General Laws of Massachusetts (Last Updated: January 16, 2020) |
PART I ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT |
TITLE XX. PUBLIC SAFETY AND GOOD ORDER |
CHAPTER 140. LICENSES |
SECTION 131V. Extreme risk protection orders; filing materially false information in petition or filing petition with intent to harass; penalty
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(a) A person who files a petition for an extreme risk protection order, knowing the information in the petition to be materially false or with an intent to harass the respondent, shall be punished by a fine of not less than $2,500 and not more than $5,000 or by imprisonment for not more than 2 1/2 years in the house of correction or by both such fine and imprisonment.
[There is no subsection (b).]