{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-113a-17","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 113A, § 17","heading":"Other prohibited acts","body":"Section 17. A person who, in order to obtain a financial gain, intentionally falsifies, forges, conceals, defaces or obliterates a document of gift, an amendment or revocation of a document of gift or a refusal to make a gift shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than 5 years or in a house of correction for not more than 21/2 years or by a fine of not more than $50,000 or by both such fine and imprisonment.","path":["Part I","Title XVI","Chapter 113A"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXVI/Chapter113A/Section17","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:22:53Z","sha256":"9887e66663f07972ada95d6e564807d1664c1ba12bf697a8724777cd1c8979d8","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-113a-16","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-113a-18"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}