior court...

Section 28f - Fire Sales; Advertising - Section 28F. No person shall advertise or offer for sale...

Section 29 - Powers of Outdoor Advertising Board; Rules and Regulations; Permits; Hearings - Section 29. The outdoor advertising board, herein and in sections...

Section 29a - Objection to Application for Permit for Billboard, Sign or Other Advertising Device; Hearing; Issuance; Appeal - Section 29A. Whenever, within thirty days after notification to the...

Section 30 - Prohibition of Certain Billboards; Conformance to Rules and Regulations; Application - Section 30. No person, firm, association or corporation shall post,...

Section 30a - Abatement and Removal of Billboard, Sign or Other Device; Nuisance - Section 30A. Any billboard, sign or other device, erected after...

Section 31 - Jurisdiction of Supreme Judicial and Superior Courts - Section 31. The supreme judicial and superior courts shall have...

Section 32 - Application of Secs. 29 to 31 and Sec. 33; Exempted Signs, Etc. - Section 32. Sections twenty-nine to thirty-one, inclusive, and section thirty-three...

Section 33 - Violations of Rule, Regulation, etc., Established Under Sec. 29; Penalties - Section 33. Whoever violates any rule, regulation, ordinance or by-law...

Section 40 - Solicitation of Business on Public Sidewalks - Section 40. Whoever makes a practice of accosting persons, other...

Section 40a - Dishonored Checks; Demand for Payment - Section 40A. Whoever makes, draws, utters or delivers any check,...

Section 42 - Trade Secrets; Definitions Applicable to Secs. 42 to 42g - [Text of section applicable as provided by 2018, 228, Sec....

Section 42a - Trade Secrets; Injunctive Relief - [Text of section applicable as provided by 2018, 228, Sec....

Section 42b - Trade Secrets; Damages - [Text of section applicable as provided by 2018, 228, Sec....

Section 42c - Trade Secrets; Attorney's Fees and Costs - [Text of section applicable as provided by 2018, 228, Sec....

Section 42d - Trade Secrets; Preservation of Secrecy; Alleging Misappropriation With Reasonable Particularity - [Text of section applicable as provided by 2018, 228, Sec....

Section 42e - Trade Secrets; Statute of Limitations - [Text of section applicable as provided by 2018, 228, Sec....

Section 42f - Trade Secrets; Effect on Other Law - [Text of section applicable as provided by 2018, 228, Sec....

Section 42g - Trade Secrets; Uniformity of Application and Construction - [Text of section applicable as provided by 2018, 228, Sec....

Section 43 - Unsolicited Merchandise - Section 43. Any person who receives unsolicited goods, wares or...

Section 43a - Fees, Penalties or Other Charges for Sending Original Bill or Invoice by Postal Mail - Section 43A. A person engaged in trade or commerce shall...

Section 43b - Use by Performing Group of False, Deceptive or Misleading Affiliation, Connection or Association With Recording Group - Section 43B. For purposes of this section, the following words...

Section 48 - Cancellation of Agreements Consummated at Place Other Than Seller's Place of Business - Section 48. A. An agreement providing for the sale or...

Section 48a - Cancellation of Membership Camping Contracts - Section 48A. For purposes of this section, the following words...

Section 48b - Use of Credit Card to Obtain Travel Services; Surcharges, Reduction of Agent's Commission - Section 48B. For the purpose of this section, the following...

Section 49 - Debt Collection in an Unfair, Deceptive or Unreasonable Manner - Section 49. No one who is a creditor or an...

Section 49a - Retail Trade Reporting Agencies; Disclosures - Section 49A. Every retail trade reporting agency which discloses to...

Section 50 - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 50 to 67 - Section 50. As used in this section and sections fifty-one...

Section 51 - Consumer Report; Circumstances Under Which Reporting Agency May Furnish - Section 51. (a) A consumer reporting agency may furnish a...

Section 51a - Consumer Election to Exclude Name From Consumer Reporting Agency List; Notification System - Section 51A. (a) A consumer may elect to have his...

Section 51b - Consumer Report; Consent of Consumer Required for User to Obtain, Use or Seek Report; Disclosure of Reason for Accessing Report - Section 51B. This section shall not apply to users who...

Section 52 - Information Not to Be Contained in Consumer Report; Exceptions - Section 52. (a) Except as authorized under subsection (b) no...

Section 52a - Child Support Arrearages; Information Furnished to Consumer Reporting Agencies; Notice to Obligor - Section 52A. The IV–D agency, as set forth in chapter...

Section 53 - Investigative Consumer Report; Disclosures to Consumer - Section 53. (a) A person may not procure or cause...

Section 54 - Procedures to Be Maintained by Reporting Agency - Section 54. (a) Every consumer reporting agency shall maintain reasonable...

Section 54a - Procedures to Ensure Accuracy of Information Reported to Consumer Reporting Agency; Disputed Information; Liability - Section 54A. (a) Every person who furnishes information to a...

Section 55 - Consumer Identifying Information; Furnishing to Governmental Agency by Consumer Reporting Agency - Section 55. Notwithstanding sections 51 and 62A, a consumer reporting...

Section 56 - Consumer Reporting Agency Disclosures to Consumer; Written Explanation; Notice of Rights; Content of Notice - Section 56. (a) Every consumer reporting agency shall, upon request...

Section 57 - Procedure for Consumer Reporting Agency Disclosures; Actions Based on Information Disclosed - Section 57. (a) A consumer reporting agency shall make the...

Section 58 - Completeness or Accuracy of Information; Dispute by Consumer; Reinvestigation; Deletion of Information; Notification of Deletion or Dispute; Reinsertion of Information - Section 58. (a) If the completeness or accuracy of any...

Section 59 - Charge to Consumer for Disclosures - Section 59. (a) A consumer reporting agency shall make all...

Section 60 - Consumer Report for Employment Purposes; Public Record Information; Notice of Request for Consumer Report - Section 60. A consumer reporting agency which furnishes a consumer...

Section 60a - Procedures for Accurate Reporting of Public Record Information - Section 60A. A consumer reporting agency which compiles and reports...

Section 61 - Use of Adverse Information in Subsequent Consumer Reports; Verification; Time of Receipt - Section 61. Whenever a consumer reporting agency prepares an investigative...

Section 62 - Denial of Credit, Insurance or Employment, Etc. Because of Adverse Credit Information; Disclosures to Consumer - Section 62. (a) Whenever credit or insurance for personal, family...

Section 62a - Consumer Requested Security Freeze on Consumer Report - Section 62A. If a consumer requests a security freeze, the...

Section 62b - Offering of Paid Products to Prevent or Restrict Access to Credit; Notice of Availability of Security Freeze Without Charge; Identification of Other Consumer Reporting Agencies From Which to Place, Lift or Remove Security Freeze - Section 62B. A consumer reporting agency shall not knowingly offer...

Section 63 - Willful Noncompliance With Secs. 50 to 62a; Liability for Damages - Section 63. Any consumer reporting agency, person who furnishes information...

Section 64 - Negligent Noncompliance With Secs. 50 to 62a; Liability for Damages - Section 64. Any consumer reporting agency, person who furnishes information...

Section 65 - Jurisdiction; Limitations - Section 65. An action to enforce any liability created under...

Section 66 - Obtaining Information From Consumer Reporting Agency Under False Pretenses; Penalty - Section 66. Any person who knowingly and willfully obtains information...

Section 66a - Introducing False Information Into Consumer Reporting Agency's Files; Penalty - Section 66A. Any person who is convicted of knowingly and...

Section 67 - Providing Information From Consumer Reporting Agency's Files to Unauthorized Person; Penalty - Section 67. Any officer or employee of a consumer reporting...

Section 68 - Noncompliance as Unfair Trade Practice - Section 68. Failure to comply with the provisions of sections...

Section 68a - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 68b to 68d - Section 68A. For the purposes of sections sixty-eight B to...

Section 68b - Credit Services Organization; Restrictions - Section 68B. No credit services organization, its salespersons, agents or...

Section 68c - Written Statement of Credit Services Organization Provided to Buyer; Contents - Section 68C. Before the execution of a contract or other...

Section 68d - Contract Between Buyer and Credit Services Organization; Requirements - Section 68D. Each contract or other form of agreement between...

Section 68e - Violations of Secs. 68b to 68d - Section 68E. Any violation of sections sixty-eight B to sixty-eight...

Section 69 - Multi-Level Distribution Companies; Multi-Level Marketing Programs; Contracts of Participation - Section 69. (a) As used in this section the term...

Section 70 - Certification of Title to Mortgaged Premises; Liability of Attorney; Unfair Practice - Section 70. In connection with the granting of any loan...

Section 71 - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 72 to 75 - Section 71. As used in sections seventy-two to seventy-five, inclusive,...

Section 72 - Purchases and Sales of Hearing Aids; Prerequisites - Section 72. No person shall enter into a contract for...

Section 73 - Sale of Hearing Aid by Physician, Otolaryngologist or Audiologist Offering Services Under Sec. 72; Disclosure; Inducement to Influence Recommendation of Purchase - Section 73. No physician or otolaryngologist shall sell hearing aids...

Section 74 - Hearing Aid Sales and Delivery Receipts; Copies of Medical Clearance and Hearing Evaluation; Customer Records - Section 74. Every person who sells a hearing aid shall...

Section 75 - Violations of Secs. 72 to 74; Effect; Rules and Regulations - Section 75. Violations of the provisions of sections seventy-two to...

Section 76 - Sale of Life Leases and Long-Term Leases in Nursing Homes, Retirement Homes and Homes for Aged - Section 76. (a) The following terms, as used in this...

Section 78 - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 78a to 88 - Section 78. For purposes of sections 78A to 88, inclusive,...

Section 78a - Health Clubs to Have Aed and Aed Provider on Premises - Section 78A. A health club shall have on the premises...

Section 79 - Sellers of Contracts for Health Club Services; Bond Requirement - Section 79. Prior to the execution of any contract for...

Section 80 - Contracts for Health Club Services; Terms - Section 80. No contract for health club services shall be...

Section 81 - Contracts for Health Club Services; Cancellation of Contract; Notice; Refund - Section 81. Every contract for health club services shall provide...

Section 82 - Contracts for Health Club Services; Cancellation of Contract After Buyer's Death or Disablement; Other Reasons for Cancellation; Notice; Refund - Section 82. Every contract for health club services shall provide...

Section 83 - Assignment of Contract for Health Club Services; Right of Cancellation Preserved; Notice of Assignment - Section 83. No assignee or creditor who takes a note...

Section 84 - Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practices of Health Clubs or Sellers of Contracts for Health Club Services - Section 84. It is hereby declared to be an unfair...

Section 85 - Void and Unenforceable Contracts for Health Club Services - Section 85. Any contract for health club services which does...

Section 86 - Actions for Damages or Other Relief; Actions Involving Use or Non-Use of Defibrillator - Section 86. Any buyer who has suffered any injury as...

Section 87 - Violations of Secs. 78 to 88; Civil Penalty - Section 87. Any seller or his assignees who violates any...

Section 88 - Enforcement of Bonding Provisions by Attorney General - Section 88. In addition to other remedies provided herein, the...

Section 89 - Dressing Room Surveillance; Penalty - Section 89. No person who owns or operates a retail...

Section 90 - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 90 to 93 - Section 90. For the purposes of sections ninety to ninety-three,...

Section 91 - Written Statement of Information Prior to Execution of Consumer Lease - Section 91. Each lessor shall give to the lessee prior...

Section 92 - Advertisement for Consumer Lease; Statement Regarding Payment - Section 92. (a) If an advertisement for a consumer lease...

Section 92a - Consumer Lease; Item Disclosure - Section 92A. For each item offered under a consumer lease...

Section 92b - Reinstatement of Agreement Following Failure of Timely Payment - Section 92B. (a) A lessee who fails to make a...

Section 93 - Liability of Lessor; Limits on Recovery; Offset and Counterclaim - Section 93. (a) Any lessee who suffers harm due to...

Section 94 - Contract for Purchase and Sale of Propane Gas - Section 94. A contract or agreement between a propane gas...

Section 95 - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 95 to 100 - Section 95. For purposes of sections ninety-five to one hundred,...

Section 96 - Sale or Distribution of Plaintiff Personal Injury Listing; Required Information - Section 96. (1) No plaintiff personal injury listing may be...

Section 97 - Disclosure of Plaintiff Personal Injury Listing - Section 97. Every listing service shall disclose in writing to...

Section 98 - Unfair and Deceptive Acts or Practices Relating to Plaintiff Personal Injury Listings - Section 98. It is hereby declared to be an unfair...

Section 99 - Violations of Secs. 96 to 98; Remedies - Section 99. Any person who is aggrieved as a result...

Section 100 - Violations of Secs. 96 to 98; Penalties - Section 100. Any subscriber or listing service who violates any...

Section 101 - Waiver of Consumer Rights Prohibited - Section 101. Any rights granted to consumers under the provisions...

Section 102 - Equal Rights; Violations; Civil Actions; Costs - Section 102. (a) All persons within the commonwealth, regardless of...

Section 103 - Equal Rights; Age and Handicap; Violations; Remedies - Section 103. (a) Any person within the commonwealth, regardless of...

Section 104 - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 104 and 105 - Section 104. For purposes of this section and section one...

Section 105 - Credit Cards; Checks; Personal Identification Information - Section 105. (a) No person, firm, partnership, corporation or other...

Section 106 - Video Rental; Records; Penalty - Section 106. (1) No persons engaged in the business of...

Section 107 - Customized Wheelchairs; Nonconformity With Warrant; Rights and Remedies - Section 107. (A) As used in this section the following...

Section 108 - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 108 to 113 - Section 108. As used in sections 108 to 113, inclusive,...

Section 109 - Authorization of Change in Customer's Primary Interexchange Carrier or Local Exchange Carrier - Section 109. (a) For purposes of section 110, a change...

Section 110 - Complaint That Customer's Ixc or Lec Has Been Switched Without Customer Authorization - Section 110. (a) Either a customer, IXC, or LEC may...

Section 111 - Information Booklet Describing Customer's Rights Under Secs. 108 to 113 - Section 111. (a) An LEC doing business in the commonwealth...

Section 112 - Customer Refunds - Section 112. (a) If the department determines that a new...

Section 113 - Annual Report; Records of Companies That Have Engaged in Unauthorized Switching of Customer's Ixc or Lec - Section 113. (a) The department shall track instances in which...

Section 114 - Real Estate Transactions; Disclosure; Psychologically Impacted Property - Section 114. The fact or suspicion that real property may...

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Massachusetts General Laws Title XV - Regulation of Trade Chapter 93 - Regulation of Trade and Certain Enterprises

Massachusetts General Laws
Title XV - Regulation of Trade
Chapter 93 - Regulation of Trade and Certain Enterprises