{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-268-23","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 268, § 23","heading":"Refusal or delay to execute process resulting in escape","body":"Section 23. An officer who, being authorized to serve process, wilfully and corruptly refuses to execute a lawful process directed to him and requiring him to apprehend or confine a person convicted of or charged with crime, or wilfully and corruptly omits or delays to execute such process, whereby such person escapes, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year.","path":["Part IV","Title I","Chapter 268"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIV/TitleI/Chapter268/Section23","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:25:14Z","sha256":"88093e93d68ec6322053df69cc74c0e919d0e2fa0c7d0b5dece5c3ac11eef83a","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-268-22","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-268-24"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}