{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-139-13","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 139, § 13","heading":"Appearance as witnesses of persons found in premises used for prostitution","body":"Section 13. All persons found in or upon premises used for prostitution, assignation or lewdness may be required by a justice of a court of record to recognize, with or without sureties, to appear as witnesses at any hearing in an action to punish a person for keeping or maintaining such a nuisance as is described in section four, or for aiding in the maintenance of such a nuisance in the manner set forth in section twenty, or to enjoin or abate such a nuisance, and a warrant may be issued to bring such persons before the justice to recognize as aforesaid.","path":["Part I","Title XX","Chapter 139"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXX/Chapter139/Section13","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:23:16Z","sha256":"240a9c52137839b3e127131199b1ecadd40febf2ddcf0e46472ec36dba82fe28","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-139-12","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-139-14"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}