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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 160, § 220 (2026)

Riding upon train other than as fare-paying passenger or employee

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Section 220. Whoever, without right rides or attempts to ride upon a locomotive engine, tender, freight car, caboose, other conveyance or passenger train upon a railroad or upon the trains of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority commuter rail other than as a fare paying passenger, or employee, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or imprisonment for not more than six months. A sheriff, deputy sheriff, constable, police officer, railroad police officer, or officer appointed with the powers of a railroad police officer, upon view of such offense, may, without a warrant, arrest the offender and make complaint against him therefor.

This section shall not apply to railroad employees while in the discharge of their duties.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1989–1997 · leading case: Commonwealth v. Howe, 540 N.E.2d 677 (Mass. 1989).
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Commonwealth v. Howe, 540 N.E.2d 677 (Mass. 1989). · cites it 2× “, G.L.c. 160, § 220 (1986 ed. & 1987 Supp.) (deputy sheriff may, without warrant, arrest person unlawfully riding on freight car, caboose, or railroad car); G.”
Commonwealth v. Baez, 678 N.E.2d 1335 (Mass. App. Ct. 1997). “other weapons”); G. L. c. 160, § 220 (1994 ed.) (sheriffs and deputies, upon observing the offense, may arrest without a warrant “[w]hoever, without right rides or attempts to ride upon a locomotive engine, tender, freight car, caboose, .”
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