{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-271-10a","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, § 10A","heading":"Arrest without warrant","body":"Section 10A. Any person who is discovered by a police officer in the act of violating section seven, eight, nine, twelve, sixteen, seventeen, seventeen A, eighteen or twenty-two, while such officer is lawfully at or within the place where such violation occurred, may be arrested without a warrant by such police officer, and held in custody, in jail or otherwise, until a complaint be made against him for such offense, unless previously admitted to bail, which complaint shall be made as soon as practicable and in any case within twenty-four hours, Sundays and legal holidays excepted.","path":["Part IV","Title I","Chapter 271"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIV/TitleI/Chapter271/Section10A","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:25:15Z","sha256":"f8fdf86320bbf7b4e036d8083f29cdd674946226633c2aff08bad5fd4078c6f1","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-271-10","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-271-11"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}