{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-46-24","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 46, § 24","heading":"Statements of births and deaths; penalty","body":"Section 24. In any statement of births or deaths printed by a town the name of a child born out of wedlock or of its parents shall not be printed, but the words ''child born out of wedlock'' shall be used in place thereof. A town violating this section shall forfeit to the mother of such child not more than one hundred dollars.","path":["Part I","Title VII","Chapter 46"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleVII/Chapter46/Section24","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:20:43Z","sha256":"5795c5009c3927f67f7d3b2996c7bfb58461f186a547fa76cc30c79bbde1eba5","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-46-23","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-46-25"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}