Massachusetts Statutes
§ 5 — Auction of stray beasts; notice
Massachusetts § 5
JurisdictionMassachusetts
Part IADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT
Title XXPUBLIC SAFETY AND GOOD ORDER
Ch. 134LOST GOODS AND STRAY BEASTS
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Bluebook
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 134, § 5 (2026).
Text
Section 5. If the owner of stray beasts does not appear within three months after the finding thereof and prove title thereto, the finder may sell them by public auction, first giving notice of such sale, at least four days before the time of sale, in two public places in the town where the beasts were found.
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