Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 90J § 2

Current through Chapters 1 to 249 and Chapters 253 to 255 of the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 90J:2 - Airbag fraud

A person who knowingly and intentionally does any of the following shall be guilty of the crime of airbag fraud and shall be punished by a fine of not more than $5,000 or imprisonment in a house of correction for not more than 21/2years, or by both such fine and imprisonment:

(i) import, manufacture, sell or offer for sale a counterfeit supplemental restraint system component or a nonfunctional airbag;
(ii) install or reinstall a counterfeit supplemental restraint system component or nonfunctional airbag in a motor vehicle;
(iii) sell, offer for sale, install or reinstall a device in a vehicle that causes the vehicle's diagnostic system to inaccurately indicate that the vehicle is equipped with a functional airbag when a counterfeit supplemental restraint system component, nonfunctional airbag or no airbag is installed;
(iv) represent to another person that a counterfeit supplemental restraint system component or a nonfunctional airbag that is or will be installed in a motor vehicle is an airbag; or
(v) assist or cause a person to violate this subsection.

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 90J, § 2

Added by Acts 2018, c. 442,§ 1, eff. 4/10/2019.