{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-175-177d","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175, § 177D","heading":"Statement and receipt from insurance adviser specifying advice given and fee paid","body":"Section 177D. An insurance adviser who furnishes any advice or counsel as such adviser, makes any recommendation or gives any information except under the terms of a previously executed written contract conforming to the preceding section and in full force and effect shall thereupon, in every case, give to the recipient thereof a statement in writing, signed by him, in a form currently approved by the commissioner, specifying the advice, counsel, recommendation or information given, and a receipt, in a form currently approved by the commissioner, for the fee paid to him, or a statement, in a form currently approved by the commissioner, of the fee to be received by him therefor. Whoever violates any provision of this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty nor more than five hundred dollars.","path":["Part I","Title XXII","Chapter 175"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXXII/Chapter175/Section177D","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:24:09Z","sha256":"12326e27382b16cfa1e84d68971969e750e987b24f58c6ee3135998c707097b9","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-175-177c","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-175-177e"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}