Massachusetts § 1 Recovery of fines and forfeitures

Massachusetts Statutes

§ 1 — Recovery of fines and forfeitures

Massachusetts § 1

Part IVCRIMES, PUNISHMENTS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CRIMINAL CASES

Title IIPROCEEDINGS IN CRIMINAL CASES

Ch. 280FINES AND FORFEITURES

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Bluebook

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 280, § 1 (2026).

Text

Section 1. Fines and forfeitures exacted as punishments for offences or violation or neglect of any duty imposed by statute may, unless otherwise provided, be prosecuted for and recovered by indictment or complaint or by an action of tort in the name of the commonwealth in a court having jurisdiction of the offence or action.

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