Massachusetts § 131V Extreme risk protection orders; filing materially false information in petition or filing petition with intent to harass; penalty

Massachusetts Statutes

§ 131V — Extreme risk protection orders; filing materially false information in petition or filing petition with intent to harass; penalty

Massachusetts·Part I ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT·Title XX PUBLIC SAFETY AND GOOD ORDER·Ch. 140 LICENSES

Section 131V.

(a)A person who files a petition for an extreme risk protection order, knowing the information in the petition to be materially false or with an intent to harass the respondent, shall be punished by a fine of not less than $2,500 and not more than $5,000 or by imprisonment for not more than 21/2 years in the house of correction or by both such fine and imprisonment.[There is no subsection (b).]

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Section 131V. (a) A person who files a petition for an extreme risk protection order, knowing the information in the petition to be materially false or with an intent to harass the respondent, shall be punished by a fine of not less than $2,500 and not more than $5,000 or by imprisonment for not more than 21/2 years in the house of correction or by both such fine and imprisonment.[There is no subsection (b).]

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