Massachusetts General Laws

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 26 (2026)

Resorting to restaurants or taverns for immoral purposes

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Section 26. Whoever, for the purpose of immoral solicitation or immoral bargaining, shall resort to any café, restaurant, tavern, as defined in section one of chapter one hundred and thirty-eight, or other place where food or drink is sold or served to be consumed upon the premises, and whoever shall resort to any such place for the purpose of, in any manner, inducing another person to engage in immoral conduct, and whoever, being in or about any such place, shall engage in any such acts, and any person owning, managing or controlling such place and any employee of such person who induces or knowingly suffers any person to resort to, or be in such place for the purpose of immoral solicitation or immoral bargaining, shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five nor more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 6 cases, 1978–2018 · leading case: Aristocratic Restaurant of Massachusetts, Inc. v. Alcoholic Beverages Control Comm'n, 374 N.E.2d 1192 (Mass. 1978).

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Aristocratic Restaurant of Massachusetts, Inc. v. Alcoholic Beverages Control Comm'n, 374 N.E.2d 1192 (Mass. 1978). · cites it 7× “Fifteen days of the twenty-day suspension were based on the commission’s finding that Aristocratic violated the commission’s Regulation 21 1 by, in turn, violating G. L. c. 272, § 26. Section 26 of G. L. c.”

Saxon Coffee Shop, Inc. v. Boston Licensing Bd., 407 N.E.2d 311 (Mass. 1980). “See G. L. c. 272, § 26; G. L. c. 139, §§ 4-13.”

Boylston-Washington, Inc. v. Alcoholic Beverages Control Comm'n, 394 N.E.2d 996 (Mass. App. Ct. 1979). · cites it 2× “(Boylston-Washington), for violating the commission’s regulation 21 by allowing a café to be used for immoral purposes in violation of G. L. c. 272, § 26. Regulation 21 and § 26 appear in the margin.”

Commonwealth v. Brown, 112 N.E.3d 264 (Mass. 2018). “2d 1192 (1978) ("immoral solicitation or immoral bargaining" provision of G. L. c. 272, § 26, not unconstitutionally vague); Commonwealth v.”

Commonwealth v. Moran, 951 N.E.2d 356 (Mass. App. Ct. 2011). “268A, § 2 (corrupt gifts); G. L. c. 272, § 26 (resorting to restaurants or taverns for immoral purposes).”

Chaudhary v. Taco Bell Corp., 5 Mass. L. Rptr. 115 (Mass. Super. Ct. 1995). “15IB, §5 because the claim was not brought within the six-month statute of limitations.”

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