Conveyance by void instruments; penalty

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MA Code › Part I › Title XXI › Chapter 151B › Section 4A

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Section 4A. Whoever conveys real property by an instrument which contains a provision which he knows is void under the provisions of section twenty-three B of chapter one hundred and eighty-four shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year.

Section 4A. Whoever conveys real property by an instrument which contains a provision which he knows is void under the provisions of section twenty-three B of chapter one hundred and eighty-four shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year.

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Conveyance by void instruments; penalty · Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 151B, sec. 4A | Frix