{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-175-127","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175, § 127","heading":"False or fraudulent statements in application for life or endowment insurance; penalties","body":"Section 127. An insurance agent, examining physician or other person who knowingly or wilfully makes a false or fraudulent statement or representation in or relative to any application for life or endowment insurance, or who makes any such statement for the purpose of obtaining a fee, commission or money, or benefit in a company transacting such business under this chapter, shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not less than one month nor more than one year, or both; and a person who wilfully makes a false statement of any material fact or thing in a sworn statement as to the death or disability of a policyholder in any such company, for the purpose of procuring payment of a benefit named in the policy, shall be guilty of perjury.","path":["Part I","Title XXII","Chapter 175"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXXII/Chapter175/Section127","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:24:07Z","sha256":"d646cba77fb612a29e9ee091effb16a748813c68d94bd8b7172e7ac58544aba5","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-175-126","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-175-128"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}