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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 22E, § 11 (2026)

Failure to provide DNA sample; penalty

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Section 11. A person required to provide a DNA sample pursuant to this chapter and who, after notice, willfully fails to provide such DNA required by section 3 shall be subject to punishment by a fine of not more than $2,000 or imprisonment in a jail or house of correction for not more than 6 months or both.

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Cited in 2 cases, 1999–2014 · leading case: Landry v. Attorney Gen., 709 N.E.2d 1085 (Mass. 1999).
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Landry v. Attorney Gen., 709 N.E.2d 1085 (Mass. 1999). “G. L. c. 22E, § 11. Law enforcement officers and correction personnel are authorized to use “reasonable force” to assist in collecting the DNA samples “in cases where an individual refuses to submit to such collection as required under [the Act].”
Commonwealth v. Abrahams, 6 N.E.3d 1095 (Mass. App. Ct. 2014). “Uncodified § 2 does not provide any mechanism for submission of a DNA sample, and the criminal sanction contained in G. L. c. 22E, § 11, applies only to refusal to submit to a request for DNA rather than to a mere failure to submit DNA.”
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