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Massachusetts Statutes

§ 10 — Destruction of notary's records; penalty

Massachusetts § 10
JurisdictionMassachusetts
Part IIICOURTS, JUDICIAL OFFICERS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CIVIL CASES
Title ICOURTS AND JUDICIAL OFFICERS
Ch. 222JUSTICES OF THE PEACE, NOTARIES PUBLIC AND COMMISSIONERS

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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 222, § 10 (2026).

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Section 10. Whoever knowingly destroys, defaces or conceals the records or official papers of a notary public shall forfeit not more than one thousand dollars and be liable for damages to any person injured thereby.

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