Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272 § 74

Current through Chapter 223 of the 2024 Legislative Session

Section 272:74 - Desecrating place of burial; use and occupation as evidence of title

Whoever wrongfully, and by any act not included in the preceding section, destroys, injures or removes a building, fence, railing or other thing lawfully erected in or around a place of burial or cemetery, or a tree, shrub or plant within its limits, or wrongfully injures a walk or path, or places rubbish or offensive matter or commits a nuisance therein, or in any way desecrates or disfigures the same, shall forfeit not less than five nor more than one hundred dollars. Upon the trial of a complaint hereunder, use and occupation for the purposes of burial shall be sufficient evidence of title.

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 74