{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-140-39","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 140, § 39","heading":"Keeping of house without license","body":"Section 39. Whoever keeps or holds himself out as keeping a public lodging house without being duly licensed as hereinbefore provided, and whoever is concerned or financially interested in any public lodging house, the keeper of which is not so licensed, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars.","path":["Part I","Title XX","Chapter 140"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXX/Chapter140/Section39","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:23:17Z","sha256":"465c0a07dd907426526c93a969cacbd0089634f0694abfec8ef4f3991296a447","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-140-38","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-140-40"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}