Massachusetts Statutes

§ 124 — Legal notice; penalty for malicious injury

Massachusetts § 124

JurisdictionMassachusetts

Part IVCRIMES, PUNISHMENTS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CRIMINAL CASES

Title ICRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS

Ch. 266CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY

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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 266, § 124 (2026).

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Section 124. Whoever wilfully and maliciously, or wantonly and without cause, tears down, removes or defaces a warrant for a town meeting, list of jurors or other notice or paper which has been posted in compliance with law shall, except as otherwise provided, be punished by a fine of not more than ten dollars.

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Legal notice; penalty for malicious injury

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