c. 266, § 23
Embezzlement of property at fire; effect
Official text prohibited actmental stateif conditionpenaltylegal term
Whoever steals, conveys away or conceals any furniture, goods, chattels, merchandise or effects of persons whose houses or buildings are on fire or are endangered thereby, and does not, within two days thereafter, restore the same or give notice of his possession thereof to the owner, if known, or, if unknown, to the mayor or one of the aldermen, selectmen or firewards of the place, shall be guilty of larceny.
Simplified explanation
Stealing, carrying away or hiding belongings of people whose buildings are on fire or endangered, and not returning them or giving notice within two days, is larceny; the penalty is not set in this section.