{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-56-5","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 56, § 5","heading":"Giving false information","body":"Section 5. Whoever knowingly gives to a registrar, assistant registrar, member of a listing board or police officer, for the purpose of making a list of residents seventeen years of age or older or a report under the laws relating to the listing and registration of voters, 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 ten thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than five years, or both.","path":["Part I","Title VIII","Chapter 56"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleVIII/Chapter56/Section5","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:20:51Z","sha256":"3854c9be450257e1bfebee208056f1d20443cadd4a657dbee5b24ff57aa97270","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-56-4","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-56-6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}