Massachusetts Statutes

TITLE XX PUBLIC SAFETY AND GOOD ORDER

CHAPTER 133 DISPOSITION OF OLD AND INFIRM ANIMALS
- Section 1 Application to kill old, diseased or injured animals; service of application upon owner; hearing; notice; petition for damages assessment
- Section 2 Value of animals taken; payment
- Section 3 Value of diseased animal
- Section 4 Disposition of disabled or diseased horses owned by cities or towns
CHAPTER 134 LOST GOODS AND STRAY BEASTS
- Section 1 Report of lost money or goods by finder
- Section 2 Stray beasts; report of finding
- Section 3 Restitution of property
- Section 4 Rights of finder if no owner appears
- Section 5 Auction of stray beasts; notice
- Section 6 Rights of owner and finder of stray beasts
- Section 7 Taking away stray beasts without paying lawful charges
CHAPTER 135 UNCLAIMED AND ABANDONED PROPERTY
- Section 1 Sale by common carriers of unclaimed baggage at public auction; notice
- Section 2 to 4 Repealed, 1947, 441, Sec. 2
- Section 5 Perishable products; sale without advertising; notice; proceeds
- Section 6 Unclaimed goods carried by railroad company, express or vessel; sale at public auction; publication; proceeds
- Section 7 Property taken by police officers from persons under arrest; disposition
- Section 8 Unclaimed property in possession of police department; sale at public auction; notice
- Section 9 Sale of perishable property; notice
- Section 10 Proceeds of sale
- Section 11 Payment of proceeds to owner upon application and proof of ownership
- Section 12 Removal of timber carried away by flood; payment of damages
CHAPTER 136 OBSERVANCE OF A COMMON DAY OF REST AND LEGAL HOLIDAYS
- Section 1 Common day of rest; designation; citation
- Section 2 Presence at or engagement in certain unlicensed activities for which charge is made;penalty
- Section 3 Offering to view or promoting certain unlicensed activities;penalties
- Section 4 License; application; issuance; fee; revocation, etc.; application of section
- Section 5 Conducting business on Sunday; penalty
- Section 6 Limitation of operation of Sec. 5
- Section 7 Permit for performance of necessary work or labor; fees
- Section 7A Appeal from denial of work permit
- Section 8 Service or execution of process
- Section 9 Prosecution for violations; limitation period
- Section 10 Equitable relief; jurisdiction of superior court
- Section 11 Tort actions; defenses
- Section 12 Public offices; closing
- Section 13 Application of Secs. 5 to 11; exceptions
- Section 14 Sporting events; laundry; transport of goods; tourist trade; licensing certain events; fees
- Section 15 Permit for performance of necessary work or labor; fees
- Section 16 Retail stores and shops; Sunday and holiday opening
CHAPTER 137 GAMING
- Section 1 Recovery of money or goods lost at gaming; limitation period
- Section 2 Liability of owner, tenant or occupant of gaming house
- Section 3 Validity of notes, bills, bonds, mortgages, securities or conveyances won by gaming
- Section 4 Margin contracts to buy or sell securities without actual purchase or sale; purchases or sales made on stock exchange or by persons employed on stock exchange or board of trade
- Section 5 Recovery of stolen or embezzled money or property
- Section 6 Fact of non-ownership of securities at time of contract of sale; prima facie evidence of intent not to receive or deliver
- Section 7 Securities and commodities; definitions
CHAPTER 138 ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS
- Section 1 Definitions
- Section 2 Manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages
- Section 3 Manufacture and storage of alcoholic beverages for private use
- Section 4 Licensing boards; appointments; membership
- Section 5 Terms of office of licensing board; removal; review; notice; fee
- Section 6 Chairman; quorum; vacancies
- Section 7 Offices of board; salaries; expenses
- Section 8 Limitation of Sec. 7
- Section 9 Records; quarterly reports; sworn statements
- Section 10 Cities exempt from operation of six preceding sections; residency requirement of board or commission members
- Section 10A Annual report of local licensing authorities to commission
- Section 10B Authority to declare office of member of board vacant
- Section 11 Questions to be placed on ballot at biennial state election
- Section 11A Submission of question at special and regular municipal elections; petition; taverns
- Section 12 Licenses authorizing sale of beverages to be drunk on premises; veterans' organizations, corporations, etc.; suspension or revocation; hours of sale; liqueurs and cordials; liquor
- Section 12A Renewal of licenses to conduct restaurant; investigations
- Section 12B Operation of premises licensed to sell alcoholic beverages; nudity
- Section 13 Licensing of railroad or car and airline corporations; vessel owners and operators; shipping companies and ship chandlers
- Section 14 Special licenses to managers of indoor or outdoor activities; fees
- Section 15 Licensing authorizing sale of beverages not to be drunk on premises; applications; approval; price lists; renewals; fees; hours of sales; samples
- Section 15A Application for licenses; statement of beneficial interests; corporate stock transfers; filing notation; publication of notice; hearing; plan of premises; transfers; notice to abutting p
- Section 15B Repealed, 1990, 69, Sec. 2
- Section 15C Repealed, 1991, 1, Sec. 2
- Section 15D, 15E Repealed, 1993, 313, Sec. 2
- Section 16 Dilution, changing or tampering with alcoholic beverages; suspension of license; prima facie evidence
- Section 16A Renewal of annual licenses; number limitation; rejection of application; appeal
- Section 16B Time within which application for licenses shall be granted or dismissed; notice of approval; number of applications
- Section 16C Licenses for premises near schools or churches
- Section 16D Repealed, 2000, 64
- Section 17 Number of licenses quotas; licenses for wines and malt beverages per population unit; additional licenses; estimates of increased population; decrease in quota due to loss in population; d
- Section 17A Grant of additional licenses for sale of alcoholic beverages drunk on premises
- Section 17B Grant of additional licenses for sale of alcoholic beverages drunk off premises
- Section 17C Grant of additional licenses under former law for sale of alcoholic beverages drunk on premises
- Section 18 Wholesalers’ and importers’ licenses; compounding, blending, warehousing, and shipping of alcoholic beverages; fees; records
- Section 18A Licenses for agents or brokers of foreign manufacturers and importers; records; fees
- Section 18B Issuance of certificates of compliance to licensees authorized to export or sell alcoholic beverages to domestic licensees; information concerning shipments; issuance of certificates to im
- Section 18C License to import alcoholic beverages in connection with manufacture of food products; fees
- Section 19 Licenses to manufacture alcoholic beverages; sale by manufacturer; blending of alcoholic beverages; marks to identify manufacturer; records of manufacturer; fees
- Section 19A Permits for salesmen to solicit orders for alcoholic beverages
- Section 19B Farmer-winery licenses; hearing; appeal; notices to interested parties; operation of winery; records; fees
- Section 19C Farmer-brewery licenses; hearing; appeal; notices to interested parties; operation of brewery; records; fees
- Section 19D Pub brewery licenses; hearings; records; fees
- Section 19E Farmer-distillery licenses; applicants; requirements; evidentiary hearings; written notice of applications; schools and churches; fees
- Section 19F Shipment licenses for large and small wineries; regulation and enforcement by commission
- Section 20 Storage permits; special warehouse permits; special seasonal permits; fees; rules and regulations
- Section 20A Storage permits for public warehousemen
- Section 21 Liability of manufacturer, winegrower, farmer-brewer, wholesaler, importer and licensee for excise; fines; administration of tax
- Section 22 Transportation of alcoholic beverages; permits; fees; railroads or vessels; trucking businesses; production of permit upon demand
- Section 22A Permits to holders or former holders of licenses authorizing sales to licensees; fees; excises; permits for researchers
- Section 23 Nature of licenses and permits; status as property rights; refusal to issue or reissue, revocation, etc.; refund of fee; transfers; death, receivership or bankruptcy of licensee; expiration
- Section 23A Suspension of license or permit for violation of fair trade laws
- Section 23B Retention of license where premises of licensee taken by public authority; transfer application; reservation of license; rebate of fee; renewal application
- Section 24 Promulgation by commission; approval
- Section 25 Lending or borrowing money or receipt of credit by licensees
- Section 25A Discrimination in prices and discounts prohibited
- Section 25B Filing of schedules; inspection
- Section 25C Filing of schedule of minimum consumer prices; verification; filing and effective dates; inspection; rules and regulations
- Section 25D Price discrimination
- Section 25E Refusal to sell brand name alcoholic beverages to wholesalers as unfair trade practice; exception for good cause; discontinuance notice and procedure
- Section 25F Provision of free wine, malt beverages, liqueurs, cordials and alcoholic beverages for tastings; limits; requirements
- Section 26 Issuance of license and permit to aliens; appointment of local manager or principal representative by foreign corporations
- Section 27 Crediting of fees for licenses and permits to general fund; payment of fees for licenses and permits granted by local authorities into local treasuries
- Section 28 Sale of alcoholic beverage to churches, religious societies, hospitals, homes for aged people and to manufacturers of food products
- Section 29 Use and sale of alcoholic beverages by registered pharmacists; prescriptions; prescription books; sales in original sealed packages
- Section 30 Issuance of certificate of fitness to registered pharmacist; fee; revocation
- Section 30A Registered pharmacists’ licenses to sell alcoholic beverages without prescription; hours of sales
- Section 30B Kinds of licenses issued to druggists under Sec. 30A; transfers
- Section 30C Termination of druggist’s license upon cessation of business
- Section 30D Purpose of sale of alcoholic beverages; certificate of purchaser
- Section 30E Record book of registered pharmacists of sales of alcoholic beverages; form of certificate
- Section 30F Inspection of books, certificates and prescriptions
- Section 30G Illegal sale of alcoholic beverages in name of registered pharmacist
- Section 30H Possession or transportation of alcoholic beverages not authorized to be sold as prima facie evidence of violation of chapter
- Section 31 Repealed, 1962, 333
- Section 32 Hawking or peddling of alcoholic beverages
- Section 33 Sales and delivery of alcoholic beverages on election days, Sundays and legal holidays
- Section 33A Sales of alcoholic beverages by on-premise licensees on Sundays and certain legal holidays; sales between 1:00 A.M. and 2:00 A.M.
- Section 33B Sales of alcoholic beverages by on-premise licensees on Sundays and certain legal holidays; sales between 11:00 A.M. and 12:00 noon
- Section 34 Sale, delivery or furnishing alcoholic beverages to persons under twenty-one years of age; employment of persons under eighteen years of age
- Section 34A Persons under twenty-one years; purchase or attempt to purchase alcoholic beverages
- Section 34B Liquor purchase identification cards
- Section 34C Minors; operation of motor vehicle containing alcoholic beverage; suspension of driver’s license
- Section 34D Posting notices of penalties for driving while under influence and driving while drinking from open container of alcohol
- Section 35 Sales of alcoholic beverages outside limits of reservations or boulevards
- Section 36 Analysis of alcoholic beverages by department of public health
- Section 37 Certificate accompanying sample of beverages to be analyzed; contents
- Section 38 Forms of commission
- Section 39 Tampering with samples of alcoholic beverages
- Section 40 Analysis of alcoholic beverages by court order; fee
- Section 41 Delivery of alcoholic beverages as prima facie evidence of sale
- Section 42 Issuance of search warrant
- Section 43 Search of dwelling house
- Section 44 Sufficiency of complaint and warrant
- Section 45 Search of premises; seizure of alcoholic beverages
- Section 46 Searches and seizures without warrant
- Section 47 Notice to keeper of alcoholic beverages to appear and answer complaint
- Section 48 Notice; contents; service
- Section 49 Postponement of trial
- Section 50 Admission of claimant of alcoholic beverages as party to trial; forfeiture of alcoholic beverages unlawfully kept; sale of motor vehicle held to be implement or container of alcoholic beve
- Section 51 Disposition of forfeited alcoholic beverages and vessels
- Section 52 Return of alcoholic beverages not forfeited; order; endorsement
- Section 53 Forfeiture and disposition of implements and furniture
- Section 54 Cost of proceedings
- Section 55 Appeal
- Section 56 Arrest without warrant of persons found in act of illegally manufacturing or selling alcoholic beverages; seizures
- Section 57 Notification of licensing authorities of conviction of holder of license, permit or certificate
- Section 58 Notice of conviction of tenant to owner of building used for illegal keeping or sale
- Section 59 Forms used in prosecutions
- Section 60 Common nuisances
- Section 61 Buildings used by clubs for selling and distributing alcoholic beverages as common nuisances
- Section 62 Penalty
- Section 63 Entry of licensing authorities upon licensed premises; taking of samples
- Section 63A Hindering or delaying investigator, inspector or agent of commission
- Section 64 Suspension or revocation of license; hearing; notice; disqualification; surrender of license; refunds
- Section 64A Sale of alcohol to person under 21 or intoxicated person; sanctions; liability insurance
- Section 64B Insurance policy required by licensing authorities; disclosure to insurer; proof of new insurance
- Section 65 Delivery of license upon suspension, revocation, cancellation or forfeiture
- Section 66 Separability of provisions of chapter
- Section 67 Appeals on refusal to grant or revocation of license; hearing; notice of approval; revocation by commission; reappeal
- Section 68 Sales or deliveries of alcoholic beverages in times of riot or great public excitement
- Section 69 Sale or delivery to intoxicated persons
- Section 70 Issuance of license or permit upon payment of fee; bond
- Section 71 Effective date of rules; approval of governor
- Section 72 to 75 Repealed, 1934, 372, Sec. 1
- Section 76 Licenses for manufacture, transportation, and sale of alcohol for mechanical, manufacturing or chemical purposes; fees
- Section 77 Cancellation of license upon cessation of licensed business
- Section 78 Book entries at time of sale of alcohol; form
CHAPTER 139 COMMON NUISANCES
- Section 1 Orders adjudging buildings, structures or vacant land to be nuisances; notice, hearing and service of copy of order
- Section 2 Appeal to superior court; trial by jury; costs
- Section 3 Abatement or removal of nuisance by aldermen or selectmen
- Section 3A Demolition or removal of building or structure or securing of vacant land; owner’s liability
- Section 3B Disbursement of insurance proceeds for loss, damage or destruction of building or structure; notice; lien
- Section 4 Buildings used for prostitution, assignation or lewdness; nuisance
- Section 5 Penalty
- Section 6 Enjoining nuisance
- Section 7 Complaint; filing; verification
- Section 8 Temporary injunction restraining nuisance; removal of furniture and other property
- Section 9 Decree for permanent injunction; sale of furniture; order closing building
- Section 10 Fee for removal and sale of movable property; application of proceeds of sale
- Section 11 Modification of order of abatement; bond
- Section 12 Dismissal of action; costs
- Section 13 Appearance as witnesses of persons found in premises used for prostitution
- Section 14 Buildings resorted to for illegal gaming or used for illegal keeping or sale of alcoholic beverages; nuisance
- Section 15 Penalty
- Section 16 Abatement of common nuisances
- Section 16A Enjoining maintenance of nuisance; order closing building; judgment for permanent injunction; posting of order
- Section 17 Repealed, 1934, 328, Sec. 13
- Section 18 Removal of gaming booth near place of public gathering
- Section 19 Voiding of lease of tenant using premises for common nuisance
- Section 20 Aiding or permitting nuisance
CHAPTER 140 LICENSES
- Section 1 “Licensing authorities” defined
- Section 2 Issuance of license to be innholders or common victuallers; signing; refusal; fee; record; penalty
- Section 3 Content of innholders’ licenses; governing statutes
- Section 4 Contents generally; coverage; term
- Section 5 Food and accommodations; availability
- Section 6 Conditions precedent; proposed plans; cost estimates; license as victualler or innholder
- Section 6A Repealed, 1941, 439, Sec. 2
- Section 6B Food allergy awareness
- Section 7 Refusing to provide for travelers
- Section 8 Repealed, 1975, 256, Sec. 1
- Section 9 Suspension; revocation; forfeiture
- Section 9A Keeping of premises open throughout year
- Section 10 Liability for loss of property
- Section 11 Fire or overwhelming force; liability
- Section 12 Fraudulently procuring food, accommodations or credit; removal of property covered by lien; evidence
- Section 12A “Hotel” defined for Secs. 12B to 12D
- Section 12B Removal of guest from hotel
- Section 12C Refusal of accommodation in hotel to persons acting in disorderly manner; damage deposits
- Section 12D Persons negligently or intentionally causing damage to hotel; liability
- Section 13 Posting of statutory provisions
- Section 14 Sale of guest’s property; notice
- Section 15 Disposition of proceeds
- Section 16 Sale proceeds; payment to owner by state treasurer
- Section 17 Loss by guest; negligence and violation of regulations as defense
- Section 18 Signs; penalty for failure to have sign
- Section 19 Summary of laws for authorities and licensees
- Section 20 Unlicensed innholders or victuallers
- Section 21 Third convictions
- Section 21A City and town licenses for sale of certain non-intoxicating beverages; retail sales
- Section 21B Contents; coverage; expiration; fee; suspension; revocation
- Section 21C Unlicensed business; penalties
- Section 21D Inapplicability of statute to certain persons
- 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 21F Unlicensed organization; officer or employee dispensing food or beverage
- Section 22 “Lodging house” defined
- Section 22A Cooking facilities
- Section 22B Microwave ovens
- Section 23 Term; fee
- Section 24 Unlicensed keepers; injunction
- Section 25 Inspection of premises
- Section 26 Permitting immoral conduct; defense; evidence
- Section 27 Register; entry of names; condition precedent to occupancy; retention; inspection; penalty
- Section 28 Register; order to keep
- Section 29 Register; true or used name; failure to register; penalty
- Section 30 Revocation and suspension of license; investigation; hearing; notice; appeal
- Section 31 Posting of notice of statutes
- Section 32 Convictions; transmission of copy of record to licensing authorities
- Section 32A Necessity of license; motel defined
- Section 32B Grant, suspension or revocation of license; expiration; renewal; application fees; inspection; reinstatement
- Section 32C Examination of licensed camps and cabins; unsanitary conditions
- Section 32D Rules and regulations; posting
- Section 32E Operating business without license
- Section 32F Definition; license requirement for manufactured housing community; copy sent to city or town clerk; exceptions
- Section 32G Monthly fees; collection; deposit; lists; payment to treasurers; exemption from taxes; penalties; revocation of license
- Section 32H Unequipped communities; plans; cost estimates; conditional licenses; suspension or revocation
- Section 32I Register; retention; inspection; penalty
- Section 32J Summary process to recover possession; termination of tenancy or lease
- Section 32K Appeals; reinstatement; reissuance
- Section 32L Requirements and restrictions applicable to manufactured housing communities
- Section 32M Sale or proposed sale of manufactured home located in licensed community
- Section 32N Reprisals for report of violations
- Section 32O Actions to enforce Secs. 32L or 32M; mailing copies of orders
- Section 32P Terms and conditions of occupancy; disclosure in writing; required notice
- Section 32Q Manufactured home defined
- Section 32R Sale or lease of manufactured housing community; home owners’ association; notice; right of first refusal
- Section 32S Rules and regulations
- Section 33 Public lodging house;definition; cubicle plan
- Section 34 Licensing authority; revocation; fee; expiration; contents; coverage
- Section 35 Certification; compliance with statutes; fire alarms, extinguishers, and means of escape; alterations; additional appliances
- Section 36 Certification; water closets, urinals and ventilation; cleaning and disinfecting by licensee
- Section 37 Register; inspection
- Section 38 Free access to officers
- Section 39 Keeping of house without license
- Section 40 Violation of statutes
- Section 41 to 46 Repealed, 1969, 59, Sec. 1
- Section 46A Definitions
- Section 46B Licensing of employment agency; necessity; posting; governing provisions
- Section 46C Application for license
- Section 46D Investigation of applicants; hearing; grant or denial of license; duration of license; prohibited locations
- Section 46E Assignment or transfer of license; locations; number of licenses
- Section 46F Fees; bond
- Section 46G Claims or suits against licensee
- Section 46H Register; contents; record of receipts and income; charges; monthly reports to commissioner
- Section 46I Information furnished to applicant for employment; copy of contract; receipt for charges
- Section 46J List of emigrant agents; necessity of license; transportation of applicants for employment; lodging and meals; statement to prospective employee
- Section 46K Prohibited activities or conduct
- Section 46L Fees; restrictions on charge or acceptance
- Section 46M Receipt of fees or payments contrary to Sec. 46L; return
- Section 46N Contract between prospective employee and agency
- Section 46O Refunds by employment agencies; conditions; reduction of fees; restriction on deductions from wages
- Section 46P Posting of copy of Secs. 46A to 46O
- Section 46Q Inspection of premises and books; rules and regulations; procedure upon complaint against licensee; suspension or revocation of licenses
- Section 46R Penalties
- Section 47 Coffee and tea houses
- Section 48 Repealed, 1937, 342, Sec. 2
- Section 49 Lunch carts
- Section 50 Lunch carts; fee of highway not owned by town
- Section 50A Repealed, 1931, 173
- Section 51 Facial and scalp massage; bath houses
- Section 52 Massage or baths; inspection
- Section 53 Massage or baths; penalty
- Section 54 Junk dealers
- Section 54A Automobile graveyards
- Section 55 Junk dealers; penalty; exceptions
- Section 56 Junk collector defined
- Section 56A Shooting galleries
- Section 57 Sale of second hand vehicles;necessity of license; exceptions; auctions; reports
- Section 58 Classes
- Section 59 Licensing authorities; expiration; fees; application; prerequisites; premises; ordinance regulations; revocation; notice
- Section 59A Motor vehicle junkyards; requirements
- Section 60 Registrar’s rules and regulations
- Section 61 Repealed, 1996, 429
- Section 62 Record book; contents
- Section 63 Repealed, 1977, 553
- Section 64 Repealed, 1996, 429
- Section 65 Repealed, 1961, 45, Sec. 2
- Section 66 Entering premises; investigation; examination of vehicles; parts, books, papers and inventories
- Section 67 Obstruction of entrance or examination by officers; refusal to exhibit items demanded
- Section 67A Junked motor vehicles, registration and identification plates; removal and forwarding to registrar; penalty
- Section 68 Unlicensed business
- Section 69 Violation of statutes, rules or regulations
- Section 70 Licensing of pawnbrokers; governing statutes; revocation
- Section 71 Retention of articles; sale; disposition of proceeds; notice; other disposition; personal apparel
- Section 72 Interest rate; penalty
- Section 73 Entry upon premises; investigation; examination of articles, books and inventories
- Section 74 Obstruction of entrance or examination by officer; failure to exhibit items demanded
- Section 75 Unlicensed business
- Section 76 Loans on personal property; purchases on condition of reselling; exceptions
- Section 77 Fee; bond
- Section 78 Regulations; interest rate
- Section 79 Record book; information furnished to authorities
- Section 80 Memorandum for pawner; charge
- Section 81 Inspection of books
- Section 82 Penalty
- Section 82A Violations of Sec. 79; liability of pawnbroker
- Section 83 Tools; purchase or pawn; record book; signature of seller or pawner
- Section 84 Wrong name or address of seller or pawner
- Section 85 Statutes not applicable
- Section 86 Household, personal use or ornament articles as security or purchased on condition of reselling or redemption; record book; memorandum for borrower
- Section 87 Inspection of record book; exhibition of property
- Section 88 Stolen articles; detention; producing in court
- Section 89 Obstruction of inspection or examination; violation of statutes
- Section 90 Less than $1000; statute not affected; waiver or release
- Section 90A Home mortgages; interest rates; definitions; application
- Section 90B Home mortgages; application of consumer credit cost disclosure provisions; prerequisites to foreclosure
- Section 90C Home mortgages; receipt for payment; penalty
- Section 90D Loans in violation of Sec. 90A; discharge; jurisdiction
- Section 90E Penalty
- Section 91 Less than $1000; mortgage or pledge
- Section 92, 93 Repealed, 1957, 765, Sec. 2
- Section 94 Return of evidence of loan, discharge of mortgage, restoration of property; refusal or neglect
- Section 95 Applicability of Secs. 90 to 94; effect on statutes
- Section 96 Small loan business
- Section 96A Securities; public sale; permit, necessity, revocation
- Section 97 Regulations; preservation of records relating to compliance
- Section 98 Annual report; failure to file, amend; fine
- Section 99 Examinations by commissioner; penalty
- Section 100 “Licensee” defined; investigations by regulatory board; charges; prepayments; establishment of rates; effective date of order; more than one contract
- Section 100A Repealed, 1975, 401, Sec. 2
- Section 101 Term of license; contents; posting
- Section 102 Fees; more than one business
- Section 103 Penalties; voidable loans
- Section 104 Applicant’s statement; power of attorney; changes in names, addresses or personnel; revocation of license
- Section 105 Repealed, 1969, 221
- Section 106 Illegal interest; order of commissioner; recovery in action or suit; costs
- Section 107 Security interest, pledge or wage assignment; discharge by payment or tender; future advances; damages for neglect or refusal
- Section 108 Assignment or order for wages or salary; validity; requisites
- Section 109 Receipt; part payment
- Section 110 Business without license; penalty; validity of transactions; evidence
- Section 111 Rate of interest in absence of agreement
- Section 112 Duties of police
- Section 113 Disposal of returns made to commissioner
- Section 114 Companies, associations and societies; necessity of license
- Section 114A Exceptions; restrictions; voidable loans; composite rates; determination of maximum rate
- Section 114B Finance charges on open end credit accounts; maximum rates; computation
- Section 114C Annual fee; notice; cancellation of agreement; reports
- Section 115 Necessity of license for furnaces or steam engines; contents; application; hearing; notice; fee
- Section 116 Dangerous engines or furnaces; nuisance; building regulations; service of process
- Section 117 Appeal; injunction
- Section 118 Stationary engines; distance from buildings
- Section 119 Nuisance; removal
- Section 120 Repealed, 1930, 399, Sec. 3
- Section 121 Firearms sales; definitions; antique firearms; application of law; exceptions
- Section 121A Identification of firearms; certificate by ballistics expert as prima facie evidence
- Section 122 Licenses; contents; fingerprints of applicants; procedure on refusal of license; fees; punishment for improper issuance
- Section 122A Record of licenses; notice to criminal history systems board; sales record books
- Section 122B Sale of ammunition; license; fees; rules and regulations; refusal, suspension or revocation of license; judicial review; penalties
- Section 123 Conditions of licenses
- Section 124 Term of licenses
- Section 125 Forfeiture or suspension of licenses; notice
- Section 126 Placards, signs or advertisements; prima facie evidence
- Section 127 Transfer of licenses
- Section 128 Penalty for violation of statute on selling, renting or leasing weapons; evidence on sale of machine gun
- Section 128A Application of Sec. 128
- Section 128B Unauthorized purchase of firearms; report to commissioner; penalties
- Section 129 Fictitious name or address and other false information; penalties
- Section 129A Repealed, 1945, 254
- Section 129B Firearm identification cards; conditions and restrictions
- Section 129C Application of Sec. 129B; ownership or possession of firearms or ammunition; transfers; report to executive director; exemptions; exhibiting license to carry, etc. on demand
- 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
- Section 130 Sale or furnishing weapons or ammunition to aliens or minors; penalty; exceptions
- Section 130A Repealed, 1957, 688, Sec. 14
- Section 130B Firearm licensing review board; members; license applicants; hearings
- Section 131 Licenses to carry firearms; Class A and B; conditions and restrictions
- Section 131A Permits to purchase, rent or lease firearms, or to purchase ammunition; fee; penalties
- Section 131B Penalty for loan of money secured by weapons
- Section 131C Carrying of firearms in a vehicle
- Section 131D Repealed, 1954, 672, Sec. 7
- Section 131E Purchase by residents; licenses; firearm identification cards; purchase for use of another; penalties; revocation of licenses or cards; reissuance
- Section 131F Nonresidents or aliens; temporary license to carry firearms or ammunition
- Section 131F1/2 Theatrical productions; carrying firearms and blank ammunition
- Section 131G Carrying of firearms by non-residents; conditions
- Section 131H Ownership or possession of firearms by aliens; penalties; seizure and disposition
- Section 131I Falsifying firearm license or identification card; penalty
- Section 131J Sale or possession of electrical weapons; penalties
- Section 131K Firearms or large capacity weapons without safety devices; liability
- Section 131L Weapons stored or kept by owner; inoperable by any person other than owner or lawfully authorized user; punishment
- Section 131M Assault weapon or large capacity feeding device not lawfully possessed on September 13, 1994; sale, transfer or possession; punishment
- Section 131N Covert weapons; sale, transfer or possession; punishment
- Section 131O Colonel of state police; statewide firearms surrender program
- Section 131P Basic firearms safety certificate; instructors
- Section 132 to 136 Repealed, 1954, 672, Sec. 7
- Section 136A Definitions
- Section 137 Registration and licensing of dogs
- Section 137A Kennel licenses
- Section 137B Sale or other delivery of unlicensed dog by kennel licensee
- Section 137C Inspection of kennels; revocation, suspension and reinstatement of license; nuisance
- Section 137D Surrender of license or tag for offenses against animals
- Section 138 Change of owner or keeper of licensed dog; dog brought into commonwealth
- Section 138A Importation of dogs and cats for commercial resale; health certificates; violations
- Section 139 Fees; certificate or statement that dog has been spayed; dogs serving blind persons; dogs owned by persons aged 70 or over; dogs serving deaf persons; refunds
- Section 139A Shelters; sale or gift of dog or cat not spayed or neutered
- Section 140 Repealed, 1934, 320, Sec. 6
- Section 141 Violation of statutes
CHAPTER 140A REGULATION OF CERTAIN CREDIT TRANSACTIONS [Repealed, 1969, 517, Sec. 2.]
CHAPTER 140B CONTROL OF CERTAIN JUNKYARDS
- Section 1 Definitions
- Section 2 Establishment or maintenance of junkyards; locations
- Section 3 Rules and regulations
- Section 4 Screening or relocation of junkyards
- Section 5 Entry and inspection of junkyards
- Section 6 Penalty for refusal to allow commissioner to enter
- Section 7 Non-conforming junkyard as nuisance; abatement
- Section 8 Violation; enforcement penalties
- Section 9 Agreements with Federal Government
- Section 10 Expenditure of federal funds
CHAPTER 140C CONSUMER CREDIT COST DISCLOSURE [Repealed, 1981, 733, Sec. 1.]
CHAPTER 140D CONSUMER CREDIT COST DISCLOSURE
- Section 1 Definitions
- Section 2 Exempt transactions
- Section 3 Rules and regulations
- Section 4 Finance charge; determination
- Section 5 Annual percentage rate; determination
- Section 6 Inaccurate disclosure of finance charge or annual percentage rate; adjustment
- Section 7 Disclosure of information; multiple creditors or obligors; estimates
- Section 8 Disclosure of information; clear and conspicuous statements
- Section 9 Information rendered inaccurate
- Section 10 Security interest in property used as dwelling; rescission; liability; application
- Section 11 Disclosure; open end credit plans; statement; contents
- Section 12 Disclosure; other than open-end-credit plans; statement; contents
- Section 13 Repealed, 2002, 455, Sec. 2
- Section 14 Multiple-page advertisements; contents; open-end-credit plan
- Section 15 Advertisements; other than open-end-credit plans; contents
- Section 15A Application form or pre-approved written solicitation for open-end credit plan; contents
- Section 16 Liability of owner or personnel of advertising medium
- Section 17 Oral response to cost of credit inquiry
- Section 18 Model disclosure forms and clauses
- Section 19 Time for sending statement; noncompliance; finance charge
- Section 20 Sale of goods or services at retail; finance charge under open-end-credit plan; computation
- Section 21 Application of credit cardholder’s funds held by issuer; authorization; agreement statement
- Section 22 Credit balance exceeding one dollar; periodic statement disclosure; contents
- Section 23 Transfer of funds following default of debt; written notice; applicability
- Section 24 Guaranty of obligations of other persons; notice of additional obligations
- Section 25 Issuance of credit cards
- Section 26 Cardholder liability for unauthorized use
- Section 27 Unauthorized use of credit cards
- Section 28 Liability of business for unauthorized use of credit cards
- Section 28A Cardholder discounts; surcharges; finance charge
- Section 28B Participation in credit card plans; conditions
- Section 29 Rules and regulations; consistency with Federal Fair Credit Billing Act
- Section 30 Inspection of records
- Section 31 Prohibited acts; penalty
- Section 32 Creditor’s failure to comply with law; damages
- Section 33 Civil actions against subsequent assignees of creditor; written acknowledgement; rescission
- Section 34 Unfair trade practices; violations
- Section 35 Limitations on creditors’ liability and consumer rescission rights
CHAPTER 140E CONSUMER ACCOUNT DISCLOSURE
- Section 1 Definitions
- Section 2 Written disclosure of accounts information; rules and regulations
- Section 3 Violations
- Section 4 Short title
CHAPTER 141 SUPERVISION OF ELECTRICIANS
- Section 1 Definitions
- Section 1A Licensure requirement; exceptions
- Section 2 State examiners; rules; examinations; reports
- Section 2A Examinations; uniform requirements for towns; credit to veterans; frequency; types; supervision; sanction of examiners
- Section 2B Electricians licensed in other states; reciprocal licensure without examination; fees
- Section 3 Forms of, and general provisions relating to, examinations, licenses and certificates; records; manual of regulations and licenses
- Section 4 Transferability, suspension and revocation of certificates
- Section 5 Engagement in business or work without compliance with statutes; enforcement
- Section 6 Liability for work of employee
- Section 7 Nonapplicability of statutes
- Section 8 Learners or apprentices; theatrical companies; employers without a certificate; liability insurance
- Section 9 Misstatements
- Section 10 Disposition of fees and fines
CHAPTER 142 SUPERVISION OF PLUMBING
- Section 1 Definitions
- Section 2 Application of statutes
- Section 3 Master plumbers or gas fitters, journeymen and apprentices; licensing; advertising; display of license or certificate
- Section 3A Apprentices; licensing; application; employment; on-the-job training, rules and regulations
- Section 3B Certificates of plumbing or gas fitting corporations or partnerships
- Section 4 Rules of examiners; qualifications of applicants; applications; examinations; issuance of license; probationary license; credit for veterans
- Section 4A Plumbers employed by cities, institutions or corporations; installations and repairs
- Section 5 Fees for licenses and examinations
- Section 6 Territorial coverage, transfer, term, renewal, fee, suspension and revocation of licenses; names of licensees forwarded to towns; registration
- Section 6A Licensed plumber or gas fitter continuing education course
- Section 7 Notice to examiners of violation of statute, ordinance or regulation
- Section 8 Repealed, 1965, 358, Sec. 1
- Section 9 Repealed, 1986, 557, Sec. 130
- Section 10 Inspection districts; expense
- Section 11 Inspectors appointed from civil service list; approval of plumbing or gas fitting; exemption
- Section 11A Plumbing and gasfitting inspectors; cities over seventy-five thousand; appointment
- Section 11B Plumbing and gas fitting inspectors; continuing education
- Section 12 Additional inspectors; inspector engaging in plumbing or gas fitting work
- Section 13 Regulations
- Section 14 Persons learning plumbing and gas fitting businesses
- Section 15 Reports by inspectors of buildings and boards of health
- Section 16 Work or employment of workers without required registration or license; violation of statute, ordinance or regulation by persons, cities or towns
- Section 17 Statements by manufacturer on range boilers and water heaters; certificates relative to cast iron water fronts, heater elements and hot water tanks
- Section 18 Construction, installing, relocating and repairing requirements; capacity; strength; solder; pressure
- Section 19 Safety devices for hot water tanks; statements by manufacturer; approval; pipes and fittings
- Section 20 Installed or junked range boilers
- Section 21 Buildings owned, used and constructed by commonwealth
- Section 21A Permits for plumbing and gas fitting work; proof of liability insurance or bond
- Section 22 Enforcement and violation of statutes
CHAPTER 142A REGULATION OF HOME IMPROVEMENT CONTRACTORS
- Section 1 Definitions
- Section 2 Residential contracting agreements; requirements
- Section 3 Civil actions; private arbitration program
- Section 4 Arbitration; appeals
- Section 5 Residential Contractor’s Guaranty Fund; regulations
- Section 6 Operation of fund; deposits; interest; use of funds
- Section 7 Claims against fund; award limitations
- Section 8 Subrogation of fund administrator; right to reimbursement; repayment by contractor; judgment for unpaid amount
- Section 9 Registration of contractors or subcontractors
- Section 10 Registration applications; required information
- Section 11 Registration fees
- Section 12 Denial of registration applications; grounds; requests for reconsideration
- Section 13 Registration records; building permits, contracts and advertisements
- Section 14 Exemption from registration
- Section 15 Suspension or revocation of certificate of registration
- Section 16 Promulgation of rules and regulations by director
- Section 17 Contractors or subcontractors; prohibited acts; violations
- Section 18 Administrative penalties for violations of chapter provisions
- Section 19 Fines and imprisonment
- Section 20 Continuing violations; injunctions; restitution
- Section 21 Construction of chapter; state liability
CHAPTER 143 INSPECTION AND REGULATION OF, AND LICENSES FOR, BUILDINGS, ELEVATORS AND CINEMATOGRAPHS
- Section 1 Definitions
- Section 2 Repealed, 1968, 232
- Section 2A Buildings operated by commonwealth or its subdivisions; window cleaners and elevator inspections
- Section 2B Regulations relative to egress from, and fire prevention in, state house
- Section 2C Evacuation of state house in case of disaster; fire drills
- Section 3 Inspector of buildings or building commissioner; local inspectors; employment and designation; qualifications; city or town without local inspectors
- Section 3A Enforcement of state building code
- Section 3B Repealed, 1972, 802, Sec. 17
- Section 3C Repealed, 1945, 645, Sec. 3
- Section 3D Repealed, 1972, 802, Sec. 17
- Section 3E, 3F Repealed, 1945, 645, Sec. 3
- Section 3G to 3J Repealed, 1972, 802, Sec. 17
- Section 3K Repealed, 1950, 534, Sec. 2
- Section 3L Regulations relative to electrical wiring and fixtures; notice of electrical installation
- Section 3M Repealed, 1951, 752
- Section 3N Gas fitting; permit; notice; penalties
- Section 3O Gas fitting; appointment and duties of inspector
- Section 3P Appeal to board of electricians’ appeals; judicial review
- Section 3Q Convalescent, nursing, etc., homes; rules and regulations regarding safety of persons and fire prevention
- Section 3R Apartment houses; exterior doors and locks
- Section 3S Multiple dwellings; posting name and address of owner or agent; penalty
- Section 3T Safety glazing materials; use in construction of buildings in hazardous locations; definitions for Secs. 3U and 3V
- Section 3U Labeling of safety glazing materials
- Section 3V Penalties for failure to install, etc. safety glazing materials; applicability to employees of violators
- 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 i
- Section 3X Building permits for ten or more residential units; notice to local postmaster
- Section 3Y Inspector of buildings, building commissioner or local inspector; appointment
- Section 3Z Part time inspector of buildings, building commissioner, local inspector, or alternate inspector; other employment
- Section 4, 5 Repealed, 1972, 802, Sec. 22
- Section 6 Local inspector; duties
- Section 7 Removal or making structure safe; putting up fence
- Section 8 Failure to remove or make structure safe; survey board; survey; report
- Section 9 Dangerous or abandoned structures removed or made safe by local inspector; costs; penalty; use of structure
- Section 9A Taking or injuring other property in removing dangerous structures or making them safe
- Section 10 Remedy of person ordered to remove a dangerous structure or make it safe
- Section 11 Service of notice on non-resident; certificate
- Section 12 Restraint of construction, repair, or use of a structure; order for removal
- Section 13 Inspection by inspector of department of public safety
- Section 14 Dangerous structures removed or rendered safe
- Section 15 to 16 Repealed, 1972, 802, Sec. 28
- Section 16A Furnishing safety inspection or advisory services; liability of insurers
- Section 17 to 21C Repealed, 1972, 802, Sec. 28
- Section 21D Auxiliary emergency lighting systems; exit signs; rules and regulations
- Section 22 Articles placed on fire escapes
- Section 23 Articles obstructing stairways
- Section 24 to 31 Repealed, 1972, 802, Sec. 28
- Section 32 Fire escapes for schoolhouses
- Section 33, 34 Repealed, 1972, 802, Sec. 30
- Section 35 Responsibility of licensee of theatres and halls
- Section 36 to 42 Repealed, 1972, 802, Sec. 32
- Section 43 Fire escape affixed by joint owner, lessee or occupant; projection over highway or right of way
- Section 44 to 49 Repealed, 1972, 802, Sec. 32
- Section 50 Hindering commissioner, chief of inspection or inspectors or local inspectors from entering building or enclosure
- Section 51 Liability for violation of statutes; criminal prosecution; notice to firm or corporation
- Section 52 to 54 Repealed, 1972, 802, Sec. 36
- Section 54A Acceptance or approval of construction plans or specifications; seal of architect or professional engineer
- Section 55, 56 Repealed, 1972, 802, Sec. 38
- Section 57 Restraint of construction, alteration or use of structure
- Section 58 Jurisdiction of prosecutions and proceedings at law
- Section 59 Enforcement of statutes and orders
- Section 60 Restraint of use of structure; removal; presumption as to act without license or authority
- Section 61 Notice to assessors of building permits
- Section 62 Elevator inspection system
- Section 62A Fees for inspections and safety tests
- Section 63 Test of safety devices on completion of work; certificate of approval
- Section 64 Periodic inspections and tests; reports
- Section 65 Certificate or notice as to safety and construction; posting; removal; prohibition of use of elevator
- Section 66 Reports as to unsafe conditions and accidents; inspection
- Section 67 Repealed, 1956, 481
- Section 68 Board of regulations; amendments to regulations
- Section 69 Amendments to regulations generally; assistance by attorney general; furnished to persons concerned; hearings; notice
- Section 70 Appeals; procedure; effect
- Section 71 Violation of statutes or regulations
- Section 71A Board of examiners; membership; qualifications; chairman; compensation of members
- Section 71B License for construction, maintenance or repair; necessity; application of law
- Section 71C Examinations by board; fees; qualifications of applicants; terms, revocation or suspension of license; appeals; temporary licenses; continuing education requirements
- Section 71D Working without license; violations; punishment
- Section 71E Definition for “elevator”
- Section 71F License or temporary license; necessity
- Section 71G License of elevator operator; duration; expiration; fees
- Section 71H Board; establishment; membership; appointment; terms; compensation; expenses; personnel
- Section 71I Definitions
- Section 71J Rules and regulations
- Section 71K Licenses; issuance
- Section 71L Fees
- Section 71M Orders; appeal
- Section 71N Duties of ski area operators
- Section 71O Duties of skiers
- Section 71P Actions against ski area operators; limitations
- Section 71Q Leaving the scene of skiing accident; penalty
- Section 71R Penalties
- Section 71S Jurisdiction and control
- Section 72 Booth or enclosure; necessity of inspection and approval; certificate; fire precautions
- Section 73 Inspection; regulations
- Section 74 Inspection fees
- Section 75 Operator’s license; examination; qualifications; fees; renewal; expiration
- Section 76 Repealed, 1971, 772, Sec. 3
- Section 77, 78 Repealed, 1941, 553, Sec. 4
- Section 79 Repealed, 1971, 772, Sec. 3
- Section 80 Repealed, 1941, 553, Sec. 4
- Section 81 Suspension and revocation of license; appeal
- Section 82 Special exhibitions; permits; regulations; fee
- Section 83 Machines to which cinematograph statutes are not applicable; regulations
- Section 84 Violation of statutes or regulations
- Section 85 Special licenses; churches, schools and public institutions; fee; regulations
- Section 86 Repealed, 1971, 772, Sec. 7
- Section 87 Misrepresentation or false stamping or marking as to kind or combustibility of film
- Section 88 Repealed, 1971, 772, Sec. 7
- Section 89 Thirty-five millimeter nitrate film generally; violation of statute
- Section 90 Contract to repair or remodel dwelling; exculpatory provisions
- Section 91 Violations of Secs. 1 to 90; penalty
- Section 92 State building code, rules and regulations or amendments thereof; retroactive effect precluded
- Section 93 State board of building regulations and standards; establishment
- Section 94 Powers and duties
- Section 95 General objectives
- Section 96 Specialized codes, rules or regulations
- Section 97 Amendments to state building code
- Section 97A Nightclubs, dance halls, discotheques, bars; automatic sprinkler system
- Section 98 Rules and regulations imposing more restrictive standards
- Section 99 Continuing educational program of instruction
- Section 100 Building code appeals board
CHAPTER 144 TENEMENT HOUSES IN CITIES
- Section 1 Repealed, 1976, 536, Sec. 1
- Section 2 Definitions; tense; gender
- Section 3 to 94 Repealed, 1976, 536, Sec. 1
- Section 95 Service of notice or order
- Section 95A Nonresidents owning tenements, attorney for service of process; code violators, registration of true names
- Section 95B Failure to appoint attorney by non-resident; effect; service of process
- Section 95C Person defined
- Section 96 to 98 Repealed, 1976, 536, Sec. 1
CHAPTER 145 TENEMENT HOUSES IN TOWNS
- Section 1 Repealed, 1976, 536, Sec. 2
- Section 2 Definitions; tense; gender
- Section 3 to 58 Repealed, 1976, 536, Sec. 2
- Section 59 Notice of person controlling tenements; filing; contents; fees
- Section 60 Service of notices or orders
- Section 60A Attorney for service of process on non-resident; filing of appointment; registration of true names of code violators
- Section 60B Failure to appoint attorney by non-resident; effect; service of process
- Section 60C Person defined
- Section 61 to 63 Repealed, 1976, 536, Sec. 2
CHAPTER 146 INSPECTION OF BOILERS, AIR TANKS, ETC. LICENSES OF ENGINEERS, FIREMEN, AND OPERATORS OF HOISTING MACHINERY
- Section 1 Definitions
- Section 2 Rules in general; prescription of tests; form of certificate of inspection; assistance of attorney general
- Section 3 Changes in rules; hearings; notices
- Section 4 Effective date of changes in rules affecting construction of boilers; special type of boilers
- Section 5 Enforcement of statutes and rules; entry of premises in pursuance of duties
- Section 6 Annual inspection; extension of time; first inspection
- Section 7 Boilers excepted from inspections
- Section 8 Necessity of inspection; issuance, display and accessibility of certificate
- Section 9 Pressure; safety appliances
- Section 10 Reports as to boilers not inspected by insurers
- Section 11 Inspections while boiler is being operated
- Section 12 Removing, tampering with or loading safety valve
- Section 13 Persons authorized to inspect boilers
- Section 14 Inspectors of insurers; notice of cessation of employment
- Section 15 Non-certificated inspectors of insurers
- Section 16 Inspection certificate issued by insurer and signed by non-certificated inspector
- Section 17 Reports by inspectors; recommendations
- Section 18 Reports of inspections by insurers
- Section 19 Reports of cancellation and refusal of insurance
- Section 20 Safety appliances for, and inspection of, heating boilers
- Section 21 Preparation of boiler for inspection; notice; forbidding operation of boiler
- Section 22 Fees; payment to commonwealth
- Section 23 Certificate of inspection; prerequisites; necessity
- Section 24 Numbering, stamping or tagging boiler; defacement or removal of number
- Section 25 Insurer’s certificate of inspection
- Section 26 Insurance on non-certificated boiler; notice; inspection; boiler not conforming to rules
- Section 27 Certificate of inspection; contents; display; accessibility
- Section 28 Repealed, 1924, 461
- Section 29 Notification of defects
- Section 30 Expiration or cancellation of insurance
- Section 31 Hydrostatic pressure test
- Section 32 Prevention of entry on premises
- Section 33 Violation of statutes or rules
- Section 34 Necessity of certificate of inspections; exceptions
- Section 35 Regulations
- Section 36 Inspections
- Section 37 Notice of location of tanks
- Section 38 Reports of inspections by insurers
- Section 39 Inspection tests; preparation
- Section 40 Fees; payment to commonwealth
- Section 41 Violation of statutes or regulations
- Section 42 Safety valves
- Section 43 Rules; formulation
- Section 44 Rules; effect; printing; furnished on request
- Section 45 Changes in rules
- Section 45A Necessity of certificate of inspection; exceptions; inspections; reports; prohibition of operation; fees; rules and regulations; penalty
- Section 46 Necessity; exceptions
- Section 46A Checklist for steam boiler maintenance
- Section 47 Prima facie evidence of violation of statute
- Section 48 Ascertainment of horse power
- Section 49 Classes of licenses and work permitted; license renewal; continuing education
- Section 50 Prerequisites for examinations
- Section 50A Nuclear power plant operators and engineers; eligibility of applicants; examinations; fees
- Section 50B Nuclear power plant operators and engineers; licenses classified
- Section 50C Nuclear power plant operators and engineers; minimum supervising and shift requirements
- Section 51 Display of license; daily record of boiler, condition and repairs; filing; accessibility
- Section 52 Repealed, 1948, 140
- Section 53 Necessity of licenses; classification of hoisting machinery; exemptions
- Section 53A Rules and regulations; classifications of hoisting machinery; criteria for issuing apprentice operator licenses
- Section 54 Carrying license
- Section 54A Violation of Sec. 53, 53A, or 54; penalties
- Section 55 Violation of statutes or rules; prevention of entry on premises
- Section 56 Examiners; administration of oath to applicants
- Section 57 Application; fees, number of examinations; frequency of applications
- Section 58 Taking notes at examinations and on appeals; representative of insurer
- Section 59 Suspension, revocation, loss or destruction of certificates or licenses; fee
- Section 60 Request of insurer for examination of person applying for inspector of boilers or amusement devises position accompanying application; fee
- Section 61 Board of examiners; subject matter of examination
- Section 62 Certificate of competency; term; expiration date; notice; renewal; lapse; reexamination; fees; suspension or revocation
- Section 63 Appeals; rehearing; fee; finality of decision
- Section 64 Engineers and firemen; examinations; appeal
- Section 65 Operators of hoisting machinery; licenses; application; examination
- Section 66 Appeals; board of appeal; finality of decision
- Section 67 Licenses; duration; fees; expiration; renewal; revocation
- Section 67A Examiners; time of examinations
- Section 68 Repealed, 1953, 319, Sec. 22
- Section 69 Expenditures by commissioner for work and apparatus
- Section 70 Inspection of hot water heating boilers; changes in rules for construction of new boilers
- Section 71 Unlawful operation of boilers; certificate of inspection; identification number; inspection fees
- Section 72 Hydrostatic test
- Section 73 Insurance company inspection; authorization
- Section 74 Safety appliances; tampering; maximum pressure
- Section 75 Employment of inspectors by insurance companies
- Section 76 Insurance company inspectors; necessity of certificate of competency; penalty
- Section 77 Reports and recommendations of inspectors; insurance cancellation or refusal report
- Section 78 Preparation of boilers for inspection; notice of defect to division; operation forbidden pending issuance of certificate of inspection
- Section 79 Certificate of inspection; contents; posting
- Section 80 Violations; penalties
- Section 81 Definitions
- Section 82 Examining and licensing rules
- Section 83 Examiners; rules; codes
- Section 84 Necessity for license
- Section 85 License applications; examinations; fees; renewal; expiration
- Section 85A Apprentice sprinkler fitters
- Section 86 Classification and limitation of licenses
- Section 87 Pipefitters, inapplicability of provisions
- Section 88 Refrigeration technicians, inapplicability of provisions
- Section 89 Penalties
CHAPTER 147 STATE AND OTHER POLICE, AND CERTAIN POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
- Section 1 Definitions and duties of commissioner and department
- Section 1A Repealed, 1991, 412, Sec. 82A
- Section 2 Inspectors; powers and duties; appointment as special state police
- Section 3 Rewards or gifts for services; failure to perform duties
- Section 4 to 7 Repealed, 1991, 412, Sec. 85
- Section 8 County police; appointment; badge; powers
- Section 8A Carrying police weapons and equipment
- Section 9 to 10E Repealed, 1991, 412, Sec. 85A
- Section 10F Parking control officers
- Section 10G to 10M Repealed, 1991, 412, Sec. 85B
- Section 11 Cities authorized to establish force; appointments to force
- Section 12 Number of members
- Section 13 Assignment to duty; powers and duties; compensation
- Section 13A Towns authorized to establish force; number; appointments; removal; regulations; powers and duties; compensation
- Section 13B Cities; appointments from civil service eligible list
- Section 13C Towns; appointments from civil service eligible list
- Section 14 One day out of thirty
- Section 15 One day out of fifteen
- Section 16 One day out of eight
- Section 16A One day out of seven
- Section 16B One day out of six
- Section 16C Five day weeks; vote of voters; petition question on ballot
- Section 17 Time for days off; effect; emergencies; minimum days annually; effect on annual vacations
- Section 17A Additional days off or pay
- Section 17B Five day and forty hour week; compensation for additional service; reduction in compensation
- Section 17C Time off or pay for overtime duty
- Section 17D Annual convention of Massachusetts Police Association
- Section 17E Overtime compensation upon discharge, resignation, retirement or death
- Section 17F Police chiefs; working on holidays; additional pay
- Section 17G Five day forty-hour week; overtime pay
- Section 18 Police stations for detention of women; appointment of matrons
- Section 19 Qualifications for appointment; removal; compensation; residence; on call status; powers and duties; accommodations for women held at stations
- Section 20 Removal of women to nearest station with matron; jurisdiction
- Section 21 “Police station” and “station” defined
- Section 21A Appointment; qualifications; compensation; duties; status; retirement and pensions
- Section 22 Definitions
- Section 23 Necessity of license; exceptions
- Section 24 Applications; qualifications of applicants
- Section 25 License; disqualification of convicts; duration; posting; name of licensee and approval; renewal and revocation
- Section 26 License fees; bond
- Section 27 Employment to determine labor conditions or disseminate propaganda; penalty
- Section 28 Assistants; employment; divulgence of information or false report; penalty
- Section 29 Badges, identification cards, weapons, equipment and vehicles
- Section 29A Daily records concerning guards carrying guns required
- Section 30 Prohibited acts; penalty
- Section 31 Names of police officers sent to municipal police training committee; failure to send names
- Section 32 Necessity of license; fees; match or exhibition without license; amateur organizations
- Section 33 Issuance and term of license
- Section 34 Bond
- Section 35 Licenses for officials, boxers, managers, trainers, seconds and matchmakers; fees; managers without license; professional boxer defined; physicians at amateur matches; age of licensee
- Section 35A Amateur boxing governing bodies; acknowledgment of rules and regulations
- Section 36 Necessity of referee and judges; powers and duties; vote; decision; forfeitures; fees of officials; payment
- Section 37 Necessity of physician; duties; qualifications; fees; certificate of boxer's fitness
- Section 38 Number and time of rounds; frequency of tournaments or contests; time of termination of amateur exhibitions; gloves; protective devices
- Section 39 Ages of contestants and persons admitted to matches
- Section 39A Boxer previously knocked out six or more times
- Section 39B Insurance on contestants
- Section 40 Percentage of receipts paid to commonwealth; reports to commission; verification; enforcement
- Section 40A Boxers' fund; percentage of receipts credited to; use; enforcement of section
- Section 41 Number of persons admitted; limitation
- Section 42 Revocation or suspension of license; administrative penalty
- Section 43 Financial interest of licensee in boxer; prepayment of contestant
- Section 44 Authority of commission to summon witnesses
- Section 45 Enjoining unlicensed or illegal matches
- Section 46 Rules and regulations; special permits; annual report
- Section 47 Distribution to towns of money received by commonwealth
- Section 47A Prohibition of licensed event by municipality; notice of exercise of municipal option
- Section 48 Acceptance of Secs. 32 to 47 by cities or towns
- Section 49 Acceptance at city elections or town annual or special meetings; petitions
- Section 50 Resubmission; petition; reacceptance
- Section 50A Instruction in boxing, matches or exhibitions
- Section 51 Statutes not applicable to matches or exhibitions
- Section 52 to 55 Repealed, 1973, 729, Sec. 2
- Section 56 Sale; safety devices required; rules and regulations; penalty
- Section 57 Installation, repair or maintenance of security systems; licensure; exceptions
- Section 58 Application for license; filing; contents; proof of qualifications
- Section 59 Issuance of license; effect of felony conviction; term; contents; renewal
- Section 60 Employee statements; filing; security check; false statements by licensee or employee; penalties
- Section 61 Fees
CHAPTER 148 FIRE PREVENTION
- Section 1 Definitions
- Section 2 Investigations of fires or explosions by local officials; notice to marshal of suspicious origins or undetermined causes; reports; records
- Section 2A Notice of unauthorized ignition of fire within public or private schools or on school grounds; submission of report by school principal
- Section 3 Investigations by marshal; examination of witnesses; perjury; criminal complaint; prosecutions; reports to commissioner of insurance
- Section 4 Persons authorized to enter and inspect premises; inspections of institutions; reports
- Section 5 Investigation of premises and alleys as to fire hazards; remedy of conditions; expenses; penalty
- Section 5A Unvented liquid fired space heaters; use or sale prohibited
- Section 6 Neglect or refusal of officers to comply with duty
- Section 7 Reports of marshal and commissioner of insurance
- Section 8 Reports to heads of fire departments, insurance companies, property owners and other interested persons
- Section 9 Regulations relating to explosives and inflammable materials; reports of quantities and locations; ordinances and by-laws
- Section 9A Model rocket engines; storage; manufacture; use; sale
- Section 10 Regulations relative to fire prevention
- Section 10A Heads of fire departments; permits; inspections; records; fees; list of fire department heads
- Section 10B Violation of regulations of board
- Section 10C Alteration, repair or installation of oil burners; necessity of certificate; exceptions
- Section 10D Certificate as oil burner technician; minimum age; application; fee; examination; duration of certificate; electrical work
- Section 10E Apprentice certificates; fee; duration; expiration; renewal
- Section 10F Rules and regulations regarding types and classes of certificates
- Section 10G Suspension or revocation of certificates
- Section 10H Firms or corporations; licensing requirements
- Section 11 Expert assistants; laboratory
- Section 12 License and permit for manufacture of fireworks; sale, transfer, or exchange of explosive materials; punishment
- Section 13 Licenses for land for explosives and inflammable materials; certificate of approval; record; certificate of registrations; fees; replacements and alterations of, and regulations for build
- Section 14 Inflammable fluids in motor vehicles
- Section 15 Transportation of explosives or inflammable materials; violation of regulations
- Section 16 Fireworks, explosives and inflammable materials; violations; penalties
- Section 17 Restraint of erection or use of buildings in violation of statute or regulations
- Section 18 Repealed, 1934, 182, Sec. 2
- Section 19 Bonds for blasting permits; filing fee
- Section 20 Actions on bonds; employee of permittee; pro rata payment of claims
- Section 20A Bond for blasting operations in more than one place
- Section 20B Certificate of competency to conduct blasting operations; application; fee; examination; issuance; duration; expiration; renewal; duplicate; restrictions regarding persons subject
- Section 20C Liability for damages caused by blasting
- Section 21 Enforcement of laws and regulations relative to blasting
- Section 22 Injuries from explosives kept or transported contrary to statutes or regulations
- Section 23 Keeping and use of inflammable fluids; permit; fee
- Section 23A Inflammable anti-freeze in hydrants
- Section 24 Keeping and handling of fire menace material; carpenter or paint shop in habitation
- Section 25 Use of salamanders or stoves for drying materials
- Section 25A Second hand space heaters; unvented space heaters
- Section 25B Unvented liquid fired space heaters; use or sale prohibited
- Section 25C Sale of decorating candles; rules and regulations
- Section 25D Manufacture and sale of children’s clothing and sleepwear; rules and regulations
- Section 25E Residential gas appliances; sale or installation
- Section 26 Installation of automatic equipment on order of marshal
- Section 26A Automatic sprinklers in high rise buildings; enforcement; appeals
- Section 26A1/2 Automatic sprinklers in older high rise buildings; enforcement; installation schedule
- Section 26B Automatic fire warning and smoke detection systems in certain buildings; enforcement; appeals
- Section 26C Certain public accommodations; automatic smoke or heat detectors
- Section 26D Definitions applicable to Secs. 26D to 26F
- Section 26E Residential buildings or structures; installation of smoke detectors
- Section 26F Residential buildings or structures; equipping with smoke detectors upon sale or transfer
- Section 26F1/2 Carbon monoxide alarms required in certain residential structures; regulation; inspections; enforcement
- Section 26G Automatic sprinkler systems required for buildings and structures totaling more than 7,500 gross square feet
- Section 26G1/2 Nightclubs, dance halls, discotheques, bars; adequate system of automatic sprinklers
- Section 26H Lodging or boarding houses; automatic sprinkler systems
- Section 26I Multiple dwelling units; new construction; automatic sprinkler systems
- Section 27 Failure to comply with order of marshal
- Section 27A Shutting off, disconnection, obstruction, removal or destruction, of fire protection devices; permit; report; violation of statute; enforcement
- Section 27B Piling snow on fire hydrants; penalty
- Section 28 Regulations to prevent fire hazards and fires
- Section 28A Reports of violations of building laws
- Section 28B Buildings with canine guards; reports
- Section 29 Application of orders to occupant or owner; payment for cost of changes in premises; maximum expenditure
- Section 30 Violations; notice and enforcement of orders or regulations
- Section 30A Unlawful tampering, etc. with notice of violation; punishment
- Section 31 Appeals to marshal
- Section 32 Sharing information by insurers; liability of insurer or arson squad; confidential information
- Section 33 Duties and powers of marshal
- Section 34 Violation of statutes
- Section 34A Assembly use group building; dangerous condition
- Section 34B Serious bodily injury; penalties
- Section 34C Subsequent violations of state building code or state fire code
- Section 34D Enforcement of orders of marshall or head of fire department
- Section 35 Possession of bombs or explosives in violation of statutes and regulations; punishment; forfeiture; arrest without warrant
- Section 36 Notice of seizure of bomb or explosive; delivery of bomb or explosive to marshal; disposition
- Section 37 Tanks for storage of fluids; permits; violation of statute or regulation; annual inspection; fees
- Section 37A Removal and testing of fuel storage tanks; grant programs for municipalities and agencies; powers and duties of administrative review board
- Section 37B Grants for removal or replacement of fuel storage tanks
- Section 38 Regulations relative to tanks
- Section 38A Removal or relocation of underground flammable or combustible fluid tanks; permits; abandoned underground residential tanks
- Section 38B Notification of operation of underground storage tanks; definitions
- Section 38C Notification of operation of underground storage tanks; requirements; exceptions
- Section 38D Notification of operation of underground storage tanks; enforcement; safety regulations
- Section 38E Notification of operation of underground storage tanks; regulations for requirements and standards of tanks
- Section 38F Notification of operation of underground storage tanks; furnishing information; inspections
- Section 38G Notification of operation of underground storage tanks; violation prevention; orders
- Section 38H Notification of operation of underground storage tanks; violation of statutes; penalties
- Section 38I Notification of operation of underground storage tanks; confidentiality of information; exclusivity of remedy
- Section 38J Residential property utilizing heating oil tanks; safety requirements; inspection; certification
- Section 39 Sales, possession, use, etc. of combustible or explosive substances to produce visible or audible effects; fireworks; definitions; exceptions; enforcement procedures; penalties
- Section 39A Regulations for permits for displays of fireworks; fees
- Section 40 Storage of fireworks; bonds for manufacture and storage; fee
- Section 41 Actions on bonds
- Section 42 Displays or exhibits of fireworks; bonds
- Section 43 Actions on bonds; pro rating claims; other remedies
- Section 44 Firecrackers and pyrotechnical ship or railway signals
- Section 45 Violation of Secs. 40 to 44
- Section 46 Inflammable stove polish and foundry paste; regulations; penalties
- Section 47 Repealed, 1973, 1028, Sec. 3
- Section 48 to 49A Repealed, 1946, 282
- Section 50 Search warrants for explosive, inflammable and combustible substances kept contrary to statutes or regulations
- Section 51 Forfeiture of explosive, inflammable and combustible substances; sale or destruction; proceeds
- Section 52 Matches kept for sale or use in store
- Section 52A Sale of exploding matches, cigars or cigarettes
- Section 53 Repealed, 1943, 291, Sec. 4
- Section 54 Lighted cigarettes, etc. likely to cause fire; dropping or throwing from vehicles or placing on forest lands or fields
- Section 55 Explosive golf balls
- Section 56 Parking space business; licenses; fees; term; suspension and revocation; unlicensed business
- Section 57 Siding as conductor of electricity; approval
- Section 58 Fire extinguishing systems, issuance of certificates for installation and servicing
- Section 59 Display of street address number on buildings; use in enhanced 911 service
CHAPTER 148A CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER
- Section 1 Definitions
- Section 2 Local code enforcement officers; written notice of code violation; fine; hearing; appeal
- Section 3 State code enforcement officers; written notice of code violation; fine; hearing; appeal
- Section 4 Standardized notice of violation forms
- Section 5 Fines, penalties, assessments