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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 138, § 46

Searches and seizures without warrant

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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 138, § 46, Searches and seizures without warrant, Massachusetts, version 1 as recorded 2026-09-28, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/1552965
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Section 46. A sheriff, deputy sheriff, city marshal, chief of police, deputy chief of police, deputy or assistant marshal, police officer, including a state police officer, or constable who, without a search warrant duly committed to him, searches for or seizes alcoholic beverages in a dwelling shall be punished by a fine of not less than five nor more than one hundred dollars.