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Massachusetts | Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 266, § 75A | Gambling devices and vending machines; fraudulent use |
Whoever operates or causes to be operated, or attempts to operate or to cause to be operated, any automatic vending machine, slot machine, turnstile, coin-box telephone or other receptacle designed + See moreto receive lawful coin of the United States or tokens provided by the person entitled to the coin-contents or token-contents of such receptacle in connection with the sale, use or enjoyment of property, transportation or other service, by means of a slug or any false, counterfeited, mutilated or sweated coin or token or by any means, method, trick or device whatsoever not lawfully authorized by the owner, lessee or licensee of such machine, turnstile, coin-box telephone or receptacle; or whoever takes, obtains or receives from or in connection with any automatic vending machine, slot machine, turnstile, coin-box telephone or other receptacle designed to receive lawful coin of the United States or tokens provided by the person entitled to the coin-contents or token-contents of such receptacle in connection with the sale, use of or enjoyment of property or service, any goods, wares, merchandise, transportation, gas, electric current, article of value, or the use or enjoyment of any transportation or any telephone or telegraph facilities or service, or of any musical instrument, phonograph or other property, without depositing in and surrendering to such machine, turnstile, coin-box telephone or other receptacle lawful coin or a token or tokens to the amount or value required therefor by the owner, lessee or licensee of such machine, turnstile, coin-box telephone or receptacle, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment in the house of correction for not more than thirty days, or both.
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$0 - $100 | Misdemeanor | No | Court | N/A |
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Massachusetts | Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 266, § 75B | Slugs; manufacture and sale |
Whoever manufactures for sale, advertises for sale, sells, offers for sale, or gives away any slug, device or substance whatsoever, designed or calculated to be placed or deposited in any + See moreautomatic vending machine, slot machine, turnstile, coin-box telephone or other such receptacle, depository or contrivance, designed to receive lawful coin of the United States or tokens provided by the person entitled to the coin-contents or token-contents of such receptacle, depository or contrivance in connection with the sale, use or enjoyment of property or service, with the intent that such slug, device or substance shall be used to cheat or defraud the person entitled to the contents of any such machine, turnstile, coin-box telephone or other such receptacle, depository or contrivance, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the house of correction for not more than one year, or both.
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$0 - $500 | Misdemeanor | No | Court | N/A |
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Massachusetts | Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 266, § 75C | Gift certificates; expiration dates; failure to redeem |
Whoever sells or offers to sell a gift certificate as defined in section 1 of chapter 255D, which imposes a time limit of less than 7 years within which such + See morecertificate may be redeemed, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $300…
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$0 - $300 | Misdemeanor | Yes | Court | N/A |
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Massachusetts | Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 266, § 75C | Gift certificates; expiration dates; failure to redeem | ...Whoever, after having sold a gift certificate refuses to redeem the certificate before it has reached the expiration date, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $300. | $0 - $300 | Misdemeanor | Yes | Court | N/A |
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Massachusetts | Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 266, § 75D | Imposition of certain fees reducing total value amount of gift certificate; penalty |
Whoever sells or offers to sell a gift certificate, as defined in section 1 of chapter 255D, which imposes dormancy fees, latency fees, administrative fees, periodic fees, service fees or + See moreother fees that have the effect of reducing the total value amount for which the holder may redeem such gift certificate, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $300 per violation.
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Massachusetts | Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 266, § 75E | Printed notice required for certain fees associated with gift certificates; penalty for violation |
Whoever sells or offers to sell a gift certificate, as defined in section 1 of chapter 255D, which imposes any fees or charges including, but not limited to, purchase fees, + See moreactivation fees, renewal fees or cancellation fees, shall provide to consumers notice of any such fees, in writing, on the gift certificate, on the packaging of the gift certificate, or on both. Failure to print such notice shall be punished by a fine of not more than $300 per violation.
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Massachusetts | Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 266, § 75F | Deduction of gratuity from gift certificate without consent; penalty |
Whoever redeems a gift certificate, as defined in section 1 of chapter 255D and deducts a gratuity therefrom without the consent of the holder of the gift certificate, shall be + See morepunished by a fine of not more than $300 per violation.
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Massachusetts | Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 266, § 77 | Sterling and coin silver; contents; sale; penalty |
Whoever makes or sells, or offers to sell or dispose of, or has in his possession with intent so to do, any article of merchandise marked, stamped or branded with + See morethe words ''sterling'', ''sterling silver'', ''coin'' or ''coin silver'', or encased or enclosed in any box, package, cover or wrapper or other thing in or by which the said article is packed, enclosed or otherwise prepared for sale or disposition, having thereon any engraving or printed label, stamp, imprint, mark or trade mark, indicating or denoting by such marking, stamping, branding, engraving or printing, that such article is silver, sterling silver, solid silver, coin or coin silver, shall, unless nine hundred and twenty-five one-thousandths of the component parts of the metal of which the said article so marked, stamped or branded with the words ''sterling'' or ''sterling silver'' is manufactured are pure silver, or unless nine hundred one-thousandths of the component parts of the metal of which the article so marked, stamped or branded with the words ''coin'' or ''coin silver'' is manufactured, are pure silver, be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars.
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$0 - $100 | Misdemeanor | Yes | Court | N/A |
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Massachusetts | Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 266, § 78 | Articles made of gold; false marking; prohibition |
Whoever makes or sells, or offers for sale or disposes of, or has in his possession with intent so to do, any article constructed in whole or in part of + See moregold or alloy of gold, or of any metal resembling gold, having marked thereon or upon any tag or label attached thereto, or upon any package, cover or wrapper in which such article is enclosed or wrapped, any word or mark indicating or designed or intended to indicate that the gold or alloy of gold in said article, or in the plating, surface or any other part of said article is of a greater degree or carat of fineness by more than one carat than the actual quality or fineness of such gold or alloy of gold, or any so-called gold filled, rolled gold plated or electro gold plated article having marked thereon, or upon any tag or label attached thereto, or upon any package, cover or wrapper in which such article is enclosed or wrapped, any word or mark indicating or designed or intended to indicate that the gold or alloy of gold upon such article is of a greater percentage of weight of the article by more than one per cent than the actual percentage of gold or alloy of gold, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars.
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$0 - $500 | Misdemeanor | Yes | Court | N/A |
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Massachusetts | Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 266, § 79 | Imitation of furs; false representation; prohibition |
Whoever, himself, or by his agent or servant, or as the agent or servant of another person, sells or exchanges, or has in his custody or possession with intent so + See moreto do, or exposes for sale or exchange, any manufactured imitations of furs of fur-bearing animals, representing the same to be the genuine fur of certain animals, shall be punished by a fine of not less than two hundred nor more than five hundred dollars.
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$200 - $500 | Misdemeanor | Yes | Court | N/A |
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Massachusetts | Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 266, § 80 | Encumbered land; conveyance without notice |
Whoever conveys land, knowing that an encumbrance exists thereon, without informing the grantee, before the consideration is paid, of the existence and nature of such encumbrance, so far as he + See morehas knowledge thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than one year or by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars.
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Massachusetts | Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 266, § 82 | Concealment of mortgaged personalty; use of rented personalty for illegal sale of liquor |
Whoever, with a fraudulent intent to place personal property which is subject to a mortgage beyond the control of the mortgagee, removes or conceals or aids or abets in removing + See moreor concealing the same, and a mortgagor of such property who assents to such removal or concealment, or whoever shall use rented, leased or mortgaged personal property as a container or implement of sale of intoxicating liquor contrary to law, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year.
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Massachusetts | Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 266, § 83 | Personalty; sale by mortgagor without consent |
A mortgagor of personal property who sells or conveys the same or any part thereof without the written consent of the mortgagee, and without informing the vendee or grantee that + See morethe same is mortgaged, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year.
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Massachusetts | Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 266, § 84 | Personalty; sale by hirer without consent |
A hirer or lessee of personal property who sells or conveys the same or any part thereof without the written consent of the owner or lessor, and without informing the + See morevendee or grantee that it is so hired or leased, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year.
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Massachusetts | Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 266, § 85 | Collateral security; sale before debt due |
Whoever, holding collateral security deposited with him for the payment of a debt which may be due to him, sells, pledges, lends or in any way disposes of the same + See morebefore such debt becomes due and payable, without the authority of the depositor thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment in jail 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, § 86 | Hired property; buying or receiving with intent to defraud |
Whoever, with intent to defraud, buys, receives or aids in concealing personal property, knowing it to be hired or leased or held as collateral security, shall be punished by a + See morefine of not more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year.
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Massachusetts | Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 266, § 87 | Larceny of leased or rented property |
Any person leasing or renting personal property who, with the intent to place such property beyond the control of the owner, conceals or aids or abets the concealment of such + See moreproperty or any part thereof, or fails or refuses to return such property to the owner within ten days after expiration of the lease or rental agreement, or sells, conveys or pledges such property or any part thereof without the written consent of the owner, shall be guilty of larceny of leased or rented personal property.
Any person convicted of larceny of leased or rented personal property shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or imprisonment of not more than one year, or both.
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Massachusetts | Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 266, § 87 | Larceny of leased or rented property |
A person found guilty of violating this section shall, in all cases upon conviction in addition to any other punishment, be ordered to make restitution to the owner for any + See morefinancial loss.
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Any financial loss of owner
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Massachusetts | Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 266, § 88 | Consignee or factor; fraudulent deposit or pledge of property |
A consignee or factor who, in violation of good faith and with intent to defraud the owners thereof, deposits or pledges, as security for money borrowed by him, a negotiable + See moreinstrument received by him, merchandise consigned or intrusted to him, or a bill of lading, certificate or order for the delivery of merchandise; or who, in like violation and with like intent, disposes of or applies such property or evidence of property to his own use; or who, in like violation and with like intent, disposes of or applies to his own use money which has been raised or a negotiable instrument which has been acquired by the sale or other disposition of such property or evidence of property, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars and imprisonment for not more than five years.
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Massachusetts | Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 266, § 89 | Degrees; pretending to hold or conferring without authority; use of designation ''university'' or ''college'' |
Whoever, in a book, pamphlet, circular, advertisement or advertising sign, or by a pretended written certificate or diploma, or otherwise in writing, knowingly and falsely pretends to have been an + See moreofficer or teacher, or to be a graduate or to hold any degree, of a college or other educational institution of this commonwealth or elsewhere, which is authorized to confer degrees, or of a public school of this commonwealth, and whoever, without having lawful authority to confer degrees, offers or confers degrees as a school, college or as a private individual, alone or associated with others, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.
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