Massachusetts § 67 Corporate books; false entries with intent to defraud

Massachusetts Statutes

§ 67 — Corporate books; false entries with intent to defraud

Massachusetts § 67

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, § 67 (2026).

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Section 67. An officer of a corporation or an agent, clerk or servant of a person, firm or corporation who makes a false entry or omits to make a true entry in any book of such person, firm or corporation, with intent to defraud, and any person whose duty it is to make a record or entry of the transfer of stock, or of the issuing or cancelling of certificates thereof, or of the amount of stock issued by a corporation, in any book thereof, who, with intent to defraud, omits to make a true record or entry thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than ten years or in the house of correction for not more than one year.

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Section 67. An officer of a corporation or an agent, clerk or servant of a person, firm or corporation who makes a false entry or omits to make a true entry in any book of such person, firm or corporation, with intent to defraud, and any person whose duty it is to make a record or entry of the transfer of stock, or of the issuing or cancelling of certificates thereof, or of the amount of stock issued by a corporation, in any book thereof, who, with intent to defraud, omits to make a true record or entry thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than ten years or in the house of correction for not more than one year.

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§ 67

Corporate books; false entries with intent to defraud

§ 67A

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§ 67B

Presentation of false claims

§ 67C

Capital facility construction projects, etc.; false entries in records; penalties

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