Massachusetts Statutes
§ 24 — Statements of births and deaths; penalty
Massachusetts § 24
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, § 24 (2026).
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Section 24. In any statement of births or deaths printed by a town the name of a child born out of wedlock or of its parents shall not be printed, but the words ''child born out of wedlock'' shall be used in place thereof. A town violating this section shall forfeit to the mother of such child not more than one hundred dollars.
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