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2012 Massachusetts General Laws
PART IV CRIMES, PUNISHMENTS AND PROCEEDINGSIN CRIMINAL CASES(Chapters 263 through 280)
TITLE I CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS
CHAPTER 266 CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY
Section 27 Tools of contractors, builders or mechanics; stealing; penalty
MA Gen L ch 266 § 27 What's This?
Section 27. Whoever steals any tool belonging to any contractor, builder or mechanic from any building during the course of its construction, completion, alteration or repair, shall, for a first offence be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or both, and for a subsequent offence by a fine of one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for six months, or both.
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