{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-56-1","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 56, § 1","heading":"False listings by registrars, listing board members, police officers or interpreters","body":"Section 1. A registrar, assistant registrar, member of a listing board, police officer or interpreter, who knowingly enters on any list of persons, or causes or allows to be entered thereon, or reports the name of any person as a resident of a building, who is not a resident thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year.","path":["Part I","Title VIII","Chapter 56"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleVIII/Chapter56/Section1","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:20:51Z","sha256":"3a6fa66db5932401eafc64eb171c56331665fc7554c82badf284ac4714ca05a0","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-55c-12","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-56-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}