{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-266-27","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 266, § 27","heading":"Tools of contractors, builders or mechanics; stealing; penalty","body":"Section 27. Whoever steals any tool belonging to any contractor, builder or mechanic from any building during the course of its construction, completion, alteration or repair, shall, for a first offence be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or both, and for a subsequent offence by a fine of one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for six months, or both.","path":["Part IV","Title I","Chapter 266"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIV/TitleI/Chapter266/Section27","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:25:11Z","sha256":"6beaef022d0365183d55a16d914adca355143b92af4f829fbb0347b89f66f575","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-266-26","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-266-27a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}