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The 194th General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
  1. General Laws
  2. Part I ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT
  3. Title XX PUBLIC SAFETY AND GOOD ORDER
  4. Chapter 140 LICENSES
  5. Section 126 Placards, signs or advertisements; prima facie evidence

Section 126

Section 126: Placards, signs or advertisements; prima facie evidence

[ Text of section effective until October 2, 2024. For text effective October 2, 2024, see below.]

  Section 126. If there is exposed from, maintained in or permitted to remain on any vehicle or premises any placard, sign or advertisement purporting or designed to announce that firearms, rifles, shotguns or machine guns are kept in or upon such vehicle or premises or that an occupant of any vehicle or premises is a gunsmith, it shall be prima facie evidence that firearms, rifles, shotguns or machine guns are kept in or upon such vehicle or premises for sale or that the occupant is engaged in business as a gunsmith.

Chapter 140: Section 126. Placards, signs or advertisements; prima facie evidence

[ Text of section as amended by 2024, 135, Sec. 39 effective October 2, 2024. For text effective until October 2, 2024, see above.]

  Section 126. If there is exposed from, maintained in or permitted to remain on any vehicle or premises any placard, sign or advertisement purporting or designed to announce that firearms are kept in or upon such vehicle or premises or that an occupant of any vehicle or premises is a gunsmith, it shall be prima facie evidence that firearms are kept in or upon such vehicle or premises for sale or that the occupant is engaged in business as a gunsmith.