{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-146-6","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 146, § 6","heading":"Annual inspection; extension of time; first inspection","body":"Section 6. All steam boilers and their appurtenances except those specified in the following section shall be thoroughly inspected externally and internally at least once a year. Upon written application made to it by the owner or user of a pressure vessel or boiler, the board may, when the public interest and convenience require, extend the time for the making of such inspection for a period not to exceed six months as the board may determine. A district engineering inspector of the division of inspection of the department of fire services shall perform the first inspection of a pressure vessel required by this chapter.","path":["Part I","Title XX","Chapter 146"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXX/Chapter146/Section6","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:23:23Z","sha256":"b1f004599cb33e95b07ab8f6d7945bd8a8a34f8b943e0bd4fe0d420e476c6427","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-146-5","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-146-7"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}