Massachusetts General Laws

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111, § 127 (2026)

Regulations relative to house drainage

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Section 127. The board of health of a city or town may make and enforce regulations for the public health and safety relative to house drainage and connection with common sewers, if such a sewer abuts the estate to be drained. Master plumbers and journeymen licensed under chapter one hundred and forty-two shall be exempt from any such regulation relative to license qualifications, but shall be subject to all other regulations. Whoever violates any such regulation shall forfeit not more than one hundred dollars.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1968–2003 · leading case: Padden v. Town of West Boylston by & through its Bd. of Selectmen, 17 Mass. L. Rptr. 19 (Mass. Super. Ct. 2003).

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Padden v. Town of West Boylston by & through its Bd. of Selectmen, 17 Mass. L. Rptr. 19 (Mass. Super. Ct. 2003). “” G.L.c. 111, §127. Other examples of authority to promulgate regulations for the public health include regulating nuisances and foodstuff.”

Berger v. Downing, 43 Mass. App. Dec. 82 (Mass. Dist. Ct., App. Div. 1968). “Regardless of what provisions the lease may contain, the tenant is entitled to premises which meet all the standards prescribed by the Housing Code, G.L. c. 111, §§ 127, 127A, and it does not lie in the power of the parties to waive or ignore the standards prescribed by this…”

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