{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-140-46b","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 140, § 46B","heading":"Licensing of employment agency; necessity; posting; governing provisions","body":"Section 46B. Notwithstanding the other provisions of this chapter no person shall open, keep, maintain, carry on, or advertise any employment agency unless he has been issued a license therefor under section forty-six D from the commissioner; provided, however, that a license validly issued pursuant to section one hundred and eighty C shall suffice for the purposes of this section. Such license shall be posted in a conspicuous place in each employment agency conducted by such person. Licensing of theatrical booking agents, personal agents and managers shall be governed by sections one hundred and eighty A to one hundred and eighty G, inclusive. A firm specifically excluded by section forty-six A as an employment agency shall by mail notify the commissioner of its name and address and any change thereof.","path":["Part I","Title XX","Chapter 140"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXX/Chapter140/Section46B","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:23:17Z","sha256":"1bf1452defe236b9fbb944fe4b96dd10bc8b9b1652eeb4fa4b0f94ed1b36d6c1","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-140-46a","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-140-46c"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}