{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-140-159","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 140, § 159","heading":"Treble damages for injuries caused by dogs ordered to be restrained","body":"Section 159. If a hearing authority or a district court has deemed a dog to be a dangerous dog and such dog wounds a person or worries, wounds or kills any livestock or fowl, the owner or keeper of the dog shall be liable in tort to the person injured by the dog for 3 times the amount of damages sustained by such person.","path":["Part I","Title XX","Chapter 140"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXX/Chapter140/Section159","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:23:19Z","sha256":"ec3945feeb5805a3a8b1e9fa6901383b62fdb27e970e6d56c991ce208bcf2c62","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-140-158","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-140-160"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}