Chapter 140

Section 1. ''Licensing authorities'', as used in this chapter, unless a contrary meaning is required by the context, shall mean the boards in Boston and other cities which by special statutes or city charters have the power to issue licenses for innholders or common victuallers, …

Section 10. An innholder shall not be liable for losses sustained by a guest except of wearing apparel, articles worn or carried on the person, personal baggage and money necessary for traveling expenses and personal use, nor shall such guest recover of an innholder more than thr…

Section 100. As used in this section the term ''licensee'' shall mean all persons licensed under sections ninety-six to one hundred and thirteen, inclusive. The small loans regulatory board shall investigate from time to time the economic conditions and other factors relating to …

Section 101. Licenses granted by the commissioner shall be for a period of one year from October first. Each license shall plainly state the name of the licensee, and the city or town, with the name of the street, and the number, if any, of the place where the business is to be c…

Section 102. Each application for a license shall be accompanied by an investigation fee, the amount of which shall be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven for the filing thereof. The amount of the fees …

Section 103. Whoever, being duly licensed as provided in section ninety-six, violates any provision of sections ninety-seven, ninety-eight, one hundred and one, one hundred and two, one hundred and four or one hundred and nine, or any regulation, rule or order made by the commiss…

Section 104. A license under section ninety-six shall not be granted until the applicant has filed with the commissioner a statement on oath, which in the case of a corporation or association may be made by the president or agent thereof in charge of the business, stating the pla…

Section 106. If a greater rate of interest or amount for expenses than is allowed under sections ninety-six to one hundred and eleven, inclusive, has been paid on any loan to which said sections apply, the person who paid it may file a complaint with the commissioner, who may, af…

Section 107. If a loan to which sections ninety-six to one hundred and eleven, inclusive, apply is secured by a security interest or pledge of personal property or by an assignment of wages, the security interest, unless it secures future advances, shall be discharged, the pledge…

Section 108. An assignment of or order for wages or salary to which sections ninety-six to one hundred and fourteen A, inclusive, apply, shall not be valid unless it states with substantial accuracy the actual amount of the loan, the time for which the loan is made, the rate of i…

Section 109. If a payment is made on account of a loan to which sections ninety-six to one hundred and eleven, inclusive, apply, the person who receives the payment, or his principal, shall, when the payment is taken, give to the person paying a receipt setting forth the amount t…

Section 11. In case of loss by fire or overwhelming force, innholders shall be answerable to their guests only for ordinary and reasonable care in the custody of their baggage or other property.

Section 110. Whoever, not being duly licensed as provided in section ninety-six on his own account or on account of any other person not so licensed, engages in or carries on, directly or indirectly, either separately or in connection with or as a part of any other business, the …

Section 111. Sections ninety-six to one hundred and eleven, inclusive, shall not affect so much of section three of chapter one hundred and seven as provides that, if there is no agreement for a different rate, the interest on money shall be at the rate of six dollars upon each o…

Section 112. The state police and the police of the cities or towns shall carry out the directions of the commissioner in enforcing sections ninety-six to one hundred and thirteen, inclusive, and any regulations made by him.

Section 113. Returns made to the commissioner under section ninety-eight may be destroyed or disposed of by his order after the lapse of three years from the date of their receipt, and any proceeds received in the course of their disposal shall be paid to the commonwealth.

Section 114. Loan companies and loan associations established by special charter, and fraternal mutual benefit societies the membership of which is limited to the employees of any one person and which make loans to its members only, shall be subject to the supervision of the comm…

Section 114A. Trust companies, savings banks, co-operative banks, savings and loan associations, credit unions, national banking associations, federal savings banks and federal savings and loan associations or federal credit unions or any subsidiary of the foregoing shall not be …

Section 114B. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections ninety A, one hundred, and one hundred and fourteen A, a creditor may charge a daily, monthly or other periodic rate of finance charge on loans made pursuant to any open-end credit plan as defined by section one of chapter …

Section 114C. A card issuer as defined in section one of chapter one hundred and forty D, whether located within or without the commonwealth, may assess an annual fee provided that the cardholder as defined by said section one, is notified of the amount of any such fee on or with…

Section 115. A furnace for melting iron or making glass, or a stationary steam engine for use in a mill for planing or sawing boards or turning wood or in which other fuel than coal is used to create steam, shall not be erected or put up to be used in a city or town which accepts…

Section 116. In a town which accepts this section or has accepted corresponding provisions of earlier laws, the aldermen or the selectmen, after due notice in writing to the owner of such steam engine or furnace, except for making glass, erected or in use therein before the time …

Section 117. An owner of a steam engine or furnace who is aggrieved by such order may have the remedy prescribed by section two of chapter one hundred and thirty-nine. The superior court, on granting the application for a jury, may issue an injunction restraining the further use …

Section 118. In a town which accepts this section or has accepted corresponding provisions of earlier laws, a stationary engine, propelled by steam or other motive power, shall not be erected or put up for use within five hundred feet of a dwelling house or public building unless…

Section 119. An engine or furnace erected or used contrary to section one hundred and fifteen, one hundred and sixteen or one hundred and eighteen shall be deemed a common nuisance; and the aldermen or selectmen may remove the same in the same manner as boards of health may remov…

Section 12. Whoever puts up at a hotel, motel, inn, lodging house or boarding house and, without having an express agreement for credit, procures food, entertainment or accommodation without paying therefor, and with intent to cheat or defraud the owner or keeper thereof; or, wit…

Section 121. As used in sections 122 to 131Y, inclusive, the following words shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings:— ''Ammunition'', cartridges or cartridge cases, primers (igniter), bullets or propellant powder designed for use in any …

Section 121A. A certificate by a ballistics expert of the department of the state police or of the city of Boston of the result of an examination made by him of an item furnished him by any police officer, signed and sworn to by such expert, shall be prima facie evidence of his f…

Section 121B. (a)(1) The department of criminal justice information services shall develop and maintain a real time electronic firearms registration system. All firearms possessed, manufactured or assembled in the commonwealth shall be registered in accordance with this section. …

Section 121C. (a) All firearms shall have a serial number in accordance with the requirements of this section. To meet serialization requirements all firearms shall be conspicuously engraved, cast or otherwise permanently embedded with a unique serial number on the frame or recei…

Section 121D. (a) No person shall use a 3–dimensional printer or computer numerical control milling machine to manufacture or assemble any firearm within the commonwealth without a valid license to carry firearms under section 131. (b) No person shall sell, offer to sell or trans…

Section 121E. (a) The department of criminal justice information services, in collaboration with the executive office of public safety and security and the executive office of technology services and security, shall collect, assemble and publish data and other information relatin…

Section 121F. (a) A licensing authority shall, within 40 days from the date of receipt of a completed application for any firearm license, card or permit issued under sections 122, 122B, 122D, 129B, 131 or 131F, or renewal of the same, either approve the application and issue the…

Section 122. (a) A licensing authority, in accordance with section 121F, may grant or renew a license to sell, rent, lease, purchase or otherwise transfer firearms and ammunition therefore, or to be in business as a gunsmith, to any person 21 years of age or older who is neither …

Section 122A. The licensing authority, under section one hundred and twenty-two, shall record all issued licenses in books, forms or electronic files kept for that purpose, and upon the granting of any such license or renewal thereof or renewal of an expired license shall send no…

Section 122B. (a) Any lawfully incorporated sporting or shooting club shall, upon application to the licensing authority, and in accordance with section 121F, be eligible to be licensed to sell or supply ammunition for regulated shooting on their premises, such as for skeet, targ…

Section 122C. (a) Whoever, not being licensed as provided in section 122, sells self-defense spray shall be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000 or by imprisonment in a house of correction for not more than 2 years. (b) Whoever licensed under section 122 sells self-defense …

Section 122D. (a) No person under 18 years of age may purchase or possess self-defense spray without a self-defense spray permit issued by a licensing authority in accordance with section 121F. A self-defense spray permit shall be valid to purchase and possess self-defense spray,…

Section 123. (a) As used in this section ''licensee'' shall mean a person with a license to sell under section 122. (b) Licensees shall maintain a business premise that is not a residential dwelling wherein all transactions shall be conducted and wherein all records shall be kept…

Section 124. Licenses issued under sections one hundred and twenty-two and one hundred and twenty-two B shall expire three years from the date of issuance.

Section 125. The officials authorized to issue a license under section one hundred and twenty-two, after due notice to the licensee and reasonable opportunity for him to be heard, may declare his license forfeited, or may suspend his license for such period of time as they may de…

Section 126. If there is exposed from, maintained in or permitted to remain on any vehicle or premises any placard, sign or advertisement purporting or designed to announce that firearms are kept in or upon such vehicle or premises or that an occupant of any vehicle or premises i…

Section 127. The officials authorized to issue a license under section one hundred and twenty-two may transfer licenses from one location to another within the city or town in which the licenses are in force, but such transfer shall be granted only to the original licensee and up…

Section 128. Whoever, licensed under section 122 or 122B, sells or furnishes a firearm or ammunition to any person without a firearm license card or permit shall have their license revoked and shall not be entitled to apply for such license for 10 years from the date of such revo…

Section 128A. (a) A person with a license to carry under section 131 may sell or transfer firearms and ammunition and a person with a firearm identification card under section 129B may sell or transfer rifles and shotguns that are not large capacity or semiautomatic and ammunitio…

Section 128B. Any resident of the commonwealth who purchases or obtains a firearm from any source within or without the commonwealth, other than from a licensee under section one 122 or a person authorized to sell firearms under section 128A, and any nonresident of the commonweal…

Section 129. Whoever in purchasing or renting a firearm, or in making application for any form of license, card or permit issued in connection therewith, or in requesting that work be done by a gunsmith, gives a false or fictitious name or address or knowingly offers or gives fal…

Section 129B. A firearm identification card shall be issued and possessed subject to the following conditions and restrictions: (a) Any lawful resident 18 years of age or older residing within the jurisdiction of the licensing authority or residing in an area of exclusive federal…

Section 129C. (a) Possession of a firearm or ammunition for a particular purpose and limited time without being duly issued a license, permit or card under sections 129B, 131, 131A or 131F shall be permitted by: (i) a person voluntarily surrendering the firearm or ammunition to t…

Section 129D. (a) Upon revocation, suspension or denial of an application for any license or card issued pursuant to sections 129B, 131 or 131F the person whose application was so revoked, suspended or denied shall, without delay, deliver or surrender to the licensing authority w…