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- Review of police arrest reports
- Investigate to determine the owner of the property
- Certified letter sent to the property owner notifying him/her of drugs on the premises
- The letter explains the M.G.L .Ch. 139 § 19 & §20. The landlord has the right to seek eviction of the tenant and his failure to do so may subject him/her to criminal prosecution
- Landlords are also provided with a contact person from the police department who will be available to present evidence in court
- Repeated drug arrest will result to a second certified letter going out to owner
- If no action is taken by the landlord after repeated drug arrest, it will result in the filing of a criminal complaint. Under M.G.L. Ch. 139 § 20
