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Massachusetts · Through amendments passed before May 31, 2026

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 42B: Disturbance of military funeral service; penalty

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  1. Part IV
  2. Title I
  3. Chapter 272

Section 42B. Whoever willfully pickets, loiters or otherwise creates a disturbance within 500 feet of a funeral home, church, temple, burial or other building where military funeral services are being held, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $2,000 or by imprisonment for not more than 2 years in a house of correction, or both.

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