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Massachusetts · Through amendments passed before May 31, 2026

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 266, § 98: Schoolhouse or church; defacement or injury

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  1. Part IV
  2. Title I
  3. Chapter 266

Section 98. Whoever wilfully, intentionally and without right, or wantonly and without cause, destroys, defaces, mars or injures a schoolhouse, church or other building erected or used for purposes of education or religious instruction, or for the general diffusion of knowledge, or an outbuilding, fence, well or appurtenance of such schoolhouse, church or other building, or furniture, apparatus or other property belonging thereto or connected therewith, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than two years, or both.

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