{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-49-34","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 49, § 34","heading":"Publication of notice of impounding","body":"Section 34. If there is no person entitled to such notice, the person impounding the beasts shall, within forty-eight hours thereafter, post a like notice in a public place in the town and in a public place in each of any two adjoining towns, if within four miles from the place where the beasts were taken; and if their value exceeds thirty dollars and no person claims them within seven days after the day of impounding, a like notice shall be published three weeks successively in a newspaper, if any, published within twenty miles of the pound, the first publication to be within fifteen days after the day of impounding.","path":["Part I","Title VII","Chapter 49"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleVII/Chapter49/Section34","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:20:44Z","sha256":"503c65e5077c2e48dd10ce2857659f26126f50a103c724cedde5f6950aa8cae3","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-49-33","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-49-35"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}