Massachusetts General Laws

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 140, § 66 (2026)

Entering premises; investigation; examination of vehicles; parts, books, papers and inventories

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Section 66. The colonel of state police, the attorney general or such persons as he may designate, the police commissioner in Boston, the chief of police of any other city, the selectmen of a town or any police officer authorized by any of said officials may at any time enter upon any premises used by any person licensed under section fifty-nine for the purpose of carrying on his licensed business, ascertain how he conducts the same, and examine all second hand motor vehicles or parts thereof kept or stored in or upon the premises, and all books, papers and inventories relating thereto.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases, 1981–2001 · leading case: Commonwealth v. Eagleton, 521 N.E.2d 1363 (Mass. 1988).

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Commonwealth v. Eagleton, 521 N.E.2d 1363 (Mass. 1988). · cites it 5× “), by not allowing an authorized officer to conduct an inspection pursuant to G. L. c. 140, § 66 (1986 ed.), 2 and (2) storing inflammable fluids without a license in violation of G.”

Commonwealth v. Baldwin, 416 N.E.2d 544 (Mass. App. Ct. 1981). · cites it 6× “The officers at some time showed the employees a copy of G. L. c. 140, § 66 (note 1, supra). They also conducted a check of certain vehicles, the VIN’s of which were at places other than the dashboard.”

Collins v. Nuzzo, 244 F.3d 246 (1st Cir. 2001). “Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 140, § 66 . The number of vehicles on Collins’s lot at various times ranged from twenty-two to fifty-two, according to Everett police reports.”

Commonwealth v. Tremblay, 722 N.E.2d 34 (Mass. App. Ct. 2000). “1 More particularly, the defendant contends that an administrative inspection nominally conducted under G. L. c. 140, § 66, was illegal and this illegality infected a subsequent search under an issued search warrant.”

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