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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 112, § 81T (2026)

Unauthorized practice of engineering or land surveying; penalties; duties of attorney general

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Section 81T. Whoever practices or offers to practice engineering or land surveying in the commonwealth without being registered in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, or presents or attempts to use as his own the certificate of registration or the seal of another, or gives any false or forged evidence of any kind to the board or to any member thereof in obtaining a certificate of registration, or falsely impersonates any registrant, or attempts to use an expired or revoked certificate of registration, or violates any of the provisions of sections eighty-one D to eighty-one S, inclusive, shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment in a jail or house of correction for a period not exceeding three months, or both.

It shall be the duty of the attorney general or the district attorney for the district in which the alleged violation was committed to enforce the provisions of this section and sections eighty-one D to eighty-one S, inclusive, and to prosecute any person violating the same. The attorney general or his assistant shall act as legal advisor of the board and render such legal assistance as may be necessary in carrying out the provisions of said sections.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1965–2006 · leading case: Town Plan. & Eng'g Assocs., Inc. v. Amesbury Specialty Co., 342 N.E.2d 706 (Mass. 1976).
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Town Plan. & Eng'g Assocs., Inc. v. Amesbury Specialty Co., 342 N.E.2d 706 (Mass. 1976). “” Compare the statutory exemption of the preparation of plans, specifications or shop drawings by those in the electrical, plumbing, ventilating, air conditioning, refrigeration, or other trades for work which they install.”
Tpk. Motors, Inc. v. Newbury Grp., Inc., 528 N.E.2d 1176 (Mass. 1988). · cites it 2× “7, the court observed that, in the relevant statute in that case, G.L.c. 112, § 81T, "[t]here is no provision, as in the case of an unlicensed real estate broker (G.”
Commonwealth v. Monahan, 207 N.E.2d 29 (Mass. 1965). “We note that under G. L. c. 112, § 81T, as amended by St. 1958, c.”
New England Tel. & Tel. Co. v. City of Lowell, 343 N.E.2d 405 (Mass. 1976). “Penalties are provided in G. L. c. 112, § 81T, for those practicing engineering and land surveying without being registered.”
Donahue v. Heritage Prop. Inv. Trust, Inc., 21 Mass. L. Rptr. 488 (Mass. Super. Ct. 2006). “In so doing, the SJC explicitly distinguished the engineering practice licensing statute, G.L.c. 112, §81T, from the real estate brokers and real estate salesmen licensing statute invoked in the present case.”
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