{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-264-8","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 264, § 8","heading":"Foreign flag; display; penalty; exception","body":"Section 8. Whoever displays the flag or emblem of a foreign country upon the outside of a state, county, city or town building or public schoolhouse shall be punished by a fine of not more than twenty dollars; but, except as to public schoolhouses, this section shall not apply when a citizen of such foreign country becomes the guest of the United States or of the commonwealth, or when a diplomatic representative of a foreign country is a guest at said public building and, if the governor by proclamation authorizes the flag of the country of which such guest is a citizen to be displayed upon public buildings.","path":["Part IV","Title I","Chapter 264"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIV/TitleI/Chapter264/Section8","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:25:09Z","sha256":"2b8c891de7ab55fd0832dcb22bfff2d6c678155c81541471b5f0e519e4e51d22","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-264-7","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-264-9"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}