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Massachusetts | Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 265, §51(c) | Trafficking of persons for forced service; victims under 18 years; trafficking by business entities; penalties; tort actions brought by victims | A business entity that commits trafficking of persons for forced labor services shall be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000,000. | $0 - $1000000 | All | Yes | Court | N/A |
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Massachusetts | Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 265, § 53 | Organ trafficking; victims under 18 years; penalties |
Whoever: (i) recruits, entices, harbors, transports, delivers or obtains by any means, another person, intending or knowing that an organ, tissue or other body part of such person will be + See moreremoved for sale, against such person's will; or (ii) knowingly receives anything of value, directly or indirectly as a result of a violation of clause (i) shall be guilty of organ trafficking and punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than 15 years or by a fine of not more than $50,000, or both.
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$0 - $50000 | Felony | No | Court | N/A |
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Massachusetts | Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 266, § 1 | Massachusetts General Law--Crimes, punishments and proceedings in criminal cases--Crimes and Punishments--Crimes against property--Dwelling houses; burning or aiding in burning |
Whoever wilfully and maliciously sets fire to, burns, or causes to be burned, or whoever aids, counsels or procures the burning of, a dwelling house, or a building adjoining or + See moreadjacent to a dwelling house, or a building by the burning whereof a dwelling house is burned, whether such dwelling house or other building is the property of himself or another and whether the same is occupied or unoccupied, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than twenty years, or by imprisonment in a jail or house of correction for not more than two and one half years, or by a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
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$0 - $10000 | Felony | No | Court | N/A |
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Massachusetts | Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 266, § 5 | Wood and other property; burning or aiding in burning |
Whoever wilfully and maliciously sets fire to, or burns or otherwise destroys or injures by burning, or causes to be burned or otherwise so destroyed or injured, or whoever aids, + See morecounsels or procures the burning of, a pile or parcel of wood, boards, timber or other lumber, or any fence, bars or gate, or a stack of grain, hay or other vegetable product, or any vegetable product severed from the soil and not stacked, or any standing tree, grain, grass or other standing product of the soil, or the soil itself, or any personal property of whatsoever class or character exceeding a value of twenty-five dollars, of another, or any boat, motor vehicle as defined in section one of chapter ninety, or other conveyance, whether of himself or another, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than three years, or by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars and imprisonment in a jail or house of correction for not more than one year.
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$0 - $500 | Felony | No | Court | N/A |
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Massachusetts | Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 266, § 5A | Attempts |
Whoever wilfully and maliciously attempts to set fire to, or attempts to burn, or aids, counsels or assists in such an attempt to set fire to or burn, any of + See morethe buildings, structures or property mentioned in the foregoing sections, or whoever commits any act preliminary thereto or in furtherance thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than ten years, or by imprisonment in a jail or house of correction for not more than two and one half years or by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars.
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Massachusetts | Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 266, § 7 | Woods; wanton or reckless injury or destruction by fire |
Whoever by wantonly or recklessly setting fire to any material, or by increasing a fire already set, causes injury to, or the destruction of, any growing or standing wood of + See moreanother shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than two years.
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Massachusetts | Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 266, § 8 | Injury by fire; negligent use |
Whoever, not being a tenant thereof, sets or increases a fire upon land of another whereby the property of another is injured, or whoever negligently or wilfully suffers any fire + See moreupon his own land to extend beyond the limits thereof whereby the woods or property of another are injured, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than two years, and the town where such fire occurred may recover in an action of tort, brought within two years after the cause of action accrues, against any such person the expense of extinguishing such fire.
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Massachusetts | Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 266, § 9 | Injury by fire; negligent use in town; damages |
Whoever, in a town which accepts this section or has accepted corresponding provisions of earlier laws, sets a fire on land which is not owned or controlled by him and + See morebefore leaving the same neglects to entirely extinguish such fire, or whoever wilfully or negligently sets a fire on land which is not owned or controlled by him whereby property is endangered or injured, or whoever wilfully or negligently suffers a fire upon his own land to escape beyond the limits thereof to the injury of another, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment in jail for not more than one month, or both, and shall also be liable for all damages caused thereby. Such fine shall be equally divided between the complainant and the town. This section shall not apply to cities.
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$0 - $100 | Misdemeanor | No | Court | N/A |
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Massachusetts | Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 266, § 11 | Fire alarm, engine or apparatus; injury before fire |
Whoever, within twenty-four hours prior to the burning of a building or other property, wilfully, intentionally and without right cuts or removes a bell rope or a wire or conduit + See moreconnected with a fire alarm signal system or injures or disables any fire alarm signal box or any part of such system in the vicinity of such building or property, or cuts, injures or destroys an engine, hose or other fire apparatus in said vicinity shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than two years.
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Massachusetts | Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 266, § 12 | Fire alarm, engine or apparatus; injury during fire to prevent alarm or extinction of fire |
Whoever, during the burning of a building or other property, wilfully and maliciously cuts or removes a bell rope or a wire or conduit connected with a fire alarm signal + See moresystem or injures or disables any fire alarm signal box or any part of such system in the vicinity of such building or property, or otherwise prevents an alarm being given, or whoever cuts, injures or destroys an engine, hose or other fire apparatus, in said vicinity, or otherwise wilfully and maliciously prevents or obstructs the extinction of a fire shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than seven years or in jail for not more than two and one half years or by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars.
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Massachusetts | Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 266, § 13 | Fire engines; wanton or malicious injury |
Whoever wantonly or maliciously injures a fire engine or other fire apparatus shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not + See moremore than two years, and shall be further ordered to recognize with sufficient surety or sureties for his good behavior during such term as the court shall order.
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Massachusetts | Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 266, § 13A | Duty of hotel manager to notify fire department and sound alarm; penalty |
The manager of a hotel or family hotel or such other person as may be in charge of the premises in the absence of the manager, shall, as soon as + See morehe becomes aware that there is a fire therein, notify the fire department and, if such fire, or heat, smoke or gas therefrom, threatens to spread to rooms occupied by guests, sound the alarm system required by the state building code.
Whoever violates any provision of this section shall be punished by imprisonment in a jail or house of correction for not more than two and a half years or by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars.
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$0 - $1000 | Misdemeanor | No | Court | N/A |
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Massachusetts | Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 266, § 16A | Building, vessel or vehicle; breaking and entering with intent to commit misdemeanor |
Whoever in the nighttime or daytime breaks and enters a building, ship, vessel or vehicle with intent to commit a misdemeanor shall be punished by a fine of not more + See morethan two hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or both.
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$0 - $200 | Misdemeanor | No | Court | N/A |
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Massachusetts | Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 266, § 18 | Dwelling house; entry at night; breaking and entering in day time; weapons; punishment |
Whoever, in the night time, enters a dwelling house without breaking, or breaks and enters in the day time a building, ship or motor vehicle or vessel, with intent to + See morecommit a felony, no person lawfully therein being put in fear, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than ten years or by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars and imprisonment in jail for not more than two years.
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$0 - $500 | Felony | No | Court | N/A |
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Massachusetts | Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 266, § 18A | Entering dwelling house by false pretenses; intent to commit felony; larceny; punishment |
Whoever enters a dwelling house by false pretenses, without breaking and with the intent to commit a felony, no person lawfully therein being put in fear, or whoever enters a + See moredwelling house by false pretenses, without breaking and, after having entered, commits a larceny, as defined by section 30, no person lawfully therein being put in fear, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than ten years or by a fine of not more than $5,000 and imprisonment in a house of correction for not more than two years, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
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$0 - $5000 | Felony | No | Court | N/A |
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Massachusetts | Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 266, § 19 | Railroad car; breaking and entering |
Whoever breaks and enters, or enters in the night time without breaking, a railroad car, with intent to commit a felony, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison + See morefor not more than ten years or by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars and imprisonment in the house of correction for not more than two years.
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$0 - $500 | Misdemeanor | No | Court | N/A |
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Massachusetts | Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 266, § 20 | Stealing in building, ship or railroad car |
Whoever steals in a building, ship, vessel or railroad car shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than five years or by a fine of + See morenot more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment in jail for not more than two years.
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$0 - $500 | Felony | No | Court | N/A |
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Massachusetts | Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 266, § 20A | Breaking and entering of trucks, tractors, trailers or freight containers |
Whoever breaks and enters, or enters without breaking, a truck, tractor/trailer unit, trailer, semi-trailer or freight container with intent to commit a felony, shall be punished by imprisonment in the + See morestate prison for not more than ten years or by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars and imprisonment in the house of correction for not more than two years.
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Massachusetts | Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 266, § 20B | Stealing in trucks, tractors, trailers or freight containers |
Whoever steals in a truck, tractor/trailer unit, trailer, semi-trailer or freight container shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than five years or by a + See morefine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment in jail for not more than two years.
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Massachusetts | Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 266, § 22 | Poultry thieves; detention by owner; penalty |
Whoever, with intent to commit larceny, breaks or enters or enters in the night without breaking any building or enclosure wherein is kept or confined any kind of live poultry, + See moremay be detained or kept in custody in a convenient place by the owner of the poultry, or by his agent or employee, for not more than twenty-four hours, Sunday excepted, until a complaint can be made against him for the offence and he be taken upon a warrant issued upon such complaint, and, upon conviction of such trespassing or breaking or entering shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than three years, or by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars and imprisonment in the house of correction for not more than two years.
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$0 - $500 | Felony | No | Court | N/A |
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