Massachusetts Code — 148
Browse 96 sections in division 148 of the Massachusetts code. Each section page includes the full statutory text, official source links, and citation guidance.
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- § 1. Definitions
- § 2. Investigations of fires or explosions by local officials; notice to marshal of suspicious origins or undetermined causes; reports; records
- § 2A. Notice of unauthorized ignition of fire within public or private schools or on school grounds; submission of report by school principal
- § 3. Investigations by marshal; examination of witnesses; perjury; criminal complaint; prosecutions; reports to commissioner of insurance
- § 4. Persons authorized to enter and inspect premises; inspections of institutions; reports
- § 5. Investigation of premises and alleys as to fire hazards; remedy of conditions; expenses; penalty
- § 5A. Unvented liquid fired space heaters; use or sale prohibited
- § 6. Neglect or refusal of officers to comply with duty
- § 7. Reports of marshal and commissioner of insurance
- § 8. Reports to heads of fire departments, insurance companies, property owners and other interested persons
- § 9. Regulations relating to explosives and inflammable materials; reports of quantities and locations; ordinances and by-laws
- § 9A. Model rocket engines; storage; manufacture; use; sale
- § 10. Regulations relative to fire prevention
- § 10A. Heads of fire departments; permits; inspections; records; fees; list of fire department heads
- § 10B. Violation of regulations of board
- § 10C. Alteration, repair or installation of oil burners; necessity of certificate; exceptions
- § 10D. Certificate as oil burner technician; minimum age; application; fee; examination; duration of certificate; electrical work
- § 10E. Apprentice certificates; fee; duration; expiration; renewal
- § 10F. Rules and regulations regarding types and classes of certificates
- § 10G. Suspension or revocation of certificates
- § 10H. Firms or corporations; licensing requirements
- § 11. Expert assistants; laboratory
- § 12. License and permit for manufacture of fireworks; sale, transfer, or exchange of explosive materials; punishment
- § 13. Licenses for land for explosives and inflammable materials; certificate of approval; record; certificate of registrations; fees; replacements and alterations of, and regulations for buildings; explosion hazard; appeals to marshal
- § 14. Inflammable fluids in motor vehicles
- § 15. Transportation of explosives or inflammable materials; violation of regulations
- § 16. Fireworks, explosives and inflammable materials; violations; penalties
- § 17. Restraint of erection or use of buildings in violation of statute or regulations
- § 19. Bonds for blasting permits; filing fee
- § 20. Actions on bonds; employee of permittee; pro rata payment of claims
- § 20A. Bond for blasting operations in more than one place
- § 20B. Certificate of competency to conduct blasting operations; application; fee; examination; issuance; duration; expiration; renewal; duplicate; restrictions regarding persons subject to restraining order issued pursuant to chapter 209A
- § 20C. Liability for damages caused by blasting
- § 21. Enforcement of laws and regulations relative to blasting
- § 22. Injuries from explosives kept or transported contrary to statutes or regulations
- § 23. Keeping and use of inflammable fluids; permit; fee
- § 23A. Inflammable anti-freeze in hydrants
- § 24. Keeping and handling of fire menace material; carpenter or paint shop in habitation
- § 25. Use of salamanders or stoves for drying materials
- § 25A. Second hand space heaters; unvented space heaters
- § 25B. Unvented liquid fired space heaters; use or sale prohibited
- § 25C. Sale of decorating candles; rules and regulations
- § 25D. Manufacture and sale of children's clothing and sleepwear; rules and regulations
- § 25E. Residential gas appliances; sale or installation
- § 26. Installation of automatic equipment on order of marshal
- § 26A. Automatic sprinklers in high rise buildings; enforcement; appeals
- § 26B. Automatic fire warning and smoke detection systems in certain buildings; enforcement; appeals
- § 26C. Certain public accommodations; automatic smoke or heat detectors
- § 26D. Definitions applicable to Secs. 26D to 26F
- § 26E. Residential buildings or structures; installation of smoke detectors
- § 26F. Residential buildings or structures; equipping with smoke detectors upon sale or transfer
- § 26G. Automatic sprinkler systems required for buildings and structures totaling more than 7,500 gross square feet
- § 26H. Lodging or boarding houses; automatic sprinkler systems
- § 26I. Multiple dwelling units; new construction; automatic sprinkler systems
- § 27. Failure to comply with order of marshal
- § 27A. Shutting off, disconnection, obstruction, removal or destruction, of fire protection devices; permit; report; violation of statute; enforcement
- § 27B. Piling snow on fire hydrants; penalty
- § 28. Regulations to prevent fire hazards and fires
- § 28A. Reports of violations of building laws
- § 28B. Buildings with canine guards; reports
- § 29. Application of orders to occupant or owner; payment for cost of changes in premises; maximum expenditure
- § 30. Violations; notice and enforcement of orders or regulations
- § 30A. Unlawful tampering, etc. with notice of violation; punishment
- § 31. Appeals to marshal
- § 32. Sharing information by insurers; liability of insurer or arson squad; confidential information
- § 33. Duties and powers of marshal
- § 34. Violation of statutes
- § 34A. Assembly use group building; dangerous condition
- § 34B. Serious bodily injury; penalties
- § 34C. Subsequent violations of state building code or state fire code
- § 34D. Enforcement of orders of marshall or head of fire department
- § 37. Tanks for storage of fluids; permits; violation of statute or regulation; annual inspection; fees
- § 37A. Removal and testing of fuel storage tanks; grant programs for municipalities and agencies; powers and duties of administrative review board
- § 37B. Grants for removal or replacement of fuel storage tanks
- § 38. Regulations relative to tanks
- § 38J. Residential property utilizing heating oil tanks; safety requirements; inspection; certification
- § 39. Sales, possession, use, etc. of combustible or explosive substances to produce visible or audible effects; fireworks; definitions; exceptions; enforcement procedures; penalties
- § 39A. Regulations for permits for displays of fireworks; fees
- § 40. Storage of fireworks; bonds for manufacture and storage; fee
- § 41. Actions on bonds
- § 42. Displays or exhibits of fireworks; bonds
- § 43. Actions on bonds; pro rating claims; other remedies
- § 44. Firecrackers and pyrotechnical ship or railway signals
- § 45. Violation of Secs. 40 to 44
- § 46. Inflammable stove polish and foundry paste; regulations; penalties
- § 50. Search warrants for explosive, inflammable and combustible substances kept contrary to statutes or regulations
- § 51. Forfeiture of explosive, inflammable and combustible substances; sale or destruction; proceeds
- § 52. Matches kept for sale or use in store
- § 52A. Sale of exploding matches, cigars or cigarettes
- § 54. Lighted cigarettes, etc. likely to cause fire; dropping or throwing from vehicles or placing on forest lands or fields
- § 55. Explosive golf balls
- § 56. Parking space business; licenses; fees; term; suspension and revocation; unlicensed business
- § 57. Siding as conductor of electricity; approval
- § 58. Fire extinguishing systems, issuance of certificates for installation and servicing
- § 59. Display of street address number on buildings; use in enhanced 911 service
- § 60. Novelty lighters; application of section