Massachusetts Statutes

§ 48 — Issuance of unmarked non-negotiable bill

Massachusetts § 48
JurisdictionMassachusetts
Part IADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT
Title XVREGULATION OF TRADE
Ch. 108CRIMINAL OFFENCES RELATIVE TO BILLS OF LADING

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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 108, § 48 (2026).

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Section 48. A person who with intent to defraud issues, or aids in issuing, a non-negotiable bill without the words ''not negotiable'' placed plainly upon the face thereof, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars or by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than five years or in a jail or house of correction for not more than two and one half years, or both.

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