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Massachusetts Statutes

§ 19A — Unauthorized reproduction of records; penalty

Massachusetts § 19A
JurisdictionMassachusetts
Part IADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT
Title VIICITIES, TOWNS AND DISTRICTS
Ch. 46RETURN AND REGISTRY OF BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS

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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 46, § 19A (2026).

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Section 19A. Reproductions of certificates or records referred to in section nineteen by any person other than the town clerk, assistant clerk, commissioner of public health shall be prohibited, except that a register of deeds, register of probate or other county, state, municipal or federal official keeper of public records may, in the course of his official duties, reproduce such certificates or records as are required in his office. Whoever violates the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars.

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