Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 2 § 2
Current through Chapter 223 of the 2024 Legislative Session
The seal of the commonwealth shall be circular in form, bearing upon its face a representation of the arms of the commonwealth encircled with the inscription within a beaded border, "Sigillum Reipublicae Massachusettensis". The colors of the arms shall not be an essential part of said seal, and an impression from a seal engraved according to said design, on any commission, paper, or document shall be valid without such colors or the representation thereof by heraldic lines or marks.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 2, § 2