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      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Massachusetts: statutory code index",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Massachusetts's Chapter 272 is published on the official Legislative Information site at malegislature.gov under a codes index page that lists Chapter 272 as \"CRIMES, PUNISHMENTS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CRIMINAL CASES\" with Section 99 \"Interception of wire and oral communications\" directly beneath it.",
      "body": "Massachusetts's Chapter 272 is published on the official Legislative Information site at malegislature.gov under a codes index page that lists Chapter 272 as \"CRIMES, PUNISHMENTS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CRIMINAL CASES\" with Section 99 \"Interception of wire and oral communications\" directly beneath it.\n\nWhat Massachusetts State Legislature actually says:\n\n“## Chapter 272\n\n### Chapter 272: CRIMES, PUNISHMENTS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CRIMINAL CASES\n-   [Section 1 Enticing away person under 16 for marriage](/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIV/TitleI/Chapter272/Section1)\n-   [Section 99 Interception of wire and oral communications](/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIV/TitleI/Chapter272/Section99)”\n\nNote: Anchor record. The chapter heading and its index list are the verbatim evidence.",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIV/TitleI/Chapter272",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-17",
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      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Massachusetts State Legislature",
      "evidence_quote": "## Chapter 272\n\n### Chapter 272: CRIMES, PUNISHMENTS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CRIMINAL CASES\n-   [Section 1 Enticing away person under 16 for marriage](/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIV/TitleI/Chapter272/Section1)\n-   [Section 99 Interception of wire and oral communications](/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIV/TitleI/Chapter272/Section99)",
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      "from_batch": "637-massachusetts-recording-consent-one-party-or-two-party",
      "subject": "Massachusetts",
      "topic": "statutory code index",
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      "verification": {
        "status": "unverified",
        "label": "Unverified - being checked",
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        "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z"
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