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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 51, § 10A (2026)

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Section 10A. Every innholder licensed under any provision of chapter one hundred and forty and every keeper of a lodging house or public lodging house licensed thereunder, every multi-dwelling unit owner, and every administrator of a nursing home as defined by section one hundred and eight of chapter one hundred and twelve and of a rest home as defined by section seventy-one of chapter one hundred and eleven, shall deliver to the person performing the duties required by section four, on a suitable blank to be furnished him by said person a statement, signed under the penalties of perjury, showing the name and date of birth of every person three years of age or older on January first of said year whose place of residence on said January first was at such inn, lodging house, public lodging house, multi-dwelling unit, nursing home or rest home. For the purposes of this section, ''lodging house'' shall include fraternity houses and dormitories of educational institutions. For the purposes of this section, ''multi-dwelling unit'' shall mean condominiums of any size and any residential apartment complex consisting of more than eight rental dwelling units. In the case of a fraternity house or dormitory, the statement required to be delivered by this section shall be the responsibility of the person in charge of each said fraternity house or dormitory. In the case of the multi-dwelling unit, the owner or his designated representative at such place, or in the case of condominiums only, the president or principal officer of the condominium association, shall provide the required information.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1979–1986 · leading case: Santana v. Registrars of Voters of Worcester, 502 N.E.2d 132 (Mass. 1986).
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Santana v. Registrars of Voters of Worcester, 502 N.E.2d 132 (Mass. 1986). · cites it 4× “” The trial judge also held that the defendants had failed to comply with G. L. c. 51, § 10A, in failing to furnish blank forms to multidwelling unit owners for the purpose of the owners’ listing the residents of those units.”
Santana v. Registrars of Voters of Worcester, 425 N.E.2d 745 (Mass. 1981). · cites it 3× “Specifically, the plaintiffs assert that G. L. c. 51, § 10A, obligates the registrars to collect the names of residents of multidwelling units from owners of such units for the purpose of compiling the annual street listing.”
McKenney v. Comm'n on Jud. Conduct, 388 N.E.2d 666 (Mass. 1979). “41, § 52 (person presenting bill to city or town must take oath if required); G. L. c. 51, § 10A (innkeeper must deliver to registrar of voters list of names of all residents over the age of three); G.”
Santana v. Registrars of Voters, 390 Mass. 353 (Mass. 1983). “In granting the plaintiffs’ motion for partial summary judgment, 3 the judge in the Superior Court ordered the registrars to establish voting procedures which will conform to the requirements of G. L. c. 51, § 10A and § 59. We perceive no error in the judgment, and we affirm.”
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