{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-140-84","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 140, § 84","heading":"Wrong name or address of seller or pawner","body":"Section 84. Any person thus offering any tool for pawn or for sale who signs a wrong name or address shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than six months. Any pawnbroker who knowingly writes the wrong name or address of a person thus offering a tool for sale or for pawn, or knowingly permits the signing of such wrong name or address, shall be fined one hundred dollars for the first offence, and upon a second offence his license shall be revoked, and he shall not be permitted to conduct the business of pawnbroker in the commonwealth for one year.","path":["Part I","Title XX","Chapter 140"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXX/Chapter140/Section84","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:23:18Z","sha256":"d0eecfe950e98b7c1a48af8f344df67cd9c0761f72de5e440088912c5d00e317","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-140-83","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-140-85"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}