{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-140-131v","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 140, § 131V","heading":"Extreme risk protection orders; filing materially false information in petition or filing petition with intent to harass; penalty","body":"Section 131V. (a) A person who files a petition for an extreme risk protection order, knowing the information in the petition to be materially false or with an intent to harass the respondent, shall be punished by a fine of not less than $2,500 and not more than $5,000 or by imprisonment for not more than 21/2 years in the house of correction or by both such fine and imprisonment.","path":["Part I","Title XX","Chapter 140"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXX/Chapter140/Section131V","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:23:19Z","sha256":"7fa82c570220be7d4d05ffac412ac7f990d81253955ee1e6e0d055f5d0d422c4","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-140-131u","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-140-131w"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}