{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-267-16","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 267, § 16","heading":"Fictitious signatures of corporate officers or agents","body":"Section 16. If a fictitious or pretended signature, purporting to be the signature of an officer or agent of a corporation, is fraudulently affixed to an instrument or writing purporting to be a note, draft or other evidence of debt issued by such corporation, with intent to pass the same as true, it shall be a forgery, although no such person may ever have been an officer or agent of such corporation, or ever have existed.","path":["Part IV","Title I","Chapter 267"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIV/TitleI/Chapter267/Section16","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:25:13Z","sha256":"541e29d3983ba5af32cd46c52763830aa0543912ade0f3d7f74cc8e93c6c645f","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-267-15","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-267-17"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}