{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-218-32a","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, § 32A","heading":"Inclusion of offense-based tracking number on application for complaint","body":"Section 32A. An application for a criminal complaint submitted to the district court by a police department against a person arrested for a felony offense shall be accompanied by an offense-based tracking number. An otherwise valid application for a complaint submitted by a police department against a person arrested shall not preclude the issuance of a complaint merely because the application does not include an arrestee's offense-based tracking number. If a complaint is issued based on an application for a complaint submitted by a police department against a person arrested for a felony that did not include the arrestee's offense-based tracking number, the prosecutor shall submit the offense-based tracking number of the defendant to the court to be included in the case file.","path":["Part III","Title I","Chapter 218"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIII/TitleI/Chapter218/Section32A","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:24:45Z","sha256":"32f214280639786650b9e78b96360eb541a7a5ba95acdc79658f32edcefa0aa1","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-218-32","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-218-33"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}