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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6, § 175 (2026)

Right of subject to inspect criminal offender record information; correction of inaccurate or incomplete information; procedure; restrict

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Section 175. A subject shall have the right to inspect, and if practicable, obtain a copy of all criminal offender record information from the department that refers to the subject. The commissioner shall publish and furnish, upon request, guidelines for individuals on how to correct inaccurate or incomplete information. Subject to appropriation, the department shall provide assistance to individuals that have requested assistance to correct inaccurate or incomplete criminal offender record information. Such assistance shall include but not be limited to cooperation with appropriate entities to correct, modify or appropriately supplement criminal offender record information that has been determined to be inaccurate or incomplete. If criminal offender record information is corrected by the office of the commissioner of probation or the courts, any corrections made by such commissioner or court shall be transmitted forthwith to the department and the department's database shall reflect the corrected criminal offender record information.

Requestors shall prescribe reasonable hours and places for subjects to inspect their criminal offender record information under subsection (f) of section 172 and shall impose such additional restrictions as are reasonably necessary both to ensure the record's security and to verify the identities of those who seek to inspect them.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1978–2025 · leading case: Police Comm'r v. Mun. Court of Dorchester Dist., 374 N.E.2d 272 (Mass. 1978).
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Police Comm'r v. Mun. Court of Dorchester Dist., 374 N.E.2d 272 (Mass. 1978). “G. L. c. 6, § 175. The salient fact about this entire scheme however is that in restricting its applicability to “criminal offender record information,” the statute excluded noncriminal proceedings such as those involving juveniles, see G.”
Mark Gravito v. Commonwealth (Mass. 2025). · cites it 2× “[12] G. L. c. 6, § 175. See G. L. c. 6, § 172 (a) (5) ("A subject who seeks to obtain his own criminal offender record information and the subject's legally designated representative may obtain all criminal offender record information from the department pertaining to the…”
Attorney Gen. v. Dist. Attorney for the Plymouth Dist. (Mass. 2020). “Because individuals are authorized to receive a full and unrestricted CORI report regarding their own criminal history, G. L. c. 6, § 175, this provision ensures that employers can access only that information to which they are statutorily entitled.”
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