{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-267-22","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 267, § 22","heading":"Notes, bills, orders or checks for less than five dollars, as currency","body":"Section 22. Whoever issues or passes a note, bill, order or check, other than the notes or bills of a bank incorporated under the authority of this commonwealth, of the United States or of some one of the United States, for an amount less than five dollars, or whereon a less amount than five dollars is due at the time of such issuing or passing thereof, with intent that the same shall be circulated as currency, shall be punished by a fine of fifty dollars.","path":["Part IV","Title I","Chapter 267"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIV/TitleI/Chapter267/Section22","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:25:13Z","sha256":"23be3f6fb2138a98853f8353a2b31f4e7fe0fb8ce76559120f5c288bcd9e8d18","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-267-21","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-267-23"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}