{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-110-20","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 110, § 20","heading":"Search warrant","body":"Section 20. Upon complaint of a person who has complied with section seventeen, or his agent, to a district court, that he has reason to believe and does believe that any of his registered vessels are being unlawfully used or filled by a person engaged in manufacturing, bottling or selling beverages, or that a junk dealer or dealer in second hand articles or a vendor of cans or bottles has such vessels in his possession or secreted in any place, said court may thereupon issue a search warrant; and may also cause the person in whose possession such vessels are found to be brought before him, and shall thereupon inquire into the circumstances of such possession; and shall award to the owner thereof possession of the property taken upon such search warrant.","path":["Part I","Title XV","Chapter 110"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXV/Chapter110/Section20","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:22:35Z","sha256":"7d3359605b376e5323088d075fac4a5d16355e9c513346940c1c407b46791bc0","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-110-19","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-110-21"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}