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- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 269, § 8 · Destruction of or damage to property by persons riotously assembled; liability of town
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 269, § 9 · Repealed, 1923, 248, Sec. 2
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 269, § 10 · Carrying dangerous weapons; possession of machine gun or sawed-off shotguns; possession of large capacity weapon or large capacity feeding device; punishment
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 269, § 10A · Selling, giving or using silencers; confiscation and destruction
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 269, § 10B · Repealed, 1957, 688, Sec. 25
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 269, § 10C · Tear gas; use in commission of crimes
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 269, § 10D · Body armor; use in commission of crime
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 269, § 10E · Firearms sales, distributions or transfers; penalties; eligibility for probation, parole, furlough or work release
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 269, § 10F · Illegal sale, gifts or transfer of large capacity weapons or large capacity feeding devices; punishment
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 269, § 10G · Violations of Sec. 10 by persons previously convicted of violent crimes or serious drug offenses; punishment
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 269, § 10H · Carrying loaded firearm while under influence of liquor, marijuana, narcotic drugs, depressants, stimulant or toxic vapor substances; punishment
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 269, § 10I · Transporting firearm into commonwealth for use in commission of criminal activity or to unlawfully distribute, sell or transfer possession to prohibited person; penalty
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 269, § 10J · Breaking and entering building, ship, vessel or vehicle to steal firearm; penalty
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 269, § 10K · Breaking and entering building in which firearm retailer, wholesaler or manufacturer conducts business; unlawfully obtaining or distributing firearm, rifle, shotgun, machine gun or ammunition; punishment
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 269, § 11 · Printing statutes for posters; display
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 269, § 11A · Definitions
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 269, § 11B · Possession or control of untraceable firearm while committing or attempting a felony; destruction; punishment
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 269, § 11C · Manufacture, assembly, import, sale or transfer ownership of an untraceable firearm; prima facie evidence; punishment; destruction
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 269, § 11D · Repealed, 1957, 688, Sec. 29
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 269, § 11E · Repealed, 2024, 135, Sec. 139
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 269, § 12 · Manufacturing and selling knives, slung shots, swords, bludgeons and similar weapons
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 269, § 12A · Air rifles; sale to minors
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 269, § 12B · Air rifles; possession by minors; shooting
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 269, § 12C · Repealed, 1957, 688, Sec. 32
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 269, § 12D · Rifle or shotgun loaded with shells or cartridges; unloaded rifle or shotgun; carrying on public way prohibited; exceptions; punishment
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 269, § 12E · Discharge of a firearm within 500 feet of a dwelling or other building in use; exceptions
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 269, § 12F · Airport secure areas; possession or placement of a cutting device or prohibited weapon; punishment
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 269, § 12G · Intentional or reckless discharge of a firearm that strikes a dwelling or other building; punishment; exceptions
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 269, § 13 · False alarms of fire
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 269, § 13A · False reports to police officers
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 269, § 14 · Deadly weapons, explosives, chemical or biological agents, or other deadly device or substance; threatened use or presence; threat to hijack; disruption of school, public building or transport; punishment; restitution
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 269, § 14A · Annoying telephone calls or electronic communication
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 269, § 14B · Willful and malicious communication of false information to public safety answering points; penalty; restitution
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 269, § 15 · Stink bombs; sale
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 269, § 16 · Arrowheads used for hunting; sale
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 269, § 17 · Hazing; organizing or participating; hazing defined
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 269, § 18 · Failure to report hazing
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 269, § 19 · Copy of Secs. 17 to 19; issuance to students and student groups, teams and organizations; report
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 270, § 1 · Adulterating liquor; sale; forfeiture
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 270, § 1A · Eyeglasses or sunglasses; specifications; flammable frames; sales
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 270, § 2 to 2B · Repealed, 1960, 727, Sec. 1
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 270, § 3 · Drugs or other substance injurious to users; distribution
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 270, § 3A · Poison for rodents; placement where it may cause injury
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 270, § 4 · Wood alcohol contained in food or drink; sale or possession
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 270, § 5 · Alcoholic beverages or drugs; sale or delivery to hospital patients
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 270, § 6 · Sale or provision of tobacco product to person under 21 years of age
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 270, § 6A · Sale of tobacco rolling papers to person under 21 years of age
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 270, § 7 · Posting copy of Secs. 6 and 6A; signage for smoking cessation resources
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 270, § 8 · Candy containing alcohol; sale
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 270, § 8A · Foods containing foreign injury causing substances; distribution or sale
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 270, § 9 · Feeding garbage or refuse to animals
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 270, § 10 · Toys or confectionery containing or coated with material containing arsenic
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 270, § 11 · Arsenic; samples for analysis
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 270, § 12 · Fabric or paper containing arsenic
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 270, § 13 · Water; refusal or neglect to furnish
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 270, § 14 · Spitting
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 270, § 15 · Arrest without warrant for spitting
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 270, § 16 · Disposal of rubbish, etc. on or near highways and coastal or inland waters; penalties; enforcement; park rangers
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 270, § 16A · Alternative noncriminal disposition of violations of Sec. 16
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 270, § 17 · Garbage or refuse; disposal in containers placed along highways
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 270, § 17A · Repealed, 1979, 704, Sec. 3
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 270, § 18 · Substance having property of releasing toxic vapors
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 270, § 19 · Glue or cement; sale to minors; smelling deterrent ingredients
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 270, § 20 · Burning of refuse, etc. within marine or shoreline boundaries
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 270, § 21 · Repealed, 2004, 137, Sec. 1
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 270, § 22 · Smoking in public places
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 270, § 23 · Flea markets; smoking prohibition; penalty
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 270, § 24 · Mercury thermometers; sale or supply; instructions regarding breakage
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 270, § 25 · Ice cream truck vending; permit requirements
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 270, § 26 · Use of employee restroom by customer suffering from eligible medical condition or using ostomy device; non-liability; penalty for violation
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 270, § 27 · Liquid nicotine containers and liquid or gel substances containing nicotine; use of child restraint packaging
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 270, § 28 · Sale of flavored tobacco products; definitions; penalties; exceptions; rules and regulations
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 270, § 29 · Sale of electronic nicotine delivery systems; definitions; exceptions; penalties
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, § 1 · Gaming or betting; forfeiture
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, § 1A · ''House'', ''building'' and ''place'' including ship or vessel
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, § 2 · Gaming or betting in public conveyance or place or while trespassing in private place; arrest without warrant
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, § 3 · Innholders and others keeping or suffering implements to be used for gaming
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, § 4 · Gaming in inns and other occupied places; use of billiard table, bowling alley or other implement for gaming
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, § 5 · Gaming, lottery, pool or betting houses; tables or apparatus for gaming
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, § 5A · Gambling devices; forfeiture; antique slot machines
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, § 5B · Unlawful possession of electronic machine or device for conducting or promoting sweepstakes through entertaining display; lawful exceptions; penalty
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, § 6 · Gaming relative to cattle shows, military muster or public gathering; arrest without warrant
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, § 6A · Plans under which purchasers agree to obtain more purchasers; injunction; receivers
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, § 6B · Skilo and similar games
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, § 6C · Repealed, 1998, 1
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, § 7 · Lotteries; disposal of property by chance
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, § 7A · Raffles and bazaars; conduct by certain organizations
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, § 8 · Permitting lotteries, raffles and games of chance in buildings
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, § 9 · Lottery tickets; sale, or possession
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, § 10 · Subsequent offenses within five years of conviction
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, § 10A · Arrest without warrant
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, § 11 · Lottery tickets; advertising
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, § 12 · False lottery tickets; creation, sale, or possession
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, § 13 · Lottery tickets, tokens or shares deemed false
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, § 14 · Forfeiture of money, prizes, or other property disposed of by chance; recovery
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, § 15 · Lottery for money drawn out of commonwealth; aiding or promoting
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, § 16 · Tickets of lottery described in Sec. 15; sale or possession
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, § 16A · Organizing or promoting gambling facilities or services
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, § 17 · Place for registering bets or dealing in pools; owner or occupant; custodian or depository
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, § 17A · Telephones, internet or other communications technology; use for gaming