{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-138-46","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 138, § 46","heading":"Searches and seizures without warrant","body":"Section 46. A sheriff, deputy sheriff, city marshal, chief of police, deputy chief of police, deputy or assistant marshal, police officer, including a state police officer, or constable who, without a search warrant duly committed to him, searches for or seizes alcoholic beverages in a dwelling shall be punished by a fine of not less than five nor more than one hundred dollars.","path":["Part I","Title XX","Chapter 138"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXX/Chapter138/Section46","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:23:16Z","sha256":"13b44c7e462c62fe0b49aee0074c76bc2dab25cbd08295fdb5aa436cbdd64552","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-138-45","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-138-47"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}