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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 101, § 14 (2026)

Unauthorized selling or bartering by hawker or pedler

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Section 14. A hawker or pedler who sells or barters or carries for sale or barter or exposes therefor any goods, wares or merchandise, except as permitted by this chapter, shall forfeit not more than two hundred dollars, to be equally divided between the commonwealth and the town in which the offence was committed.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1930–2000 · leading case: Commonwealth v. Gordon, 242 N.E.2d 399 (Mass. 1968).
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Commonwealth v. Gordon, 242 N.E.2d 399 (Mass. 1968). · cites it 2× “” G. L. c. 101, § 14. 1 At the trial on appeal in the Superior Court the defendant filed a motion to dismiss on the ground that G.”
Commonwealth v. Anderson, 172 N.E. 114 (Mass. 1930). · cites it 2× “” G. L. c. 101, § 14, prohibits and imposes a penalty upon a “hawker or pedler who sells or barters or carries for sale or barter or exposes therefor any goods, wares or merchandise, except as permitted by this chapter.”
Lainer v. City of Boston, 95 F. Supp. 2d 17 (D. Mass. 2000). · cites it 2× “140, § 185A; hawking and peddling without a license in violation of Mass.Gen.Laws ch. 101, § 14; and occupying a public way without a permit in violation of a municipal ordinance.”
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