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Extreme risk protection orders; filing materially false information in petition or filing petition with intent to harass; penalty

M.G.L. c. 140, § 131V
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c. 140, § 131V. Extreme risk protection orders; filing materially false information in petition or filing petition with intent to harass; penalty Section 131V. (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 21/2 years in the house of correction or by both such fine and imprisonment. [There is no subsection (b).]
Source: Massachusetts General Court (malegislature.gov)URL: https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXX/Chapter140/Section131VFetched: 10/20/2026

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