{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-156-34","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 156, § 34","heading":"Replacement of lost or destroyed certificates","body":"Section 34. The directors of a corporation may, subject to section forty-two of chapter one hundred and fifty-five and to the by-laws of the corporation, determine the conditions upon which a new certificate of stock may be issued in place of any certificate alleged to have been lost or destroyed. They may, in their discretion, require the owner of a lost or destroyed certificate, or his legal representative, to give a bond with sufficient surety to the corporation in a sum not exceeding double the market value of the stock to indemnify the corporation against any loss or claim which may arise by reason of the issue of a certificate in place of such lost or destroyed stock certificate.","path":["Part I","Title XXII","Chapter 156"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXXII/Chapter156/Section34","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:23:37Z","sha256":"2be90701bc406177541509388dba13de0beac5f7de10193c82803bc0e3766f4e","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-156-33","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-156-35"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}