{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-207-49","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 207, § 49","heading":"Joining persons in marriage without certificate; penalty","body":"Section 49. Whoever, being duly authorized to solemnize marriages in the commonwealth, joins in marriage persons who have not complied with the laws relative to procuring certificates of notice of intention of marriage shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars.","path":["Part II","Title III","Chapter 207"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartII/TitleIII/Chapter207/Section49","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:24:37Z","sha256":"a297926ade04f0c2d1d3c4d6f6604dc5ce9775b2aaffa06fd031e1093980b442","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-207-48","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-207-50"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}