{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-139-4","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 139, § 4","heading":"Buildings used for prostitution, assignation or lewdness; nuisance","body":"Section 4. Every building, part of a building, tenement or place used for prostitution, assignation or lewdness, and every place within or upon which acts of prostitution, assignation or lewdness are held or occur, shall be deemed a nuisance.","path":["Part I","Title XX","Chapter 139"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXX/Chapter139/Section4","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:23:16Z","sha256":"fcf3547c4eb018ff101639b3ed27f26b55ac2e41c6ffc60ba1b687aa7eb00ea9","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-139-3b","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-139-5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}