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MA Gen L ch 105 § 56 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 105 - Public Warehouses|Section 56 - Issuance of Receipt Containing False Statement

Section 56. A warehouseman, or any officer, agent or servant of a warehouseman, who fraudulently issues or aids in fraudulently issuing a receipt for goods, knowing that it contains any false statement, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.
MA Gen L ch 105 § 57 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 105 - Public Warehouses|Section 57 - Issuance of Unmarked Duplicate Receipts

Section 57. A warehouseman, or any officer, agent or servant of a warehouseman, who issues or aids in issuing a duplicate or additional negotiable receipt for goods, knowing that a former negotiable receipt for the same goods or any part of them is outstanding and uncancelled, without plainly placing upon the face thereof the word ''Duplicate'', except in the case of a lost or destroyed receipt after proceedings as provided for in subsection (1) of section seven—six hundred and one of chapter one hundred and six, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars or by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than five years or in a jail or house of correction for not more than two and one half years, or both.
MA Gen L ch 105 § 58 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 105 - Public Warehouses|Section 58 - Issuance of Receipt Not Stating Fact of Ownership

Section 58. If there are deposited with or held by a warehouseman goods of which he is owner, either solely or jointly or in common with others, such warehouseman, or any of his officers, agents or servants, who, knowing such ownership, issues or aids in issuing a negotiable receipt for such goods which does not state such ownership, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.
MA Gen L ch 105 § 59 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 105 - Public Warehouses|Section 59 - Delivery of Goods With Negotiable Receipt Outstanding

Section 59. A warehouseman, or any officer, agent or servant of a warehouseman, who delivers goods out of the possession of such warehouseman, knowing that a negotiable receipt the negotiation of which would transfer the right to the possession of such goods is outstanding and uncancelled, without obtaining the possession of such receipt at or before the time of such delivery, shall, except as provided in paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section seven—four hundred and three and subsection (1) of section seven—six hundred and one of chapter one hundred and six, be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.
MA Gen L ch 105 § 60 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 105 - Public Warehouses|Section 60 - Negotiation of Receipt for Mortgaged Goods

Section 60. Whoever deposits goods to which he has no title, or upon which there is a lien or mortgage, and takes for such goods a negotiable receipt which he afterwards negotiates for value with intent to deceive, and without disclosing his want of title or the existence of the lien or mortgage, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.
MA Gen L ch 105 § 61 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 105 - Public Warehouses|Section 61 - Fraudulent Negotiation or Transfer of Receipt

Section 61. Whoever, with intent to deceive, negotiates or transfers for value a receipt, knowing that any or all of the goods which by the terms thereof appear to have been received for storage by the warehouseman issuing the receipt, are not in the possession or control of such warehouseman, without disclosing this fact, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars or by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than five years or in a jail or house of correction for not more than two and a half years, or both.
MA Gen L ch 105 § 62 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 105 - Public Warehouses|Section 62 - Unlawful Sale, Pledge or Loan of Deposited Property

Section 62. Whoever, with intent to injure or defraud, unlawfully sells, pledges, lends or in any other way disposes of, or permits or is a party to the unlawful selling, pledging, lending or other disposition of, any property stored in a public warehouse, without the authority of the person in whose name the same is stored, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars and by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than three years.
MA Gen L ch 105 § 63 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 105 - Public Warehouses|Section 63 - Forging or Counterfeiting Warehouse Receipts

Section 63. Whoever falsely makes, utters, forges or counterfeits, or whoever permits or is a party to the false making, uttering, forging or counterfeiting of, a warehouse receipt, certificate or other instrument, or of the signature of a warehouseman or of an endorser or other person to an instrument used to pass or to give title to property stored in a public warehouse, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars and by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than three years.
MA Gen L ch 105 § 64 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 105 - Public Warehouses|Section 64 - Disposing of Receipt After Attachment

Section 64. Whoever, knowing that his interest in the property described in a warehouse receipt has been attached, endorses, assigns or otherwise disposes of such receipt without disclosing such attachment to the person to whom such receipt is endorsed, assigned or disposed of, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars and by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than three years, or by imprisonment in a jail or house of correction for not more than one year.
MA Gen L ch 105a § 2 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 105a - Self-Service Storage Facilities|Section 2 - Rental Agreements; Residential Use Prohibited

Section 2. The operator may only lease space in a self-service storage facility by entering in to a rental agreement with an occupant.  An operator may not knowingly permit a leased space at a self-service storage facility to be used for residential purposes.  An occupant may not use a leased space for residential purposes.
MA Gen L ch 105a § 3 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 105a - Self-Service Storage Facilities|Section 3 - Lien on Personal Property; Contents of Rental Agreement

Section 3. The operator of a self-service storage facility shall have a lien on all personal property stored within each leased space for rent, labor, insurance or other charges in relationship to the property for expenses necessary for the preservation of the property or reasonably incurred in its sale pursuant to this chapter.  An operator shall lose such lien on any goods which such operator voluntarily delivers or which he unjustifiably refuses to deliver.  The rental agreement shall contain a statement, in bold type, advising the occupant: (a) that property stored in the leased space is not insured by the operator against loss or damage; (b) of the existence of the lien; (c) that property stored in the leased space may be sold to satisfy the lien if the occupant is in default; (d) if the rental agreement contains a limit on the value of property stored in the lessee's storage space, the limit is deemed to be the maximum value of the property stored in that space and the maximum liability of the operator for any claim; and (e) that a late fee may be charged by the operator for each month that the occupant does not pay rent when due.  The rental agreement shall state the date on which rent is due and the date on which the late fee accrues. If the operator offers notice by electronic mail, the rental agreement shall, in bold typeface, contain an affirmative statement that the occupant may agree to receive notice by electronic mail only. If the occupant chooses to receive notices by electronic mail only, the occupant's assent shall be indicated in the rental agreement.
MA Gen L ch 105a § 5 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 105a - Self-Service Storage Facilities|Section 5 - Default; Access to Leased Space; Late Fees

Section 5. If an occupant is in default for a period of five days or more, the operator may deny the occupant access to the leased space in a reasonable and peaceable manner; provided, however, that the occupant may have access at any time for the sole purpose of viewing the contents of his leased space in order to verify the contents therein. The operator may impose a reasonable late fee on the occupant for each month the occupant does not pay rent when due. For purposes of this section, a reasonable late fee may be computed as the greater of $20 per month or 20 per cent of the amount of monthly rent. Any late fee imposed by the operator pursuant to this section shall be in addition to any other remedy provided by law or contract.
MA Gen L ch 105a § 6 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 105a - Self-Service Storage Facilities|Section 6 - Notices; Delivery by Verified or Electronic Mail

Section 6. Unless otherwise specifically provided, all notices required by this chapter shall be sent by verified mail or electronic mail.  Notices sent to the operator shall be sent to the self-service storage facility where the occupant's property is stored. Notices to the occupant shall be sent to the occupant at the occupant's last known address.  Except in the case of electronic mail, notices shall be deemed delivered when deposited with the United States Postal Service, properly addressed as provided in the second paragraph, with postage paid. In the case of electronic mail, notices shall be deemed delivered when an electronic delivery receipt is obtained.
MA Gen L ch 105a § 7 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 105a - Self-Service Storage Facilities|Section 7 - Exclusive Care, Custody and Control of Property Vested in Occupant

Section 7. Except as otherwise provided herein or as stated in the rental agreement, the exclusive care, custody and control of all property stored in the leased self-service space shall vest in the occupant until a lien sale under the provisions of this chapter.
MA Gen L ch 105a § 8 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 105a - Self-Service Storage Facilities|Section 8 - Violations by Operator Deemed Unfair or Deceptive Acts or Trade Practices

Section 8. Any violation by an operator of the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed unfair or deceptive acts or trade practices under the provisions of chapter ninety-three A.
MA Gen L ch 105a § 9 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 105a - Self-Service Storage Facilities|Section 9 - Abandoned Leased Spaces; Possession and Disposition of Personal Property Upon Abandonment

Section 9. In the case of an abandoned leased space, the operator shall have the right to take possession of the leased space after 14 days and dispose of any personal property in the leased space by any means so long as the operator has attempted to contact the occupant on 2 separate days, at least 3 days apart, or, if unsuccessful, has attempted to contact the secondary or emergency contact, if 1 was provided, to discern whether the leased space is an abandoned lease space. This section shall not relieve the operator of any responsibility in the event of a default pursuant to section 4.  Article  1.General Provisions.....1–101 2.Sales.....2–101 2A.Leases.....2A–101 3.Negotiable Instruments.....3–101 4.Bank Deposits and Collections.....4–101 4A.Funds Transfers.....4A–101 5.Letters of Credit.....5–101 6.Bulk Transfers [Repealed].....6–101 7.Documents of Title.....7–101 8.Investment Securities.....8–101 9.Secured Transactions.....9–101
MA Gen L ch 107 § 1 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 107 - Money and Registration, Issuance and Redemption of Bonds and Other Securities, Facsimile Signatures|Section 1 - Money of Account

Section 1. The money of account of the commonwealth shall be the dollar, cent and mill. Proceedings in court, accounts in the public offices and other public accounts shall be had and kept in accordance herewith.
MA Gen L ch 107 § 2 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 107 - Money and Registration, Issuance and Redemption of Bonds and Other Securities, Facsimile Signatures|Section 2 - Accounts, Notes, Bonds or Other Instruments Expressed in Other Moneys

Section 2. The preceding section shall not vitiate or affect an account, charge or entry made, or a note, bond or other instrument expressed in any other money of account; but in a suit thereon such other money shall be reduced to dollars and fractions thereof.
MA Gen L ch 107 § 3 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 107 - Money and Registration, Issuance and Redemption of Bonds and Other Securities, Facsimile Signatures|Section 3 - Rate of Interest

Section 3. If there is no agreement or provision of law for a different rate, the interest of money shall be at the rate of six dollars on each hundred for a year, but, except as provided in sections seventy-eight, ninety, ninety-two, ninety-six and one hundred of chapter one hundred and forty, it shall be lawful to pay, reserve or contract for any rate of interest or discount. No greater rate than that before mentioned shall be recovered in a suit unless the agreement to pay it is in writing.
MA Gen L ch 107 § 4 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 107 - Money and Registration, Issuance and Redemption of Bonds and Other Securities, Facsimile Signatures|Section 4 - Issuance of Registered Bonds

Section 4. A county, city, town or district or any corporation organized under the laws of the commonwealth may, at the request of the owner or holder of a bond, promissory note or certificate of indebtedness issued by it payable to bearer, at any time more than one year before maturity thereof, issue in exchange therefor a bond, note or certificate of the same effect, payable to the owner or holder by name. Coupon or registered bonds, notes or certificates of a city, town or district may be surrendered to the city, town or district treasurer for cancellation and in exchange therefor one or more registered bonds, notes or certificates having the same maturity and rate of interest, may be issued to the same or to a new owner or owners. In cities, such new bonds, notes or certificates shall be signed by the treasurer and countersigned by the city auditor or comptroller and the mayor, or their successors in office. In towns, such new bonds, notes or certificates shall be signed by the treasurer and countersigned by a majority of the selectmen. In districts, such new bonds, notes or certificates shall be signed by the treasurer and countersigned by the prudential committee or other body exercising similar powers. The expense involved in surrendering and in making the cancellation and reissue of any bond, promissory note or certificate of indebtedness under this section or under any other law applicable thereto shall be borne by the party requesting such cancellation and reissue.
MA Gen L ch 107 § 7 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 107 - Money and Registration, Issuance and Redemption of Bonds and Other Securities, Facsimile Signatures|Section 7 - Issuance, Negotiation or Sale of Bonds, Certificates or Obligations Redeemable in Numerical Order

Section 7. No person shall issue, negotiate or sell any bonds, certificates or obligations of any kind, which are by the terms thereof to be redeemed in numerical order or in any arbitrary order of precedence without reference to the amount previously paid thereon by the holder thereof, whether they are sold on the instalment plan or otherwise, nor shall any person redeem any bonds, certificates or obligations in such order, whether they are sold on the instalment plan or otherwise.
MA Gen L ch 107 § 8 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 107 - Money and Registration, Issuance and Redemption of Bonds and Other Securities, Facsimile Signatures|Section 8 - Penalties

Section 8. Violations of the preceding section shall be punished by a fine of not more than two thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year. Any such violation, if by a domestic corporation, shall operate as a forfeiture of its franchise and, if by a foreign corporation, association or organization, as a discontinuance of its right to do business in the commonwealth; and the supreme judicial or superior court, upon the application of the state secretary, may enjoin such foreign corporation, association or organization from further continuing its business in the commonwealth. The court may appoint a receiver to take possession of the property of such corporation, association or organization, and to close up the business, subject to the order of the court.
MA Gen L ch 107 § 10 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 107 - Money and Registration, Issuance and Redemption of Bonds and Other Securities, Facsimile Signatures|Section 10 - Determination of Damages in Contract Action

Section 10. In an action on a contract, other than a bill of exchange, for the payment of money beyond the limits of the United States, the amount to be recovered by the creditor shall be determined by the current rate of exchange on the date when such contract becomes due, with interest from such date.
MA Gen L ch 107 § 13 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 107 - Money and Registration, Issuance and Redemption of Bonds and Other Securities, Facsimile Signatures|Section 13 - Certification of Protest by Notary; Prima Facie Evidence

Section 13. The protest of a bill of exchange, promissory note or order for the payment of money certified by a notary public under his hand and official seal shall be prima facie evidence of the facts stated in such protest, and of the giving of notice to the drawer or endorser.
MA Gen L ch 107 § 45a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 107 - Money and Registration, Issuance and Redemption of Bonds and Other Securities, Facsimile Signatures|Section 45a - Use of Facsimile Signatures on Checks Drawn by Treasurers of Public Bodies

Section 45A. The treasurer of a public body shall, without further authority than that contained in this section, have power to use a facsimile machine for the purpose of affixing his signature to any check drawn by him in the name and behalf of the public body on any bank or trust company having funds of the public body on deposit. Any such bank or trust company, in addition to any other rights which it may have as drawee, may, in the absence of connivance or neglect on its part, pay and charge to the account upon which it is drawn every check drawn on such bank or trust company which check (1) bears on the part of the public body as drawer, regardless of by whom affixed, a facsimile signature of its treasurer made from the same plate as a specimen facsimile furnished by such treasurer to such bank or trust company, and (2) is inoperative solely because such facsimile signature was affixed without the authority of such treasurer. The treasurer of the public body shall be accountable on his official bond to the public body for the amount of every such check so paid and charged which bears a date within the period he is in office, whether or not such check is so paid and charged within such period. As used in this section, the term ''public body'' shall be deemed to include the commonwealth, and every county, city, town, district, authority or other political subdivision or governmental unit; and the term ''treasurer'' shall be deemed to include any person authorized by statute, ordinance or by-law, or in other lawful manner, to sign or countersign checks for the purpose of disbursing funds of the public body.
MA Gen L ch 108 § 42 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 108 - Criminal Offences Relative to Bills of Lading|Section 42 - Fraudulent Issuance or Aiding in Issuance; Penalty; Bill of Lading Defined

Section 42. An officer, agent or servant of a carrier, who with intent to defraud issues, or aids in issuing, a bill of lading knowing that all or any part of the goods for which it is issued have not been received by the carrier, or by an agent of such carrier or by a connecting carrier, or are not under the carrier's control at the time of issuing the same, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars or imprisonment in the state prison for not more than five years or in a jail or house of correction for not more than two and one half years, or both. The word bill as used in sections forty-three to forty-eight, inclusive, shall mean ''bill of lading''.
MA Gen L ch 108 § 43 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 108 - Criminal Offences Relative to Bills of Lading|Section 43 - False Statement in Bill

Section 43. An officer, agent, or servant of a carrier, who with intent to defraud issues, or aids in issuing, a bill for goods, knowing that it contains a false statement, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.
MA Gen L ch 108 § 44 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 108 - Criminal Offences Relative to Bills of Lading|Section 44 - Issuance of Unmarked Duplicate Bill

Section 44. An officer, agent or servant of a carrier, who with intent to defraud issues, or aids in issuing, a duplicate or additional negotiable bill for goods in violation of section seven—four hundred and two of chapter one hundred and six, knowing that a former negotiable bill for the same goods or any part of them is outstanding and uncancelled, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars or by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than five years or in a jail or house of correction for not more than two and one half years, or both.