{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-272-10","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 10","heading":"Arrest without warrant","body":"Section 10. Nothing in the preceding section shall prevent the arrest and detention without a warrant of any person who, the officer serving said process may have reasonable cause to believe, is violating any provision of this chapter, or is keeping a house, room or place resorted to for prostitution or lewdness, and said officer may upon such search arrest without a warrant any such person, and detain him until complaint may be made against him.","path":["Part IV","Title I","Chapter 272"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIV/TitleI/Chapter272/Section10","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:25:16Z","sha256":"f44867aa13cfc0ed1064baaa25b5f697575d88a6bc048253fb2021657d8caa85","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-272-9","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-272-11"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}