{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-140-180b","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 140, § 180B","heading":"Necessity of license for booking agent, personal agent or actor's manager; office of licensee; penalty","body":"Section 180B. No person shall act as a booking agent, personal agent or actor's manager, or engage, directly or indirectly, in the business of acting as an agent in the employment of persons for a theatrical engagement in the commonwealth unless he has obtained a license from the commissioner of the division of occupational licensure. Any person so licensed shall maintain one or more offices in the commonwealth.\nWhoever violates the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.","path":["Part I","Title XX","Chapter 140"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXX/Chapter140/Section180B","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:23:20Z","sha256":"e0d5286c07afe9a41f82672e43140721d9981e02beb97f274ab94069b4ff23c7","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-140-180a","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-140-180c"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}