Section 140:131V - Knowingly filing petition under false pretenses(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 1/2 years in the house of correction or by both such fine and imprisonment.Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 140, § 131V
Added by Acts 2018, c. 123,§ 15, eff. 8/17/2018.