{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-159-7","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 159, § 7","heading":"Foreign express businesses; failure of agent to comply with Secs. 5 and 6; penalty","body":"Section 7. No person shall act for more than thirty days as such general agent unless the two proceeding sections have been complied with; and whoever so acts without such compliance shall forfeit not more than five hundred dollars.","path":["Part I","Title XXII","Chapter 159"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXXII/Chapter159/Section7","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:23:43Z","sha256":"a15c587d299128a6020a6b798de4ee8a34c40d3c29bbc93e87eab19b967e554d","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-159-6","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-159-8"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}