{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-271-32","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, § 32","heading":"Horse racing; fraud","body":"Section 32. Whoever, for the purpose of competing for a purse or premium offered by an agricultural society, or by a person or association in the commonwealth, knowingly and designedly enters or drives a horse that is painted or disguised, or is a different horse from the one that purports to be entered or driven, or knowingly and designedly, for the purpose of competing for a premium or purse, enters or drives a horse in a class to which it does not belong, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than six months.","path":["Part IV","Title I","Chapter 271"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIV/TitleI/Chapter271/Section32","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:25:16Z","sha256":"b9a118df895dceca999b05526ed3a1ca49c91079f7ce10b9faf723ac232bbf07","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-271-31a","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-271-33"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}