Massachusetts Statutes
§ 7 — Property taken by police officers from persons under arrest; disposition
Massachusetts § 7
JurisdictionMassachusetts
Part IADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT
Title XXPUBLIC SAFETY AND GOOD ORDER
Ch. 135UNCLAIMED AND ABANDONED PROPERTY
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Bluebook
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 135, § 7 (2026).
Text
Section 7. If property which has been stolen, lost, abandoned or taken from a person under arrest comes into the possession of a member of the police department of a city by virtue of his office, he shall deliver the same to the officer or member of the department designated by the rules thereof, and shall thereupon be relieved from further responsibility therefor. The officer or member to whom such property is so delivered shall give notice as provided in section one of chapter one hundred and thirty-four. The word ''city'' as used in this and the four following sections shall include town.
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