Massachusetts Statutes
§ 18 — Possession of less than ten pieces of counterfeit coin; uttering, passing or tendering in payment
Massachusetts § 18
JurisdictionMassachusetts
Part IVCRIMES, PUNISHMENTS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CRIMINAL CASES
Title ICRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS
Ch. 267FORGERY AND CRIMES AGAINST THE CURRENCY
This text of Massachusetts § 18 (Possession of less than ten pieces of counterfeit coin; uttering, passing or tendering in payment) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Massachusetts primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
Bluebook
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 267, § 18 (2026).
Text
Section 18. Whoever has in his possession less than ten pieces of the counterfeit coin mentioned in the preceding section, knowing the same to be counterfeit, with intent to utter or pass the same as true, or utters, passes or tenders in payment as true any such counterfeit coin, knowing the same to be false and counterfeit, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than ten years or by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars and imprisonment in jail for not more than two years.
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