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§ 196 — Engagement in business without license

Massachusetts § 196
JurisdictionMassachusetts
Part IADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT
Title XXPUBLIC SAFETY AND GOOD ORDER
Ch. 140LICENSES

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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 140, § 196 (2026).

Text

Section 196. Whoever in such a city or town, without obtaining a license under section one hundred and ninety-four, if one is required, engages in the business described in said section, shall be punished by a fine of not more than ten dollars.

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