An officer who, upon demand by the creditor, unreasonably neglects to pay money collected by him on execution shall forfeit to the creditor five times the lawful interest of the money from the time of the demand until it is paid.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 235, § 52
Detaining money collected on execution; penalty
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