Mass. General Laws c.140 § 131V

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

Updates

Added by St.2018, c. 123, § 15, effective August 17, 2018

(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 ½ years in the house of correction or by both such fine and imprisonment.

Last updated:	May 9, 2019