{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-149-149","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, § 149","heading":"Summons and warrant for violations of Sec. 148","body":"Section 149. A justice or clerk of a district court, or a trial justice, may upon the application of any employee issue a summons to an employer to appear and show cause why a warrant should not issue against him for a violation of section one hundred and forty-eight. Upon the return of such summons and after a hearing the justice may issue a warrant upon the complaint of any such employee.","path":["Part I","Title XXI","Chapter 149"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXXI/Chapter149/Section149","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:23:29Z","sha256":"18823d2a37b451c7b375250567433317564e8f7dc7c99e9a9662ef9f9ac6efaa","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-149-148d","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-149-150"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}