Massachusetts General Laws

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 140, § 67 (2026)

Obstruction of entrance or examination by officers; refusal to exhibit items demanded

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Section 67. A licensee under section fifty-nine, or a clerk, agent or other person in charge of the licensed premises, who refuses to admit thereto an officer authorized to enter the same, or who fails to exhibit to him on demand all such motor vehicles, parts thereof, and books, papers and inventories relating thereto, and any person who wilfully hinders, obstructs or prevents such officer from entering the premises or from making the examination authorized in the preceding section, shall be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1988–1990 · leading case: Commonwealth v. Tart, 557 N.E.2d 1123 (Mass. 1990).

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Commonwealth v. Tart, 557 N.E.2d 1123 (Mass. 1990). · cites it 2× “In that case, the defendant owner of the body shop refused to allow police officers to inspect his shop despite G. L. c. 140, § 67 (1986 ed.), which made it unlawful to hinder an inspection of an automobile body shop or to fail to produce on demand “all such motor vehicles,…”

Commonwealth v. Eagleton, 521 N.E.2d 1363 (Mass. 1988). · cites it 2× “We have before us two appeals which arise out of criminal complaints charging the defendant with (1) violating G. L. c. 140, § 67 (1986 ed.), by not allowing an authorized officer to conduct an inspection pursuant to G.”

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