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- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 41 · Disturbance of libraries
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 42 · Disturbance of funerals
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 42A · Disturbance of funeral services
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 42B · Disturbance of military funeral service; penalty
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 43 · Disorderliness in public conveyances; disturbance of travelers
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 43A · Smoking or carrying open flame or lighted match, pipe or tobacco product in public conveyances and transportation terminals
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 44 to 50 · Repealed, 1971, 1076, Sec. 11
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 51, 52 · Repealed, 1957, 660, Sec. 2
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 53 · Penalty for certain offenses
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 53A · Engaging in sexual conduct for a fee; engaging in sexual conduct with child under age 18 for a fee; penalties
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 54 · Apprehension for certain offences, without warrant; custody
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 55 · Repealed, 1928, 155, Sec. 58
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 56 · Subsequent offenses; breach of recognizance on appeal
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 57 · Discharge upon recognizance; payment of expenses of prosecution
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 58 · Employing or permitting employment of minor under 15 to beg
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 59 · Ordinances or regulations relating to streets, reservations, or parkways; alcoholic beverages; profanity; arrest without warrant
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 60 · Disposal of rubbish, etc.; refusal to remove; arrest without warrant
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 61 · Conviction after discharge from sentence under Sec. 53
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 62 · Third conviction of being a common nightwalker
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 63 · Tramps; begging or riding freight trains as prima facie evidence
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 64 · Tramps; punishment; entering buildings; injuries to or threats against persons or property; carrying weapons
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 65 · Arrest of tramps without warrant; making complaint
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 66 · Vagrants
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 67 · Vagrants; arrest without warrant; taking before court; complaint
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 68 · Vagabonds
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 69 · Vagabonds; arrest without warrant; taking before court; complaint
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 70 · Taking dead body on process or execution
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 71 · Disinterring bodies
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 72 · Buying, selling or possessing dead bodies
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 73 · Tombs, graves, memorials, trees, plants; injuring, removing
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 73A · Removal of gravestones and other memorials for repair or reproduction
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 73B · Sale of or attempt to sell stolen commemorative grave marker; receipt, retention or disposal of stolen commemorative grave marker
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 74 · Desecrating place of burial; use and occupation as evidence of title
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 75 · Removal of flowers, flags or memorial tokens from burial lot
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 76 · Ways, railroads, canals or public easements through burial grounds
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 77 · Cruelty to animals; prohibition from work involving contact with animals
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 77A · Willfully injuring police dogs and horses
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 77B · Exhibition of wild animals
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 77C · Sexual contact with animal
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 78 · Selling, leading, or using horses not fit for work; forfeiture of auctioneer's license
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 78A · Sale of foals under five months; penalty
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 79 · Violations by business entities of statutes relating to the treatment, care and protection of animals
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 79A · Cutting bones or muscles to dock or set tail of horse; wound as evidence
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 79B · Exhibiting horse with tail cut under Sec. 79A; affidavit as to cutting in state where not prohibited; inspection
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 80 · Repealed, 1934, 234, Sec. 1
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 80A · Cropping or cutting off ear of dog; wound as prima facie evidence
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 80B · Exhibiting dogs with ears cropped or cut off
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 80C · Taking cat, dog or bird to exhibit it, subject it to experimentation or mutilation, or to sell it for such purposes; application of law
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 80D · Living rabbits, baby chickens, ducklings or other fowl; sale, barter or gift
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 80E · Putting animal to death by use of decompression chamber
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 80F · Giving away live animals as prize or award
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 80G · Experiments on vertebrates; vivisection, dissection of animals; care
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 80H · Motor vehicles; striking, injuring or killing dogs or cats
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 80I · Leasing or renting dogs; penalties
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 80E1/2 · Putting animal to death by drowning
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 81 · Rest, water and feed for transported animals; lien; liability for detention
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 82 · Arrest without warrant for violation of Sec. 77 or 81; notice; care of animals; lien
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 83 · Complaint, warrant and search relative to cruelty to animals
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 84 · Prosecutions under Secs. 77 to 81
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 85 · Repealed, 1951, 34, Sec. 2
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 85A · Injuring, taking away or harboring domesticated animals or birds; removal of dog license tag, collar or harness; imitation tag
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 85B · Assistance animals stolen or attacked; actions for economic and non-economic damages
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 86 · Stabling horses or mules on second or higher floors, in places other than cities
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 86A · Stabling horses and mules above first floor; exceeding six; fire exits
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 86B · Stabling horses or mules exceeding fifteen
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 86C · Smoking in buildings used for stabling horses or mules
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 86D · Pails of water and sand in buildings used for stables
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 86E · Entry upon premises to enforce Secs. 86A to 86D; orders
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 86F · Violation of Secs. 86 to 86D; refusal or neglect to comply with Sec. 86E orders
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 87 · Keeping or using birds to be shot at; shooting them; permitting premises to be used for shooting
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 88 · Complaints and warrants relative to fighting animals; searches; arrests
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 89 · Exhibition place of fighting animals; entry without warrant; arrests; seizure of animals
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 90 · Custody of arrested persons; time limitation
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 91 · Forfeiture of animal or property used or employed in violation of Sec. 94; application; notice; hearing; adjudication; assessment of forfeited animal for suitability for adoption; transfer or other disposition of animal
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 92 · Appeal; recognizance; custody and disposition of animals
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 92A · Advertisement, book, notice or sign relative to discrimination; definition of place of public accommodation, resort or amusement
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 93 · Expenses of care and destruction of fighting animals
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 94 · Owning, possessing or training fighting animals; establishing or promoting exhibition; loaning, selling or exporting fighting animals; owning or possessing animals for breeding fighting animals
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 95 · Aiding or being present at exhibition of fighting animals
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 96 · False notice of birth, marriage or death
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 97 · Repealed, 1962, 285, Sec. 4
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 97A · Demands, notices or other documents resembling court process; complaint; order to discontinue
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 98 · Discrimination in admission to, or treatment in, place of public accommodation; punishment; forfeiture; civil right
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 98A · Persons with physical disabilities with dog guides; public places or conveyances; charges or fares; penalties
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 98B · Discrimination in employment on public works or in public relief or transitional assistance
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 98C · Libel; groups of persons; defenses; punishment; prosecutions
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 99 · Interception of wire and oral communications
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 99A · Jury deliberations; overhearing by use of devices
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 100 to 102 · Repealed, 1968, 738, Secs. 4 to 6
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 103 · Repealed, 1993, 279
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 104 · Security for seizure and impoundment of animals relating to cruelty to animals or animal fighting
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 105 · Photographing, videotaping or electronically surveilling partially nude or nude person or the sexual or other intimate parts of a person around the person's clothing; exceptions; punishment
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 106 · Stolen valor; penalty
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 107 · Transmission of certain fines to state treasurer for deposit into Victims of Human Trafficking Trust Fund
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 801/2 · Devocalization of dogs or cats; definitions; penalty; exceptions; records
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 273, § 1 · Abandonment and nonsupport; failure to comply with support order; decree establishing rights of spouse as prima facie evidence
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 273, § 2 · Jurisdiction; venue; supervision of parent by municipal or district court probation officers
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 273, § 3 · Payment of fines
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 273, § 4, 5 · Repealed, 1986, 310, Sec. 23
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 273, § 6 · Recognizance on release on probation; compliance with judgment or order for support; forfeiture