{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-277-24","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, § 24","heading":"Description of value or price","body":"Section 24. The value or price of property need not be stated, unless an essential element of the crime. If the nature, degree or punishment of a crime depends upon the fact that the property exceeds or does not exceed a certain value, it may be described, as the case may be, of more than that value, or of not more than that value.","path":["Part IV","Title II","Chapter 277"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIV/TitleII/Chapter277/Section24","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:25:21Z","sha256":"89b0332faad2f27e56436998e0a6a593a54830570be438bab39db366a460ef18","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-277-23","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-277-25"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}