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The 193rd General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
  1. General Laws
  2. Part III COURTS, JUDICIAL OFFICERS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CIVIL CASES
  3. Title II ACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS THEREIN
  4. Chapter 235 JUDGMENT AND EXECUTION
  5. Section 52 Detaining money collected on execution; penalty

Section 52

Section 52: Detaining money collected on execution; penalty

Section 52. An officer who, upon demand by the creditor, unreasonably neglects to pay money collected by him on execution shall forfeit to the creditor five times the lawful interest of the money from the time of the demand until it is paid.