{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-270-9","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 270, § 9","heading":"Feeding garbage or refuse to animals","body":"Section 9. Whoever knowingly feeds or has in his possession with intent to feed to a milch cow any garbage, refuse or offal collected by a town, or by any person having authority therefrom, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than two months; and whoever knowingly feeds or has in his possession with intent to feed to any food animal, except swine, any garbage, refuse or offal collected by a city of more than thirty thousand inhabitants shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one month.","path":["Part IV","Title I","Chapter 270"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIV/TitleI/Chapter270/Section9","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:25:15Z","sha256":"f2a9ecb35e9ec856f6b8198739cd787ff089317368212ad7642d6457225acda9","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-270-8a","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-270-10"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}