Massachusetts § 26 Refusal of officer to deliver copy of warrant; penalty

Massachusetts Statutes

§ 26 — Refusal of officer to deliver copy of warrant; penalty

Massachusetts § 26

Part IIICOURTS, JUDICIAL OFFICERS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CIVIL CASES

Title IVCERTAIN WRITS AND PROCEEDINGS IN SPECIAL CASES

Ch. 248HABEAS CORPUS AND PERSONAL LIBERTY

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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 248, § 26 (2026).

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Section 26. An officer who refuses or neglects for six hours to deliver a printed copy of the warrant contained in the warrant management system or process by which he detains a prisoner to any person who demands such copy and tenders the fees therefor shall forfeit two hundred dollars to such prisoner.

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