Massachusetts General Laws

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 66, § 15 (2026)

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Section 15. Whoever unlawfully keeps in his possession any public record or removes it from the room where it is usually kept, or alters, defaces, mutilates or destroys any public record or violates any provision of this chapter shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both. Any public officer who refuses or neglects to perform any duty required of him by this chapter shall for each month of such neglect or refusal be punished by a fine of not more than twenty dollars.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2020–2022 · leading case: Andrew Bisignani v. Justices of the Lynn Div. of the Dist. Court Dep't of the Trial Court & Another., 100 Mass. App. Ct. 618 (Mass. App. Ct. 2022).

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Andrew Bisignani v. Justices of the Lynn Div. of the Dist. Court Dep't of the Trial Court & Another., 100 Mass. App. Ct. 618 (Mass. App. Ct. 2022). “The other four convictions related to Bisignani's attempts to undermine the criminal investigation and the grand jury proceedings: concealing evidence from criminal proceedings in violation of G.”

United States v. Letter From Alexander Hamilton (D. Mass. 2020). “See Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 66, § 15 ; Mass. St. 1951, c.”

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