{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-272-42b","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 42B","heading":"Disturbance of military funeral service; penalty","body":"Section 42B. Whoever willfully pickets, loiters or otherwise creates a disturbance within 500 feet of a funeral home, church, temple, burial or other building where military funeral services are being held, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $2,000 or by imprisonment for not more than 2 years in a house of correction, or both.","path":["Part IV","Title I","Chapter 272"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIV/TitleI/Chapter272/Section42B","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:25:17Z","sha256":"9638739e113f5506585490d6f21e8620ce6b3670419a8769c9b3a9dde60406d0","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-272-42a","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-272-43"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}