{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-46-30","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 46, § 30","heading":"Alteration, forgery or counterfeiting; penalty","body":"Section 30. Whoever falsely makes, alters, forges or counterfeits, or procures or assists another to falsely make, forge or counterfeit, a copy of a record of birth, marriage or death, or whoever forges or without authority uses the signature, facsimile of the signature, or validating signature stamp of a city or town clerk, or the state registrar upon a genuine or falsely made, altered, forged or counterfeited copy of such a record, or whoever utters, publishes as true or in any way makes use of a falsely made, altered, forged or counterfeited copy of such a record, or whoever uses, attempts to use, with intent to defraud or deceive, a copy of a record of the birth or marriage of a person other than himself, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than six months in a house of correction.","path":["Part I","Title VII","Chapter 46"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleVII/Chapter46/Section30","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:20:43Z","sha256":"c4883d136c717d5bd8520f3ce58a879b0966cedb052de2757efa8514923a0f17","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-46-29","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-46-31"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}