Section 2 - Exemption of Seamen or Mariners From Arrest on Debt; Liens

MA Gen L ch 102 § 2 (2019) (N/A)
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Section 2. A seaman or mariner who has shipped or entered into a contract for a voyage from a port in this commonwealth shall not be arrested on mesne process on account of a debt to a landlord or boarding house keeper; nor shall a landlord or boarding house keeper detain or have a lien upon his wearing apparel or other property, or hinder, obstruct or delay him in the performance of such contract. Violation of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars.