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MA Gen L ch 266 § 141 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part IV - Crimes, Punishments and Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title I - Crimes and Punishments|Chapter 266 - Crimes Against Property|Section 141 - Tampering With Odometer of Motor Vehicle; Intent to Defraud; Civil Remedy; Treble Damages; Costs and Fees; Unfair Competition; Repair or Replacement Excepted

Section 141. Whoever advertises for sale, sells, uses, installs or has installed any device which causes an odometer to register any mileage other than the true mileage driven, or whoever resets, or alters the odometer of any motor vehicle with the intent to change the number of miles indicated thereon, or whoever, with the intent to defraud, operates a motor vehicle on any street or highway knowing that the odometer of such vehicle is disconnected to nonfunctional, shall be liable in a civil action of tort or contract in an amount equal to the sum of three times the amount of actual damages sustained or one thousand five hundred dollars, whichever is the greater, plus the costs of the action together with reasonable attorney fees as determined by the court.  A violation of the provisions of this section shall constitute an unfair method of competition under chapter ninety-three A.  For the purposes of this section, the true mileage driven shall be that mileage traveled by the motor vehicle as registered by the odometer within the manufacturer's designed tolerance.  The term ''odometer'', as used in this section and in section one hundred and forty-one A, shall mean an instrument for measuring and recording the actual distance a motor vehicle travels while in operation; but shall not include any auxiliary odometer designed to be reset by the operator of the motor vehicle for the purpose of recording mileage on trips.  Nothing in this section and section one hundred and forty-one A shall prevent the service, repair or replacement of an odometer, provided the mileage indicated thereon remains the same as before the service, repair or replacement. Where the odometer is incapable of registering the same mileage as before such service, repair or replacement, the odometer shall be adjusted to read zero and a notice in writing shall be attached to the left door frame of the vehicle by the owner or his agent specifying the mileage prior to repair or replacement of the odometer and the date on which it was repaired or replaced.
MA Gen L ch 266 § 141a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part IV - Crimes, Punishments and Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title I - Crimes and Punishments|Chapter 266 - Crimes Against Property|Section 141a - Misrepresentation of Mileage of Motor Vehicle by Turning Back or Readjusting Speedometer or Odometer; Criminal Penalty

Section 141A. Whoever, with the intent to misrepresent to a prospective or eventual purchaser the number of miles traveled by a motor vehicle, turns back or readjusts the speedometer or odometer thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than five hundred nor more than one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment in a jail or house of correction for not less than thirty days nor more than two years, or both. In a prosecution under this section, evidence that a dealer, as defined in section one of chapter ninety, or a person required to be licensed under the provisions of section fifty-nine of chapter one hundred and forty, by himself or by another turned back or readjusted the speedometer or odometer shall constitute prima facie evidence of such intent to misrepresent.
MA Gen L ch 266 § 142 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part IV - Crimes, Punishments and Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title I - Crimes and Punishments|Chapter 266 - Crimes Against Property|Section 142 - Record of Purchases by Dealers in Scrap Copper Wire; Inspection; Penalty

Section 142. Whoever is in the business of purchasing copper line wire or scrap copper wire shall enter in a book kept for that purpose a description of the same, the quantity purchased, the purchase price and a name and address of the seller. Said book shall at all times be open to the inspection of the chief of police of a city or town or any other officer having similar duties or any officer authorized by either of them, or a state police officer. Whoever violates any provision of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars.
MA Gen L ch 266 § 142a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part IV - Crimes, Punishments and Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title I - Crimes and Punishments|Chapter 266 - Crimes Against Property|Section 142a - Gold, Silver and Platinum Dealers; Records; Penalty

Section 142A. Whoever is in the business of purchasing gold, silver or platinum shall enter in a book kept for that purpose a description of the item, quantity purchased, the purchase price and the name and address of the seller; provided that the purchase price of such item is at least fifty dollars. Any person who sells gold, silver or platinum shall be required to show to the buyer prior to said sale identification which includes a photograph of said seller. Said book shall at all times be open to the inspection of the chief of police of a city or town or of any other officer having similar duties or any officer authorized by either of them, or a state police officer. Whoever violates any provision of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or imprisonment of not more than one year, or both such fine and imprisonment.
MA Gen L ch 266 § 143 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part IV - Crimes, Punishments and Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title I - Crimes and Punishments|Chapter 266 - Crimes Against Property|Section 143 - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 143a to 143h

Section 143. As used in sections 143A to 143H, inclusive, the following words shall have the following meanings:  ''Article'' or ''recorded device'', the tangible medium upon which sounds or images are recorded or otherwise stored, and shall include any original phonograph record, disc, wire, tape, audio or video cassette, film or other medium now known or later developed on which sounds or images may be recorded or otherwise stored, or any copy or reproduction which duplicates, in whole or in part, the original.  ''Audiovisual recording function'', the capability to record or transmit visual images or soundtrack, including any portion thereof, from a motion picture.  ''Motion picture theater'', movie theater, screening room, or other venue if used primarily for the exhibition of motion pictures.  ''Owner'', the person or other entity who owns a master phonograph record, master disc, master tape, master film or other device used for reproducing recorded visual images or sounds on a phonograph record, disc, tape, film, video cassette or other article on which visual images or sound is recorded, and from which the transferred recorded images or sounds are directly or indirectly derived.
MA Gen L ch 266 § 143a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part IV - Crimes, Punishments and Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title I - Crimes and Punishments|Chapter 266 - Crimes Against Property|Section 143a - Unauthorized Reproduction and Transfer of Sound Recordings

Section 143A. Whoever directly or indirectly by any means, knowingly transfers or causes to be transferred any sound recorded on a phonograph record, disc, wire, tape, film, videocassette or other article on which such sound is recorded, with intent to sell, rent or transport, or cause to be sold, rented or transported, or to use or cause to be used for profit through public performance such article on which such sound is so transferred, without the consent of the owner, or whoever sells any such article with the knowledge that the sound thereon has been so transferred without the consent of the owner, shall be punished as provided in section 143E.
MA Gen L ch 266 § 143b (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part IV - Crimes, Punishments and Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title I - Crimes and Punishments|Chapter 266 - Crimes Against Property|Section 143b - Unauthorized Reproduction and Sale of Live Performances

Section 143B. Whoever for commercial advantage or private financial gain records or causes to be recorded a live performance with knowledge that such recording is without the consent of the owner, or advertises, sells, rents, transports or causes to be advertised, sold, rented or transported, or possesses for any of such purposes, a recording of a live performance with the knowledge that the live performance was recorded without the consent of the owner, shall be punished as provided in section 143E.
MA Gen L ch 266 § 143c (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part IV - Crimes, Punishments and Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title I - Crimes and Punishments|Chapter 266 - Crimes Against Property|Section 143c - Manufacture, Rental, or Sale of Recorded Devices in Packaging Not Bearing Reproducer's Name and Address

Section 143C. Whoever for commercial advantage or private financial gain knowingly manufactures, rents, sells, transports, or causes to be manufactured, rented, sold or transported, or possesses for purposes of sale, rental or transport, any recorded device the outside packaging of which does not clearly and conspicuously bear the true name and address of the transferor of the sounds or images contained thereon shall be punished as provided in section 143E.
MA Gen L ch 266 § 143d (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part IV - Crimes, Punishments and Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title I - Crimes and Punishments|Chapter 266 - Crimes Against Property|Section 143d - Application of Secs. 143 to 143c; Exceptions

Section 143D. (a) Nothing in sections 143A to 143C, inclusive, shall be construed to apply to any person lawfully entitled to use or who causes to be used such sound or images for profit through public performance, or who transfers or causes to be transferred any such sound or images as part of a radio or television broadcast or for archival preservation.  (b) Nothing in section 143A to 143C, inclusive, shall be construed to apply to local, state or federal law enforcement officers employing an audiovisual recording function during the lawful exercise of law enforcement duties.
MA Gen L ch 266 § 143e (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part IV - Crimes, Punishments and Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title I - Crimes and Punishments|Chapter 266 - Crimes Against Property|Section 143e - Violations of Secs. 143a to 143c; Punishment

Section 143E. Whoever violates any provision of section 143A to section 143C, inclusive, shall be punished:  (i) by imprisonment for not more than 1 year in the house of correction or by a fine of not more than $25,000, or by both such fine and imprisonment;  (ii) by imprisonment in the house of correction for not more than 2 years or by a fine of not more than $100,000, or by both such fine and imprisonment if the offense involves less than 1,000 but not less than 100 unlawful sound recordings or less the 65 but not less than 7 unlawful audio visual recordings; or  (iii) by imprisonment in state prison for not more than 5 years or by a fine of not more than $250,000, or by both such fine and imprisonment if the offense involves not less than 1,000 unlawful sound recordings or not less than 65 unlawful audio visual recordings.
MA Gen L ch 266 § 143f (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part IV - Crimes, Punishments and Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title I - Crimes and Punishments|Chapter 266 - Crimes Against Property|Section 143f - Unlawful Recording of Motion Picture in Motion Picture Theater; Punishment

Section 143F. (a) Any person, in a motion picture theater while a motion picture is being exhibited, who knowingly operates an audiovisual recording function, with the intent to unlawfully record the motion picture and without the consent of the owner or lessee of the motion picture theater, shall be punished for a first offense by imprisonment in the house of correction for not more than 2 years or by a fine of not more than $100,000, or by both such fine and imprisonment and for a second or subsequent conviction, by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than 5 years or by a fine of not more than $250,000, or by both such fine and imprisonment.  (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall be construed to apply to local, state or federal law enforcement officers employing an audiovisual recording function during the lawful exercise of law enforcement duties.
MA Gen L ch 266 § 143g (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part IV - Crimes, Punishments and Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title I - Crimes and Punishments|Chapter 266 - Crimes Against Property|Section 143g - Persons Detained for Possible Violation of Sec. 143f; Defense to False Imprisonment or False Arrest Action

Section 143G. In an action for false arrest or false imprisonment brought by any person, by reason of having been detained for questioning or awaiting the arrival of law enforcement, on or in the immediate vicinity of a motion picture theater, if such person was detained in a reasonable manner and for not more than a reasonable length of time by a person authorized to make arrests or by the owner or his agent or servant authorized for such purpose and if there were reasonable grounds to believe that the person so detained was committing or attempting to commit any violation of section 143F, it shall be a defense to such action.
MA Gen L ch 266 § 143h (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part IV - Crimes, Punishments and Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title I - Crimes and Punishments|Chapter 266 - Crimes Against Property|Section 143h - Forfeiture of Recordings Upon Conviction for Violation of Secs. 143a to 143c or Sec. 143f

Section 143H. Upon conviction of a person for a violation of sections 143A to 143C, inclusive, or section 143F, the court may order the forfeiture, destruction or other disposition of all recordings on which the conviction is based and all implements, devices and equipment used or intended to be used in the manufacture of the recordings on which the conviction is based. Such order shall be stayed pending any appeal.
MA Gen L ch 266 § 144 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part IV - Crimes, Punishments and Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title I - Crimes and Punishments|Chapter 266 - Crimes Against Property|Section 144 - Carrying Away or Conversion of Certain Milk Containers Without Permission of Owners

Section 144. Whoever, without permission of the owner, carries away or converts to his own use a plastic or wire milk case or a plastic or wire container for milk products which has been indelibly stamped with the name of a milk dealer or association of milk dealers shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten and not more than one hundred dollars.
MA Gen L ch 266 § 145 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part IV - Crimes, Punishments and Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title I - Crimes and Punishments|Chapter 266 - Crimes Against Property|Section 145 - Theft of Public Records

Section 145. Any person who intentionally conceals upon his person or otherwise any record of the commonwealth or a political subdivision thereof, as defined in section three of chapter sixty-six, with the intention of permanently depriving said commonwealth or said political subdivision of its use shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars.  A custodian of such records or his agent who has probable cause to believe that a person has violated the provisions of this section may detain such person in a reasonable manner and for a reasonable time.  A law enforcement officer may arrest without warrant any person he has probable cause to believe has violated the provisions of this section. The statement of a custodian of such records or his agent that a person has violated the provisions of this section shall constitute probable cause for arrest by a law enforcement officer authorized to make an arrest in such jurisdiction.
MA Gen L ch 266 § 146 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part IV - Crimes, Punishments and Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title I - Crimes and Punishments|Chapter 266 - Crimes Against Property|Section 146 - Disposal of Solid Waste in Commercial Disposal Container of Another Without Consent of Owner; Penalties

Section 146. For purposes of this section ''solid waste'' shall mean garbage, refuse, trash, rubbish, sludge, residue or by-products of processing or treatment of discarded material, and any other solid, semi-solid or liquid discarded material resulting from domestic, commercial, mining, industrial, agricultural, municipal, or other sources or activities, but shall not include solid or dissolved material in domestic sewage.  Whoever willfully and without right deposits solid waste in a commercial disposal container of another without the consent of the owner or other person who has legal custody, care or control thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars, nor more than one thousand dollars.
MA Gen L ch 267 § 1 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part IV - Crimes, Punishments and Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title I - Crimes and Punishments|Chapter 267 - Forgery and Crimes Against the Currency|Section 1 - False or Forged Records, Certificates, Returns, Attestations and Other Writings

Section 1. Whoever, with intent to injure or defraud, falsely makes, alters, forges or counterfeits a public record, or a certificate, return or attestation of a clerk or register of a court, public register, notary public, justice of the peace, town clerk or any other public officer, in relation to a matter wherein such certificate, return or attestation may be received as legal proof; or a charter, deed, will, testament, bond or writing obligatory, power of attorney, policy of insurance, bill of lading, bill of exchange or promissory note; or an order, acquittance or discharge for money or other property or a credit card or an instrument described as a United States Dollar Traveller's Check or Cheque, purchased from a bank or other financially responsible institution, the purpose of which is a source of ready money on cashing the instrument without identification other than the signature of the purchaser; or an acceptance of a bill of exchange, or an endorsement or assignment of a bill of exchange or promissory note for the payment of money; or an accountable receipt for money, goods or other property; or a stock certificate, or any evidence or muniment of title to property; or a certificate of title, duplicate certificate of title, certificate issued in place of a duplicate certificate, the registration book, entry book, or any indexes provided for by chapter one hundred and eighty-five, or the docket of the recorder; shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than ten years or in jail for not more than two years.
MA Gen L ch 267 § 2 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part IV - Crimes, Punishments and Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title I - Crimes and Punishments|Chapter 267 - Forgery and Crimes Against the Currency|Section 2 - Railroad or Admission Tickets, Passes or Badges

Section 2. Whoever, with intent to injure or defraud, falsely makes, alters, forges or counterfeits a railroad ticket, railroad mileage book or railroad pass, or a ticket, badge, pass or any written or printed license purporting to entitle the holder or owner thereof to admission to any exhibition, entertainment, performance, match or contest of any kind, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than three years or in jail for not more than two years, or by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars.
MA Gen L ch 267 § 3 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part IV - Crimes, Punishments and Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title I - Crimes and Punishments|Chapter 267 - Forgery and Crimes Against the Currency|Section 3 - Seal of Land Court; Stamping Documents Without Authority

Section 3. Whoever forges, procures to be forged or assists in forging, the seal of the land court, or, without lawful authority, stamps or procures to be stamped, or assists in stamping, any document with such forged seal or with the genuine seal of said court, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than ten years or in jail for not more than two years.
MA Gen L ch 267 § 4 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part IV - Crimes, Punishments and Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title I - Crimes and Punishments|Chapter 267 - Forgery and Crimes Against the Currency|Section 4 - Railroad Company Stamp; Forging or Using Without Authority

Section 4. Whoever forges, procures to be forged or assists in forging, the stamp of any railroad company or of any railroad ticket agent, or, without lawful authority, stamps or procures to be stamped, or assists in stamping, any railroad ticket or railroad mileage book with such forged stamp, or with a genuine stamp of any railroad company or railroad ticket agent, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than three years or in jail for not more than two years, or by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars.
MA Gen L ch 267 § 5 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part IV - Crimes, Punishments and Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title I - Crimes and Punishments|Chapter 267 - Forgery and Crimes Against the Currency|Section 5 - Uttering False or Forged Records, Deeds or Other Writings

Section 5. Whoever, with intent to injure or defraud, utters and publishes as true a false, forged or altered record, deed, instrument or other writing mentioned in the four preceding sections, knowing the same to be false, forged or altered, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than ten years or in jail for not more than two years.
MA Gen L ch 267 § 6 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part IV - Crimes, Punishments and Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title I - Crimes and Punishments|Chapter 267 - Forgery and Crimes Against the Currency|Section 6 - Uttering a Forged Railroad or Admission Ticket, Pass or Badge

Section 6. Whoever, with intent to injure or defraud, utters and publishes as true a false, forged or altered railroad ticket, railroad mileage book or railroad pass, or a ticket, badge, pass or any written or printed license purporting to entitle the holder or owner thereof to admission to any exhibition, entertainment, performance, match or contest of any kind mentioned in section two, knowing the same to be false, altered or forged, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than three years or in jail for not more than two years, or by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars.
MA Gen L ch 267 § 7 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part IV - Crimes, Punishments and Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title I - Crimes and Punishments|Chapter 267 - Forgery and Crimes Against the Currency|Section 7 - False or Forged Note, Certificate or Other Bill of Credit Issued for Debt of Commonwealth

Section 7. Whoever, with intent to injure or defraud, falsely makes, alters, forges or counterfeits a note, certificate or other bill of credit issued by the state treasurer, or by any commissioner or other officer authorized to issue the same for a debt of this commonwealth, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for life or for any term of years.
MA Gen L ch 267 § 8 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part IV - Crimes, Punishments and Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title I - Crimes and Punishments|Chapter 267 - Forgery and Crimes Against the Currency|Section 8 - False, Forged or Counterfeited Bank Bill, Note or Traveller's Check

Section 8. Whoever, with intent to injure or defraud, falsely makes, alters, forges or counterfeits a bank bill or promissory note payable to the bearer thereof or to the order of any person, issued by any incorporated banking company or an instrument described as a United States Dollar Traveller's Check or Cheque, purchased from a bank or other financially responsible institution, the purpose of which is a source of ready money on cashing the instrument without identification other than the signature of the purchaser, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for life or for any term of years.