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2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 138 - Alcoholic Liquors › Section 63a - Hindering or Delaying Investigator, Inspector or Agent of Commission

Section 63A. Any person who hinders or delays any authorized investigator of the commission or any investigator, inspector or any other authorized agent of local licensing authorities in the performance of his duties, or who refuses to admit to or locks out any such investigator, inspector or agent from any place which such investigator, inspector or agent is authorized to inspect, or who refuses to give to such investigator, inspector or agent such information as may be required for the proper enforcement of this chapter, shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty nor more than two hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than two months, or both.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 138 - Alcoholic Liquors › Section 64 - Suspension or Revocation of License; Hearing; Notice; Disqualification; Surrender of License; Refunds

Section 64. The licensing authorities after notice to the licensee and reasonable opportunity for him to be heard by them, may modify, suspend, revoke or cancel his license upon satisfactory proof that he has violated or permitted a violation of any condition thereof, or any law of the commonwealth. If at any hearing a licensee is charged with serving or selling alcohol or alcoholic beverages to a person under twenty-one years of age, written notice of said allegations shall be sent by the licensing authorities to the parent or guardian of such person. If the license is revoked, the licensee shall be disqualified to receive a license for one year after the expiration of the term of the license so revoked, and if he is the owner of the premises described in such revoked license, no license shall be issued to be exercised on said premises for the residue of the term thereof.
If it appears to the commission that a license has been issued under this chapter by the local licensing authorities in excess of the quota prescribed by section seventeen or in violation of section sixteen A or any other provision of this chapter, the commission shall, after notice to said authorities and to the holder of such license and after reasonable opportunity for them to be heard by it, revoke such license, whereupon such license shall be surrendered to said authorities, and the decision of the commission shall be final and conclusive. The holder of a license so revoked shall not be subject to prosecution for any sales theretofore made by him under such license on the ground that such license was illegally issued. The city or town whose licensing authorities issued any license so revoked shall forthwith refund to the holder thereof the entire fee paid therefor and authority is hereby granted to such city or town to pay the same out of any funds available.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 138 - Alcoholic Liquors › Section 64a - Sale of Alcohol to Person Under 21 or Intoxicated Person; Sanctions; Liability Insurance

Section 64A. In any hearing by a licensing authority under the first paragraph of section 64 where a licensing authority finds that a licensee under section 12 has served or sold alcohol or alcoholic beverages either to a person under 21 years of age in violation of section 64 or to an intoxicated person in violation of section 69 within the 24 months immediately preceding the date of the alleged violation that is the subject of the hearing, the licensing authority may require, in addition to imposing any other sanctions, as a condition precedent to any modification, reinstatement or renewal of the license that the licensee provide a certificate of insurance for liquor liability providing security for the liability of the licensee to a limit of not less than $100,000 to any 1 person and $200,000 to all persons; provided, however, if the licensee is required to obtain insurance coverage under said section 12, then the licensing authority may increase the limits set by said section 12. Limits imposed or increased under this section shall be set at the discretion of the licensing authorities.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 138 - Alcoholic Liquors › Section 64b - Insurance Policy Required by Licensing Authority; Disclosure to Insurer; Proof of New Insurance

Section 64B. In any case in which a liquor liability insurance policy has been required or the limits of any such policy have been increased as a condition precedent to the modification, reinstatement or renewal of a license as provided in section 64A or section 67, a licensee shall disclose to the insurer that such policy has been required or such policy limits have been increased, shall provide to the liquor liability insurer the mailing address of the licensing authority and shall direct the insurer to include the licensing authority as a recipient of any notice which the insurer is required to issue to the licensee pursuant to chapter 175. In any case in which the insurer notifies the licensee and the licensing authorities that it intends to terminate the contract upon expiration of the requisite notice period, the licensee shall provide proof of reinstatement or new insurance to the licensing authorities within such period. If the licensee fails to provide such proof prior to receipt by the licensing authorities of a notice of cancellation from the insurer, the licensing authorities shall suspend such license until proof of insurance is delivered, or revoke such license, at their discretion.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 138 - Alcoholic Liquors › Section 65 - Delivery of License Upon Suspension, Revocation, Cancellation or Forfeiture

Section 65. Upon suspension, revocation, cancellation or forfeiture by the licensing authorities of a license or permit granted under this chapter, the holder thereof shall forthwith deliver the same to such authorities. Refusal so to deliver, or failure so to do for seven days following a request therefor by such authorities, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than three months, or both.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 138 - Alcoholic Liquors › Section 68 - Sales or Deliveries of Alcoholic Beverages in Times of Riot or Great Public Excitement

Section 68. The mayor of a city and the selectmen of a town may, in cases of riot or great public excitement, order licensees under this chapter not to sell, give away or deliver any alcoholic beverages on the licensed premises for a period not exceeding three days at any one time. Whoever, himself or by his agents or servants, sells, gives away or delivers any such beverages in violation of an order given under the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine of two hundred dollars, and upon conviction, his license shall be revoked by the licensing authority.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 138 - Alcoholic Liquors › Section 70 - Issuance of License or Permit Upon Payment of Fee; Bond

Section 70. No license or permit under this chapter shall be granted by the commission or the local licensing authorities unless the fee therefor has been paid into the state treasury or the city or town treasury, as the case may be; provided, however, that the local licensing authority may allow such fees to be paid semiannually. No license shall be granted by the commission under section 18, 19, 19B, 19C, 19D or 76 unless the applicant shall have filed with the state treasurer a bond running to the commonwealth. Every such bond shall be in a penal sum and form approved by the commission and be executed by the applicant as principal and by a surety company authorized to do business in the commonwealth as surety, conditioned upon performance by the licensee of all the conditions of the license and observance of all provisions of this chapter.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 138 - Alcoholic Liquors › Section 76 - Licenses for Manufacture, Transportation, and Sale of Alcohol for Mechanical, Manufacturing or Chemical Purposes; Fees

Section 76. The commission may annually grant licenses for the manufacture, transportation, importation, exportation and sale of alcohol for mechanical, manufacturing or chemical purposes only, or for sale to any person holding a license under section eighteen or nineteen, to any registered pharmacist holding a certificate of fitness, any registered physician or dentist, or to any hospital or educational or scientific institution for use other than for beverage purposes. Licenses shall be granted under this section only if it appears that the applicant therefor is a proper person to receive such a license. The fee for a license hereunder shall be not less than three hundred nor more than five hundred dollars. Nothing contained in said section eighteen shall limit the scope of a license issued under this section.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 138 - Alcoholic Liquors › Section 77 - Cancellation of License Upon Cessation of Licensed Business

Section 77. The licensing authorities may, after hearing or reasonable opportunity therefor, cancel any license issued under this chapter if the licensee ceases to conduct the licensed business. If the local licensing authorities determine that a license should be cancelled as aforesaid the licensee may appeal to the commission as if such authorities had refused to grant the license upon an original application therefor, and the decision of the commission upon such appeal shall be final.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 138 - Alcoholic Liquors › Section 78 - Book Entries at Time of Sale of Alcohol; Form

Section 78. Every person to whom such a license is granted shall keep a book in which he shall enter, at the time of every sale of alcohol, the date thereof, the name and residence of the purchaser, his residence by street and number, if any, the quantity and price of the alcohol sold, and the purpose for which it is to be used. Said book shall be in form substantially as follows:
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 139 - Common Nuisances › Section 1 - Orders Adjudging Burnt or Dangerous Buildings, Structures or Vacant Land to Be Nuisances; Notice, Hearing and Service of Copy of Order

Section 1. The aldermen or selectmen in any city or town may, after written notice to the owner of a burnt, dilapidated or dangerous building or other structure, or his authorized agent, or to the owner of a vacant parcel of land, and after a hearing, make and record an order adjudging it to be a nuisance to the neighborhood, or dangerous, and prescribing its disposition, alteration or regulation. The city or town clerk shall deliver a copy of the order to an officer qualified to serve civil process, who shall forthwith serve an attested copy thereof in the manner prescribed in section one hundred and twenty-four of chapter one hundred and eleven, and make return to said clerk of his doings thereon.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 139 - Common Nuisances › Section 2 - Appeal to Superior Court; Trial by Jury; Costs

Section 2. A person aggrieved by such order may appeal to the superior court for the county where such building or other structure is situated, if, within three days after the service of such attested copy upon him, he commences a civil action in such court. Trial by jury shall be had as in other civil causes. The jury may affirm, annul or alter such order, and the court shall render judgment in conformity with said verdict, which shall take effect as an original order. If the order is affirmed, the plaintiff shall pay the costs; if it is annulled, he shall recover from the town his damages, if any, and costs; and if it is altered, the court may render such judgment as to costs as justice shall require. All proceedings hereunder authorized by section ten of chapter one hundred and forty-three, after issue is joined therein, shall be in order for trial and shall have precedence over any case of a different nature pending in said court and then in order for trial.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 139 - Common Nuisances › Section 3 - Abatement or Removal of Nuisance by Aldermen or Selectmen

Section 3. The aldermen or selectmen shall have the same power to abate and remove any such nuisance as is given to the board of health of a town under sections one hundred and twenty-three to one hundred and twenty-five, inclusive, of chapter one hundred and eleven.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 139 - Common Nuisances › Section 3b - Disbursement of Insurance Proceeds for Loss, Damage or Destruction of Building or Structure; Notice; Lien

Section 3B. No insurer shall pay any claims (1) covering the loss, damage, or destruction to a building or other structure, amounting to one thousand dollars or more, or (2) covering any loss, damage or destruction of any amount, which causes the condition of a building or other structure to render section six of chapter one hundred and forty-three applicable, without having at least ten days previously given written notice to the building commissioner or inspector of buildings appointed pursuant to the state building code, to the fire department or arson squad of the city or town and to the board of health or board of selectmen of the city or town in which the same is located. If at any time prior to payment the said city or town notifies the insurer by certified mail of its intent to initiate proceedings designed to perfect a lien pursuant to section three A, or to section nine of chapter one hundred and forty-three, or section one hundred and twenty-seven B of chapter one hundred and eleven, the said payment shall not be made while the said proceedings are pending; provided, however, that said proceedings are initiated within thirty days of receipt of such notification.
Any lien perfected pursuant to section three A, or to section nine of chapter one hundred and forty-three or section one hundred and twenty-seven B of chapter one hundred and eleven, shall extend to and may be enforced by the city or town against any casualty insurance policy or policies covering any loss, damage, or destruction pursuant to which the proceedings to perfect the lien were initiated.
No insurer shall be liable to any insured owner, mortgagee, assignee, city or town, or other interested party for amounts disbursed to a city or town under the provisions of this section, or for amounts not disbursed to a city or town under the provisions of this section.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 139 - Common Nuisances › Section 4 - Buildings Used for Prostitution, Assignation or Lewdness; Nuisance

Section 4. Every building, part of a building, tenement or place used for prostitution, assignation or lewdness, and every place within or upon which acts of prostitution, assignation or lewdness are held or occur, shall be deemed a nuisance.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 139 - Common Nuisances › Section 6 - Enjoining Nuisance

Section 6. Whenever there is reason to believe that such a nuisance is kept or maintained or exists in any town, either the district attorney for the district, or the attorney general, in the name of the commonwealth, or a citizen in his own name, may bring a civil action perpetually to enjoin the person conducting or maintaining the same, and the owner, lessee or agent of the building or place in or upon which such nuisance exists and their assignees from directly or indirectly maintaining or permitting such nuisance.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 139 - Common Nuisances › Section 7 - Complaint; Filing; Verification

Section 7. The complaint shall join the owner of record of the premises as a party defendant and shall be filed in the superior court for the county where the nuisance is believed to exist, and shall be verified by oath of the plaintiff unless filed by the attorney general or a district attorney. Such proceeding shall have precedence over all other matters upon the docket except criminal proceedings, election contests and hearings upon actions for other injunctions.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 139 - Common Nuisances › Section 8 - Temporary Injunction Restraining Nuisance; Removal of Furniture and Other Property From Place of Prostitution

Section 8. If upon a hearing, after at least two days' notice to the respondents of the time and place assigned therefor, the existence of such a nuisance is shown to the satisfaction of the court or justice, either through verified complaint or through evidence in the form of affidavits, depositions, oral testimony or otherwise, a temporary injunction shall be ordered to issue forthwith restraining the maintenance of the nuisance and enjoining the occupants, owner and all other persons from removing fixtures, furniture, musical instruments and all other movable property from the premises until further order of the court.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 139 - Common Nuisances › Section 9 - Decree for Permanent Injunction; Sale of Furniture; Order Closing Building Used for Prostitution

Section 9. If upon subsequent hearing the existence of the nuisance shall be established, the court shall enter a decree permanently enjoining the maintenance thereof, including in such decree an order of abatement directing the sheriff of the county or his deputy to enter the building or place where the nuisance existed and to sell all furniture, musical instruments and movable property used in maintaining the nuisance, in the manner provided for the sale of chattels under execution, and to remove the same. If it shall appear that the bill of complaint was filed five or more days after notice to the record owner of the premises, and that he did not proceed forthwith to enforce his rights under section nineteen, such order of abatement shall further direct the effectual closing of the building or the place and the prohibition of its use for any purpose for one year, unless sooner released as provided in section eleven. For the purpose of proving the existence of the nuisance the general reputation of the place shall be admissible as evidence.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 139 - Common Nuisances › Section 10 - Fee for Removal and Sale of Movable Property; Application of Proceeds of Sale of Place of Prostitution

Section 10. For removing and selling the movable property in accordance with the decree of the court the officer shall be entitled to the same fees as for levying upon and selling like property on execution, and for closing the premises and keeping them closed, a reasonable sum shall be allowed by the court. The proceeds shall be applied: first, to the fees and costs of removal and sale; second, to the allowances and costs of so closing and keeping closed the premises; third, to the payment of the complainants' costs in such proceeding, including a reasonable attorney's fee to be fixed by the court; fourth, the remainder, if any, to the owner of the property sold.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 139 - Common Nuisances › Section 11 - Modification of Order of Abatement; Bond

Section 11. If the owner of any such premises shall pay all costs of the proceedings, and file with the court a bond with sureties approved by the clerk in the full value of such premises as ascertained by the court, or, when the court is not in session, by the clerk, payable to the court and conditioned that the owner of the premises found to be a nuisance will immediately abate such nuisance and prevent the same from being established or kept therein within one year thereafter, the court or justice may, if satisfied of the owner's good faith, order the premises so closed to be delivered to such owner and the order of abatement to be so modified as to dissolve the order that the premises remain closed for one year; provided, that such modification shall not release such premises from any judgment, lien, penalty or liability to which it may be subject.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 139 - Common Nuisances › Section 12 - Dismissal of Action; Costs

Section 12. No action commenced under section six shall be dismissed, except upon a sworn statement made and filed by the plaintiff and by his attorney setting forth the reasons for dismissal thereof and upon approval of such dismissal by the court in open court. If the court is of opinion that the action ought not to be dismissed he may direct the district attorney to prosecute the case to judgment. If the action was brought by a citizen and the court finds that there was no reasonable ground therefor, costs may be awarded against the plaintiff.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 139 - Common Nuisances › Section 13 - Appearance as Witnesses of Persons Found in Premises Used for Prostitution

Section 13. All persons found in or upon premises used for prostitution, assignation or lewdness may be required by a justice of a court of record to recognize, with or without sureties, to appear as witnesses at any hearing in an action to punish a person for keeping or maintaining such a nuisance as is described in section four, or for aiding in the maintenance of such a nuisance in the manner set forth in section twenty, or to enjoin or abate such a nuisance, and a warrant may be issued to bring such persons before the justice to recognize as aforesaid.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 139 - Common Nuisances › Section 14 - Buildings Resorted to for Illegal Gaming or Used for Illegal Keeping or Sale of Alcoholic Beverages; Nuisance

Section 14. Every building, place or tenement which is resorted to for illegal gaming, or which is used for the illegal keeping or sale of alcoholic beverages, as defined in section one of chapter one hundred and thirty-eight, shall be deemed a common nuisance.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 139 - Common Nuisances › Section 15 - Penalty for Keeping or Maintaining Place Used for Illegal Gaming or the Illegal Keeping or Sale of Alcoholic Beverages

Section 15. Whoever keeps or maintains such common nuisance shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty nor more than one hundred dollars and by imprisonment for not less than three months nor more than one year.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 139 - Common Nuisances › Section 16 - Abatement of Common Nuisances

Section 16. Upon an information filed by the district attorney for the district, or upon the petition of the board or officer having control of the police of a town or of not less than ten legal voters of a town, stating that a building, place or tenement therein is resorted to for illegal gaming, or is used for the illegal keeping or sale of alcoholic beverages, as defined in section one of chapter one hundred and thirty-eight, or houses a premises which is licensed under section twelve of said chapter one hundred and thirty-eight and on or in such premises alcoholic beverages are habitually served to persons who are intoxicated or alcoholic beverages are served to persons whom the operators of said premises know or have reason to know will operate a motor vehicle under the influence of intoxicating liquor in violation of subdivision (1) of section twenty-four of chapter ninety or is used for the illegal keeping, sale or manufacture of controlled substances, as defined in section one of chapter ninety-four C, the supreme judicial or superior court may enjoin or abate the same as a common nuisance.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 139 - Common Nuisances › Section 18 - Removal of Booths Used for Sale of Liquors or for Illegal Gaming From Places of Public Gathering

Section 18. The aldermen or the selectmen, upon complaint made to them under oath that the complainant has reason to believe and does believe that a booth, shed or other temporary erection, situated within one mile of a muster field, cattle show ground, or other place of public gathering, is used and occupied for the sale of spirituous or fermented liquor, or for the purpose of illegal gaming, may order the owner or occupant thereof to vacate and close the same forthwith. If the owner or occupant fails so to do, the aldermen or selectmen may forthwith abate such booth, shed or erection as a nuisance, and may pull down or otherwise destroy the same through the agency of any force, civil or military.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 139 - Common Nuisances › Section 20 - Aiding or Permitting Nuisance

Section 20. Whoever knowingly lets premises owned by him, or under his control, for the purposes of prostitution, assignation, lewdness, illegal gaming, or the illegal keeping or sale of alcoholic beverages, as defined in section one of chapter one hundred and thirty-eight, or the housing of a premises which is licensed under section twelve of said chapter one hundred and thirty-eight and on or in such premises alcoholic beverages are habitually served to persons who are intoxicated or alcoholic beverages are served to persons whom the operators of said premises know or have reason to know will operate a motor vehicle under the influence of intoxicating liquor in violation of subdivision (1) of section twenty-four of chapter ninety or the illegal keeping, sale or manufacture of controlled substances, as defined in section one of chapter ninety-four C, or knowingly permits such premises, while under his control, to be used for such purposes, or after due notice of any such use omits to take all reasonable measures to eject therefrom the persons occupying the same as soon as it can lawfully be done, shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred nor more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not less than three months nor more than one year, or both.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 140 - Licenses › Section 1 - ''licensing Authorities'' Defined

Section 1. ''Licensing authorities'', as used in this chapter, unless a contrary meaning is required by the context, shall mean the boards in Boston and other cities which by special statutes or city charters have the power to issue licenses for innholders or common victuallers, licensing boards appointed under section four of chapter one hundred and thirty-eight in cities which at the municipal election next preceding the first day of January, nineteen hundred and twenty-five, voted to authorize the granting of licenses for the sale of certain non-intoxicating beverages and also in cities wherein by special statutes said boards are vested with all the powers and duties exercised by licensing boards in cities that vote to grant such licenses, the aldermen in all other cities and the selectmen in towns.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 140 - Licenses › Section 2 - Issuance of License to Be Innholders or Common Victuallers; Signing; Refusal; Fee; Record; Penalty

Section 2. Licensing authorities may grant licenses to persons to be innholders or common victuallers. Such license shall not be issued or be valid until it has been signed by a majority of the aldermen in cities where the license is to be granted by the aldermen, by a majority of the licensing board in other cities or by the selectmen in towns. An alderman, any member of the licensing board or a selectman may refuse to sign a license for a person who, in his opinion, has not complied with this chapter. This section shall not require the licensing authorities to grant either of said licenses if, in their opinion, the public good does not require it. Unless otherwise established in a town by town meeting action and in a city by city council action, and in a town with no town meeting by town council action, by adoption of appropriate by-laws and ordinances to set such fees, a fee of not more than twenty-five dollars may be charged for either of said licenses, but in no event shall any such fee be greater than $100. The licenses shall be recorded in the office of the licensing authorities. An alderman, member of a licensing board or selectman who signs a license granted contrary to this chapter shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 140 - Licenses › Section 3 - Content of Innholders' Licenses; Governing Statutes

Section 3. All innholders' licenses shall be expressed to be subject to sections twenty-two to thirty-two, inclusive, of this chapter and sections twenty-five to twenty-seven, inclusive, of chapter two hundred and seventy-two.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 140 - Licenses › Section 4 - Contents of Innholder and Common Victuallers License Generally; Coverage; Term

Section 4. Every license of an innholder or common victualler shall specify the street and number, if any, of the building where the business is to be carried on or give some other particular description thereof, and the license shall not protect a licensee who carries on his business in any other place. Such licenses shall expire on December thirty-first of each year; but they may be granted during December, to take effect on January first following.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 140 - Licenses › Section 5 - Food and Accommodations; Availability

Section 5. Every innholder and every common victualler shall at all times be provided with suitable food for strangers and travelers. Every innholder shall also have upon his premises suitable rooms, with beds and bedding, for the lodging of his guests.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 140 - Licenses › Section 6 - Conditions Precedent; Proposed Plans; Cost Estimates; License as Victualler or Innholder

Section 6. A common victualler's or innholder's license may be issued to an applicant therefor if at the time of his application he has upon his premises the necessary implements and facilities for cooking, preparing and serving food for strangers and travelers, and, in the case of an applicant for an innholder's license, also has the rooms, beds and bedding required by law. An applicant for a license as a common victualler or as an innholder, proposed to be exercised upon premises which have not been equipped with fixtures or supplied with necessary implements and facilities for cooking, preparing and serving food and upon which, in the case of an applicant for an innholder's license, there are not also provided suitable rooms, beds and bedding for the lodging of his guests, shall file with the licensing authorities a plan showing the location of counters, tables, ranges, toilets and in general the proposed set-up of the premises, which shall include, in the case of an applicant for an innholder's license, a plan of the proposed suitable rooms for the lodging of his guests and a list of the beds and bedding, which he proposes to have upon said premises if and when the license may issue, together with an itemized estimate of the cost of said proposed set-up and of such fixtures, and of the implements and facilities necessary for cooking, preparing and serving food and of such beds and bedding; and thereupon the licensing authorities may grant a common victualler's or an innholder's license, as the case may be, upon the condition that such license shall issue upon the completion of the premises according to the plans and estimate submitted, and the decision of the licensing authorities as to whether or not said premises are so completed shall be final. For the purposes of section twelve of chapter one hundred and thirty-eight, a person to whom a license has been granted under this section shall be deemed to be a common victualler duly licensed under this chapter to conduct a restaurant or an innholder duly licensed thereunder to conduct a hotel, at the case may be.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 140 - Licenses › Section 6b - Food Allergy Awareness

Section 6B. (a) As used in this section, the word ''department'' shall mean the department of public health.
(b) A person licensed as an innholder or common victualler, when serving food, shall:
(1) prominently display in the staff area a poster approved by the department relative to food allergy awareness. The poster shall include, but not be limited to, information regarding the risk of an allergic reaction and shall be developed by the department in consultation with the Massachusetts Restaurant Association and the Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network; and
(2) include on all menus a notice to customers of the customer's obligation to inform the server about any food allergies, the language of the notice shall be developed by the department in consultation with the Massachusetts Restaurant Association and the Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network.
(c) A person in charge and certified food protection manager, as those terms are used in the state sanitary code for food establishments, in order to obtain certification, shall view, as part of an otherwise approved food protection manager course, a video concerning food allergies. The department shall approve the video in collaboration with the Massachusetts Restaurant Association and the Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network. A person designated as an alternate person-in charge, as that term is used in the state sanitary code for food establishments, in addition to existing requirements, shall be knowledgeable with regard to the relevant issues concerning food allergies as they relate to food preparation.
(d) A violation of this section shall be subject to the remedies available under the state sanitary code for food establishments.
(e) The department may adopt regulations to carry out this section.
(f) This section shall not establish or change a private cause of action nor change a duty under any other statute or the common law, except as this section expressly provides.
(g) The department shall develop a program for restaurants to be designated as ''Food Allergy Friendly'' and shall maintain a listing of restaurants receiving that designation on its website. Participation in the program shall be voluntary and the department, in consultation with the Massachusetts Restaurant Association and the Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network, shall issue guidelines and requirements for restaurants to receive the designation; provided that the requirements shall include, but not be limited to, maintaining on the premises and making available to the public, a master list of all the ingredients used in the preparation of each food item available for consumption.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 140 - Licenses › Section 9 - Suspension; Revocation; Forfeiture of Innholder and Common Victuallers License

Section 9. If, in the opinion of the licensing authorities, a licensee as an innholder or a common victualler ceases to be engaged in the business he is licensed to pursue, or fails to maintain upon his premises the implements and facilities required by this chapter, they shall immediately revoke his license. If a licensee at any time conducts his licensed business in an improper manner, the licensing authorities, after notice to the licensee and reasonable opportunity for a hearing, may upon satisfactory proof thereof suspend or revoke his license or impose a fine; provided that, the fine for the first offense within a 6–month period shall be not less than $500 and not more than $1,000; for the second offense within a 6–month period the fine shall be not less than $1,000 and not more than $2,000; for the third offense within a 6–month period the fine shall be not less than $2,000 and not more than $5,000; for the fourth offense within a 6–month period the fine shall be not less than $5,000 and not more than $10,000; and for the fifth offense within a 6–month period the fine shall be not less than $10,000. An innholder who violates section seven shall forfeit his license. A licensee who is convicted a second time of the violation of any of the provisions of sections six to eighteen, inclusive, shall forfeit his license.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 140 - Licenses › Section 10 - Liability for Loss of Property

Section 10. An innholder shall not be liable for losses sustained by a guest except of wearing apparel, articles worn or carried on the person, personal baggage and money necessary for traveling expenses and personal use, nor shall such guest recover of an innholder more than three hundred dollars as damages for any such loss; but an innholder shall be liable in damages to an amount not exceeding one thousand dollars for the loss of money, jewels and ornaments of a guest specially deposited for safe keeping, or offered to be so deposited, with such innholder, person in charge at the office of the inn, or other agent of such innholder authorized to receive such deposit. This section shall not affect the innholder's liability under any special contract for other property deposited with him for safe keeping after being fully informed of its nature and value, nor increase his liability in case of loss by fire or overwhelming force beyond that specified in the following section.
Whenever an innholder provides a security box in the room of any guest, the innholder shall not be liable for the loss of any items deposited in the security box, by theft or otherwise, in excess of one thousand dollars; provided, however, that the provisions of section thirteen have been complied with.
As used in this section, ''security box'' means a metal or alloy box used for the safekeeping of valuables or other property, which may be securely locked with a locking mechanism.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 140 - Licenses › Section 12 - Fraudulently Procuring Food, Accommodations or Credit; Removal of Property Covered by Lien; Evidence

Section 12. Whoever puts up at a hotel, motel, inn, lodging house or boarding house and, without having an express agreement for credit, procures food, entertainment or accommodation without paying therefor, and with intent to cheat or defraud the owner or keeper thereof; or, with such intent, obtains credit at a hotel, motel, inn, lodging house or boarding house for such food, entertainment or accommodation by means of any false show of baggage or effects brought thereto; or with such intent, removes or causes to be removed any baggage or effects from a hotel, motel, or inn while a lien exists thereon for the proper charges due from him for fare and board furnished therein, shall, if the value of food, entertainment or accommodation exceeds one hundred dollars, be punished by imprisonment in a jail or house of correction for not more than two years, or by a fine of not more than six hundred dollars, or if the value of the food, entertainment or accommodation does not exceed one hundred dollars, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than one year or by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars; and whoever, without having an express agreement for credit, procures food or beverage from a common victualler without paying therefor and with intent to cheat or defraud shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than three months. The words ''lodging house'', as used herein, shall mean a lodging house as defined in section twenty-two.
Proof that such food, entertainment, accommodation or beverage, or credit for the same, was obtained by a false show of baggage or effects, or that such baggage or effects were removed from any such place by any person while such a lien existed thereon without an express agreement permitting such removal, or, if there was not an express agreement for credit, that payment for such food, entertainment, accommodation or beverage was refused upon demand, shall be presumptive evidence of the intent to cheat or defraud referred to herein.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 140 - Licenses › Section 12a - ''hotel'' Defined for Secs. 12b to 12d

Section 12A. For the purpose of sections 12B to 12D, inclusive, the word ''hotel'' shall mean a hotel, motel, resort, boarding house, or inn, which is kept, used or advertised as, or held out to the public to be, a place where sleeping or housekeeping accommodations are supplied for pay to guests for transient occupancy.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 140 - Licenses › Section 12b - Removal of Guest From Hotel

Section 12B. An innkeeper may remove or cause to be removed from a hotel a guest or other person who: refuses or is unable to pay for accommodations or services; while on the premises of the hotel acts in an obviously intoxicated or disorderly manner, destroys or threatens to destroy hotel property, or causes or threatens to cause a disturbance; or violates a rule of the hotel that is clearly and conspicuously posted at or near the front desk and on the inside of the entrance door of every guest room. If the guest has paid in advance, the innkeeper shall tender to the guest any unused portion of the advanced payment at the time of removal.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 140 - Licenses › Section 12c - Refusal of Accommodation in Hotel to Persons Acting in Disorderly Manner; Damage Deposits

Section 12C. (a) An innkeeper may refuse to admit or refuse service or accommodation in the hotel to a person who: while on the premises of the hotel acts in an obviously intoxicated or disorderly manner, destroys or threatens to destroy hotel property, or causes or threatens to cause a public disturbance; or refuses or is unable to pay for the accommodations or services. An innkeeper may require the prospective guest to demonstrate an ability to pay. An innkeeper may require a parent or guardian of a minor to accept liability for the proper charges for the minor's accommodation, board, room, or lodging; and any damages to the guest room or its furniture or furnishings caused by the minor, and provide a credit card to cover the charges. When the parent or guardian cannot provide a credit card, the innkeeper may require the parent or guardian to make an advance cash deposit in an amount not exceeding $100 for payment of any additional charges by the minor or any damages to the guest room or its furnishings. The innkeeper shall refund the damage deposit to the extent it is not used to cover any reasonable charges or damages.
(b) An innkeeper may limit the number of persons who may occupy a particular guest room in the hotel.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 140 - Licenses › Section 12d - Persons Negligently or Intentionally Causing Damage to Hotel; Liability

Section 12D. (a) A person who negligently or intentionally causes damage to the hotel or any furniture or furnishings within the hotel, shall be liable for damages sustained by the innkeeper, including the hotel's loss of revenue resulting from the inability to rent or lease rooms while the damage is being repaired.
(b) A person who negligently or intentionally causes injury to any other person or damage to any personal property of such other person on the hotel premises shall be liable for the injury or damage.
(c) A parent or guardian of a minor shall be liable for acts of the minor described in subsections (a) and (b), if the parent or guardian provides a credit card or an advance cash deposit.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 140 - Licenses › Section 13 - Posting of Statutory Provisions

Section 13. Innholders shall post a printed copy of this and the three preceding sections in a conspicuous place in each room of their inns. Boarding house keepers shall post a copy of the preceding section in a conspicuous place in each room of their boarding houses.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 140 - Licenses › Section 14 - Sale of Guest's Property; Notice

Section 14. An innholder, after retaining for six months from the time of departure of a guest from his inn any trunks, bags, valises, parcels, clothing, goods or other personal property of a guest which has been abandoned by such guest, or which such innholder retains by virtue of his lien thereon for the unpaid board, lodging and other charges of such guest, may sell the same by public auction upon the premises of the inn, notice of the time and place of sale first being posted in a conspicuous place in the office of the inn for four weeks prior to the date of such sale, and published once in each of three successive weeks in a newspaper, if any, published in the town where the inn is situated; otherwise, in a newspaper published in the county where the inn is situated, the first publication of such notice to be not less than twenty-one days before the day of sale. A copy of such notice shall be sent by registered mail addressed to said guest at the residence given by him in the register of such inn. Such notice shall contain a descriptive list of all such property and of all such specific marks as may serve to identify such property, and the name of the guest so far as known to such innholder.