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Section 2 - Airbag Fraud; Penalties

MA Gen L ch 90j § 2 (2019) (N/A)
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Section 2. A person who knowingly and intentionally does any of the following shall be guilty of the crime of airbag fraud and shall be punished by a fine of not more than $5,000 or imprisonment in a house of correction for not more than 21/2 years, or by both such fine and imprisonment:

(i) import, manufacture, sell or offer for sale a counterfeit supplemental restraint system component or a nonfunctional airbag;

(ii) install or reinstall a counterfeit supplemental restraint system component or nonfunctional airbag in a motor vehicle;

(iii) sell, offer for sale, install or reinstall a device in a vehicle that causes the vehicle's diagnostic system to inaccurately indicate that the vehicle is equipped with a functional airbag when a counterfeit supplemental restraint system component, nonfunctional airbag or no airbag is installed;

(iv) represent to another person that a counterfeit supplemental restraint system component or a nonfunctional airbag that is or will be installed in a motor vehicle is an airbag; or

(v) assist or cause a person to violate this subsection.

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Section 2 - Airbag Fraud; Penalties