Massachusetts General Laws

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 265, § 26C (2026)

Definition of ''entice''; enticement of child under age 16; punishment

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Section 26C. (a) As used in this section, the term ''entice'' shall mean to lure, induce, persuade, tempt, incite, solicit, coax or invite.

(b) Any one who entices a child under the age of 16, or someone he believes to be a child under the age of 16, to enter, exit or remain within any vehicle, dwelling, building, or other outdoor space with the intent that he or another person will violate section 13B, 13B1/2, 13B3/4, 13F, 13H, 22, 22A, 22B, 22C, 23, 23A, 23B, 24 or 24B of chapter 265, section 4A, 16, 28, 29, 29A, 29B, 29C, 35A, 53 or 53A of chapter 272, or any offense that has as an element the use or attempted use of force, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than 5 years, or in the house of correction for not more than 21/2 years, or by both imprisonment and a fine of not more than $5,000.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 31 cases (10 in the last 5 years), 2007–2025 · leading case: Commonwealth v. Hall, 952 N.E.2d 951 (Mass. App. Ct. 2011).

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Commonwealth v. Hall, 952 N.E.2d 951 (Mass. App. Ct. 2011). · cites it 14× “The defendant appeals from convictions, after a jury trial in Superior Court, of enticement of a child, G. L. c. 265, § 26C; posing a child in a state of nudity, G.”

Commonwealth v. Disler, 884 N.E.2d 500 (Mass. 2008). · cites it 4× “This case requires us to interpret, for the first time, G. L. c. 265, § 26C, the child enticement statute.”

Commonwealth v. Buswell, 9 N.E.3d 276 (Mass. 2014). · cites it 5× “A Superior Court jury found the defendant guilty on one indictment charging enticement of a child under the age of sixteen, G. L. c. 265, § 26C, and four indictments charging attempts to commit certain offenses, G.”

United States v. Burdulis, 753 F.3d 255 (1st Cir. 2014). · cites it 2× “1 In seeking the warrant, the police claimed that the emails established probable cause to believe that Burdulis had committed two crimes under state law: enticement of a child under sixteen, Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 265, § 26C, and dissemination of matter harmful to minors, Mass.”

Commonwealth v. Federico, 876 N.E.2d 479 (Mass. App. Ct. 2007). · cites it 4× “As to the counts brought under G. L. c. 265, § 26C, as inserted by St. 2002, c.”

Commonwealth v. Filopoulos, 884 N.E.2d 514 (Mass. 2008). · cites it 3× “G. L. c. 265, § 26C. The Commonwealth maintained that the defendant lured a twelve year old girl into his automobile with the intent to violate two statutes: G.”

Commonwealth v. Matos, 941 N.E.2d 645 (Mass. App. Ct. 2011). · cites it 3× “, G. L. c. 265, § 26C (penalizing one who entices a child under sixteen to enter a “vehicle, dwelling, building, or other outdoor space” with the intent that another person will engage in sexual conduct for a fee with the child); G.”

Commonwealth v. Bell, 981 N.E.2d 220 (Mass. App. Ct. 2013). “, dissenting), citing G. L. c. 265, § 26C.”

Poe v. Sex Offender Registry Bd., 456 Mass. 801 (Mass. 2010). “In January, 2005, after Poe was charged with enticing a child under sixteen years of age, in violation of G. L. c. 265, § 26C (¿9, the board notified him that he had been reclassified a level three sex offender.”

Commonwealth v. LaPlante, 897 N.E.2d 78 (Mass. App. Ct. 2008). · cites it 2× “See G. L. c. 265, § 26C, the child enticement statute.”

Commonwealth v. Pickering, 97 N.E.3d 359 (Mass. 2018). “Following a probation violation hearing, a judge in the Superior Court concluded that the defendant had violated his probation by committing child enticement in violation of G. L. c. 265, § 26C. The **590 defendant appealed, claiming that the exclusion of certain testimony…”

Commonwealth v. F.W., 986 N.E.2d 868 (Mass. 2013). “4 After being indicted on charges of enticement of a child under the age of sixteen, G. L. c. 265, § 26C; *3 indecent assault and battery on a child under the age of fourteen, G.”

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— Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 265, § 26C(b) — 3 cases

Commonwealth v. Federico, 876 N.E.2d 479 (Mass. App. Ct. 2007). “As to the counts brought under G. L. c. 265, § 26C, as inserted by St. 2002, c.”

Doe, Sex Offender Registry Bd. No. 291554 v. Sex Offender Registry Bd., 27 N.E.3d 418 (Mass. App. Ct. 2015).

Gould v. Mitchell (D. Mass. 2022).

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