{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-276-82a","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 82A","heading":"Failure to appear in court after release on bail or recognizance; penalty","body":"Section 82A. A person who is released by court order or other lawful authority on bail or recognizance on condition that he will appear personally at a specified time and place and who fails without sufficient excuse to so appear shall be punished by a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars or by imprisonment in a house of correction for not more than one year, or both, in the case of a misdemeanor, and by a fine of not more than fifty thousand dollars and imprisonment in a state prison for not more than five years, or a house of correction for not more than two and one-half years, or by fine and imprisonment, in the case of a felony.\nA term of imprisonment imposed under this section shall be consecutive to any other sentence of imprisonment for the offense for which the prisoner failed to appear.","path":["Part IV","Title II","Chapter 276"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIV/TitleII/Chapter276/Section82A","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:25:20Z","sha256":"65e97b333d8a0459cd943cc63d3f0ca73e156ea7e84b0b71ca516eb78c6717e1","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-276-82","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-276-83"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}