{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-235-52","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 235, § 52","heading":"Detaining money collected on execution; penalty","body":"Section 52. An officer who, upon demand by the creditor, unreasonably neglects to pay money collected by him on execution shall forfeit to the creditor five times the lawful interest of the money from the time of the demand until it is paid.","path":["Part III","Title II","Chapter 235"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIII/TitleII/Chapter235/Section52","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:24:57Z","sha256":"fd3aebabeddb90ff0f1da890fc3ace22946b4d10a4899c195af53f3402eca7b8","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-235-51","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-236-1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}