{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-40u-1","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40U, § 1","heading":"Definitions","body":"Section 1. ''Municipal hearing officer'', a person appointed by the appointing authority of a municipality to conduct hearings of alleged code violations pursuant to this chapter.\n''Unpaid charge'', an unpaid fine incurred as a result of a violation of a rule, regulation, order, ordinance or by-law related to the use of property for short-term rental use or regulating a housing, sanitary or municipal snow and ice removal requirement.","path":["Part I","Title VII","Chapter 40U"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleVII/Chapter40U/Section1","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:20:34Z","sha256":"9adc50f31059ad5cd4e256b8fde0b00b02091fc1105a05f5df16eec22603a142","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-40t-10","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-40u-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}